Egg Wars?

What is it about eggs that makes us want to make them into characters? Maybe it's just me, since I draw The Ipps. But, there's Humpty Dumpty too, and now there's my son's re-interpretation of his Easter eggs from preschool into a Star Wars-like drama.

Here you see a tower, with doors and windows at the bottom. The basket has been turned into a jail, from which certain characters must be rescued.



A Sharpie has been used to add important details, like a light saber and Obi Wan's beard. I think the rescue was successful.



The eggs were hard-boiled, but after a day away from any sort of fridge, the Star Wars eggs had to be retired in the afternoon. But they did have some good adventures in the meantime.

I love the way an object can take on so many different guises when a child gets a hold of it. When we grow up, we allow less and less for interpretation - it's an egg, darnit. It's a box. When a kid sees these things, it's an egg and a box but it's also a tower, a jail, and some Star Wars characters.

So... may the Easter Bunny be with you?