I thought this book was appropriate for the day after April Fools Day. I’m sure you’ve gotten emails from some Ugandan general, Nigerian lottery winner or the only surviving daughter of a chief from Sierra Leone asking you to transfer twenty million dollars for them. Well, German illustrator Henning Wagenbreth decided to collect all those emails and illustrate them in a fairly new softcover book from Ginko Press. The illustrations have a limited palette and look like lino-cuts or woodblock prints. I love how the type is worked into them. The simple format of the book works- email on the left, illustration on the right. The emails themselves will make you chuckle. As if anyone would believe this stuff(wait, did he say I would get twenty six million?) You can get this book pretty much anywhere right now but also don’t forget to check out Henning’s website.

© Julia Rothman 2007