Jakob Jensen's Imperial ABCs

While I was in L.A. I visited Stuart Ng Books, which specializes in animation and illustration. So many cool books in a small place!

But the book that grabbed me enough to buy it was a picture book (meant for adults, I assume) called My First Imperial ABC, published in 2007.

The creator is Jakob Jensen, a Danish-born animator with DreamWorks Animation. It's his only book, and it's a howl of exquisite anger.


Study that dark flag carefully for details (click on it or any other image to see it larger), and think of Winston Churchill's aphorism, "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down to us. Pigs treat us as equals."


A is for Activism


E is for Equality


I is for Immigration Laws


L is for Liberty


P is for Patriotism


V is for Values

As Jensen notes in the acknowledgements, "Thank you to everyone who helped and encouraged me during the making of this book. You know who you are (unfortunately, so does the FBI, CIA, INS, IRS, etc.....Look behind you!)."