Fuse 8 n’ Kate: O’Sullivan Stew by Hudson Talbott

Oh, Danny Boy! St. Patrick’s Day is nigh and I’m feeling pretty smug about the fact that I actually reserved a St. Patty’s Day title (sorta) weeks in advance so that I’d have something to do with Kate. And voila! Justification! She loved it! It helps that it stars a “Kate” and my Kate recently tried (and failed) to dye her hair this color [Photo Not Found]. In any case, we delve a bit into Mr. Talbott’s influences but mostly have a high old time discussing cow side-eye, cats singing Danny Boy, and why this ending rules.

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Show Notes:

Fuzzy slippers. For the discerning witch.

This is a really interesting, almost cartoonish, departure in the art.

Alas, there are no “sassy suns” in this book. You know what we get instead? Cow side-eye. I’ll take it! Bossy here has no illusions about where this may all lead.

Sorry, Kate. This was the best I could find when you asked for cats singing Danny Boy:

And because I can’t help but include the best version of that song (as I do every year):

Is it just me or is that a teeny tiny crown on that baby? That is SOME kind of foreshadowing!

Frog Thoughts: I have no idea what I’m doing. What step comes next?

As I mention on the show, here is the original ending to Else-Marie and Her Seven Little Daddies that you will NOT see in an American edition. Full credit to K-Fai Steele for even finding it in the first place:

Kate Recommends: The “What’s More Punk Than the Public Library” t-shirt, which you can find here.

Betsy Recommends: My videos! Here, take a gander at them. I spent all summer taking the footage and getting the interviews. I think they turned out pretty nicely:

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