Giving away The 1 Copy of CatOwl to David Sedaris felt like sacrificing my queen. Afterward, at a bar called The Blue Duck, I pensively ordered 3 drinks: a club soda, a Coca-Cola, and a shot of tequila. CatOwl is a children’s book for adults. For six years, seven illustrators helped me build its 19-masterpiece spreads into the chimera-universe: VallhallOlympus. The 7th illustrator, Maria Koalas, and I created 3 failed hardcover misprints. Then I constructed The 1 Copy with a