#zappomatic

p1 Greyscale cover with the title “Appreciating Animatronics!” in front of a carved rock lion prowling facing the viewer with a sun-like mane around its head and scales going down its body nearly to its feet. The subtitle below it reads “a picture book & guide to some of my favorite lesser known bots”. Below that it says “by ingram”.

p2 This page is dominated by the curved dark arch of a bridge, with water underneath it that a mostly obscured swamp thing type creature is slowly rising out of. The text above it reads “Bertha has a long history - based on a Ngarrindjeri nation story of the mulyawonk, she was installed in 1972 by Dennis Newell, transitioned, had a kid, and survived countless instances of vandalism. I love her new model but the old, scarier one is also wonderful. <3″ Below that in the darkness above her head text reads “Bertha the Bunyip, created by DH Newell Plastics, Murray Bridge, South Australia”. Below her in the water between her emerging claws text reads “rising sloooooowly out of her murky waters......”