Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

From the book-as-objet-d’art files comes a new version of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly illustrated by Jeremy Holmes. Jeremy sent me a copy of his new book, and it’s a very cool thing indeed. The entire thing is a large illustration of the titular old lady, and the pages of the book comprise her torso and innards. So each time we turn a page, we’re looking at an x-ray view of the old lady’s stomach contents which, in this case, are delicate collage-style illustration by Mr. Holmes.

As a final treat, turning the last page upon the old woman swallowing a horse, her eyes close.