Some rabbits I like

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney.

A rabbit (and his dogfriend) in a carving in the Romanesque church of Saint Mary and Saint David in Kilpeck, Herefordshire, England, 12th century.

Photo by Simon Garbutt (thanks).

The one-eared rabbit Bongo from Life in Hell, by Matt Groening, one of my favorite artists.

A rabbit (or is it a hare?) by Albrecht Dürer. It’s a watercolor and gouache drawing on paper dated 1502, conserved at the Albertina collection in Vienna, Austria.

A revengeful one from Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann.

From the picture book Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, written by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. First published by Harper&Row in 1962, I think.

My Rabbit.

Roasted rabbit. Feel free to email me for a translation of the recipe.

The jaguar

The jaguar was my favorite animal when I was a kid. At the Natural History Museum in Milan, Italy, where I grew up, there was a wonderful display with a jaguar fighting with an anteater. I was fascinated by it. Anyway, when I began planning the toucan spread for the book, with a scene from an Amazon-like forest, I decided to draw the picture of a jaguar in it. As reference, I don't usually look at photographs as I prefer to use old paintings and prints. I like to see how other artists have interpreted the same things I am about to draw. So, here are a couple of pictures I found, the preparatory sketch, and the final drawing as it appears in the book.

Sketches from the dummy

The jacket