Laurent Linn was Tomie’s art director at Simon & Schuster. Laurent’s novel, DRAW THE LINE, was published in 2016. “Debut author Laurent Linn writes a charged story … about discovering your own superpowers, deciding how to use them, and where to draw the line.” The publisher held a Superpower Sweepstakes and to promote it, Tomie created a drawing and statement about himself as Superhero. “FIRST, you have to know that I didn’t like SPORTS, and I wasn’t good at them either! So, of course, I was bullied. But, I was really good at ART. And I knew that that would be my JOB! (when I grew up) Then I became a SUPERHERO. I took TAP DANCING LESSONS and I was good at that, too! My BLACK, SHINY TAP SHOES BECAME MY ‘SECRET WEAPON.’ Whenever I PUT THEM ON AND DANCED, PEOPLE CLAPPED, AND SMILED, AND CHEERED! …AND I BECAME ‘SENOR SWING, SUPER HERO.’ (My dancing teacher, Miss Leah, called me Senor Swing.)” Follow the link to see the drawing accompanying the statement. http://www.drawthelinenovel.com/enter-the-sweepstakes (Bob)
