Background

These two titles were written during the mid-1990s, when puzzle-books such as Where's Wally/Waldo were hugely popular. Cathy Gale and I tried to create books in which the puzzles were assimilated into proper stories, with strong characters and real narrative drive. We used comic strips to frame each central picture and keep the momentum going. The words and illustrations contain as many jokes as possible.

Each book took many months, with every spread being redrawn several times by Cathy as we developed the plot and puzzles.