Artist and illustrator Nate Wragg has created this wonderful twisted homage to the charming How and Why Wonder Books of his childhood. Wragg says:
It's a book series that focuses on a particular aspect of science in each volume. The covers are so great and inspiring that I thought it would be fun to do a tribute / spoof of one of those covers for our book. So I refrenced one of the covers I really enjoyed and tried to stay true to the format, color, and typography styling. Obviously the edition that I did the cover to is a bit racy for the series, but I think it would be a best seller if it were included.
Thanks to big brother Dez (animator extraordinaire at Traveller's Tales) for the link.
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