The Box Man and The Ruined Map are two titles in a series of redesigned backlist covers for the author Kobo Abe. The designs and illustrations are the result of a collaborative process between Ned Drew and myself. They were produced via e-mail correspondence. A piece of art was sent back and forth—with each person adding something to the collage—until we reached a mutually agreed upon conclusion. This method, created by Ned, utilizing imagery from the book (the surreal stories concern a detective and man who wanders around Tokyo wearing a large box on his head, respectively) enabled us to come up with unexpected and oddly juxtaposed artwork that paralleled the often bizarre and dreamlike worlds created in Abe’s books.