(2009) My friend Sedrin had recently told me this adorable and hilarious story from his childhood. We'll just say it involved the PBS science TV show Nova, household products that can act as explosives, and insatiable hatchling curiosity. The way he tells it, these were the first words out of his mouth once his ears stopped ringing when his parents found him beside a newly-formed crater in his back garden.

The adorable hilarity of the mental image would not leave my brain until I drew this as surprise gift art for him. ^..^