and i flew down the stairs

for my graduation project I illustrated and wrote a graphic novel about my first holiday, back in 1999 on one of the dutch islands (texel). children have a tendency to mix reality with imagination which can influence your memory - i don't really know which events took place and which imagined. what i do remember, is the thick haze of sunlight, bats flying in the night, strange creatures running alongside our car, white plastic chairs, my mother calling that dinner is ready.