Two-Headed Chicken by Tom Angleberger Author's Note
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Candlewick PressTwo-Headed Chicken by Tom Angleberger Author's Note
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Candlewick PressAn Extremely Serious
Interview with Creator
TOM ANGLEBERGER
Photo by Charlie Angleberger
1. Two-Headed Chicken is filled with such absurdity and
silliness. Where did the idea for the book come from?
Doodling. Eavesdropping. Trying to make Cece Bell laugh. And, of
course, reading other absurd and silly books! When I was a kid, they
were making these ridiculous books like 101 Outerspace Jokes and
Star Jaws. I felt like today’s kids would enjoy the same kind of silly
business, but with more modern references.
2. The chase sequences in Two-Headed Chicken feel very, I amna
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very authentic. Have you ever been chased by a moose? go n
I’m afraid that’s classified information.
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3. Where did you come up with the idea for the AstrocapTM? yo u
What are your thoughts on the multiverse?
Ah, the multiverse! Where everything is not only possible but is already
reality! Imagine the mind-bending technology it would take to travel the multiverse! Now . . . imagine how hard that
technology would be to draw. Instead, I drew an upside down U with a stick on it and called it the AstrocapTM.
4. What was the most fun part about creating Two-Headed Chicken?
Sending in my little black-and-white scribbles and seeing them come back in
gorgeous color! (That was hard work for the amazing colorist, Joey Ellis,
but it sure was fun for me!)
5. Could you write a short, silly poem about the book?
Two paths diverged in a yellow wood,
And knowing not which one to take,
One head of a two-headed chicken put on a magic
hat and bzooped into an alternate universe to escape
an enraged moose with a secret recipe for fried chicken,
And all the difference that did make.
6. Is there more Two-Headed Chicken in store for us in the future?
YES!!!! It’s an epic time-travel catastrophe! I’m working on it right now, and the subtitle
is Beak to the Future!