Well, black and white is my absolute favourite colour combination, but the real reason is because I love Alice in Wonderland.
No I do not mean the Disney film, or the other one, or the Jan Svankmajer one or that other one with Martin Short as the hatter which is awesome and not enough people have seen or ANY of those. I mean the books. I love the books. I really really love the books and the language and illustrations and gosh, just the IDEAS in those stories. They were a huge part of my life as a child and they continue to inspire and affect me today, both as a person and as a story writer.
So, yes, that’s why. I also like Madness and a lot of Scar music too, and obviously I’m a sucker for the 1960’s and Op Art, so having those associations as a bonus is pretty neat.
Ironically I’ve never played checkers. I can play chess though (badly).