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A sudden idea
Frank tells us how the idea for Sputnik came to him.
  1. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  12. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  13. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  14. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  15. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  16. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  17. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  18. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  19. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  20. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
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