Behind the Scenes at BGB

Have you ever wondered how your favorite lit blog magically appears on your computer screen each day chock full of reviews, book news, and exciting cultural ephemera? You’ve asked yourself don’t these people have jobs? lives? Yes, we do. We also have a secret weapon — our lit blogging monkey. Why a monkey? Two words: prehensile tails. Our lit blogging monkey is a free lancer, so he can work from anywhere. It just so happens that right now he lives in a basement in Terre Haute.

The lit blogging monkey was created by the artist known as Ape Lad (but signing as Adam Koford). I first saw Ape Lad’s work on the 700 Hoboes Project. Recently BoingBoing linked to some of Ape Lad’s custom monkeys, and I just had to have one of my very own. Now our lit blogging monkey does all the work (look at him go!), while I get to take naps and eat tacos. You can get your own monkey from Ape Lad by visiting his site and following the directions on the right side of the page. He’s also drawing cool retro LOL Cats, if you’d rather go that route.