19 May 2009

Cloudy No More!

A while ago, I posted about Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, pointing out some of the delightfully bizarre illustrations, one of which was what appeared to be baby heads stuck to the front of a garbage truck.



Well, Ron Barrett left a comment setting the record straight:

"I illustrated this book. To clarify the heads: sanitation workers in New York City find dolls in the trash place the heads on the the rods at the front corners of their trucks which they use to navigate through tight spots. One can also see teddy bears on the radiator grills. What the reader sees is the work of playful garbagemen, not sadistic maniacs."

So, there you have it! Mystery solved! Thanks, Ron!

Note: In case Mr. Barrett is reading again, I didn't actually think that the garbagemen were sadistic maniacs--or that the town of Chewandswallow was a brutal totalitarian regime... :)

2 comments:

Elaine Magliaro said...

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS was one of my daughter's favorite books when she was little. She loved both the story and the illustrations.

BTW, wasn't Chewandswallow located near the Gulp of Mexico? It was ruled by an eco friendly vegetarian regime--at least that's what I've been told by my sources.

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