DINING WITH DiTERLIZZI's

I'm fairly sure you know Tony DiTerlizzi.

He's this guy:

And this guy:

And he's married to this gal:

Angela wrote this:

So yeah. 

Them.

We were all hanging out during a party at Knuffle Manor

(Chateau du Willems)

and I used my Jedi powers to trick Tony and Angela into 

inviting us over to lunch the next day.

Or they used their powers to trick us into coming over

and eating delicious meatballs and sausage 

that Angela cooked up.

Either way...

It was 

DELICIOUS!

But what was even more delicious was 

getting to see Tony's studio:

He even let us rifle through his flat files

which were chock full of

ORIGINAL ART!

Pictures don't do the originals justice.

Seriously...

The detail.

The color.

The way he copies nature into his creatures.

And the clear-coat he uses on top make the paintings leap out at you.

I thought I liked the art in his books.

But the originals put 'em to shame.

Tony and Angela also have an unbelievable collection of original art.

Dr. Suess.

Mary Blair.

Brian Froud.

And a lot of props from the Spiderwick movie:

Tony was also kind enough to throw a couple books at me:

AND

I got a couple classic Magic The Gathering 

proof cards Tony painted.

But that's for another post.

Thanks for an unforgettable afternoon,

 Tony and Angela!