{"id":207,"date":"2008-01-29T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T23:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/01\/29\/big-win-for-the-arrival\/"},"modified":"2008-01-29T09:11:50","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T23:11:50","slug":"big-win-for-the-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/01\/29\/big-win-for-the-arrival\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Win for “The Arrival”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 1991 I sold a story called “Groundswell” to Aurealis<\/em> magazine — my first in that now-venerable Australian SF journal. The story was illustrated by a then little-known WA artist by the name of Shaun Tan. It was a fantastic illustration that did all that an illustration should do, enhancing the experience of reading the story without giving anything away and displaying a keen awareness of what it was about. Shaun illustrated several of my stories over the years, always superbly, and has also been responsible for some of my best book covers.<\/p>\n

Since then, of course, he has become justly famous for his beautiful children’s illustrated books, such as “The Rabbits”, “The Lost Thing” and “The Red Tree” — books which, in their graphically intelligent and detailed beauty, are as much for adults as they are for children. His latest, “The Arrival” — an entirely wordless and entirely magnificent graphic novel about the experience of being an immigrant in a strange land — has already won him a 2007 World Fantasy Award for Best Artist.<\/p>\n

Now it has been announced<\/a> that the book has won Album of the Year at Angouleme, one of the world’s biggest comic book festivals.<\/p>\n

\"Arrival<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out Shaun’s work on his website<\/a> — and go buy a copy of the book. Now!<\/p>\n

Here<\/a> is a recent interview with Shaun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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