This post will discuss Thomas McNally’s illustrated edition of The Mookse & the Gripes, which adapts a set piece in Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. But mostly the post will be a self-indulgent reflection on my own relationship to this text, complete with pictures of puppets I made of these characters with my daughter about six years ago. Like McNally, we too were inspired to create new works of art. And, since I’m me, the post descends into an anti-AI rant. Enjoy!