Tom DeLonge released an animated version of his 2018 childrens book, Who Here Knows Who Took My Clothes? The former Blink-182 member narrates the wacky video, which features animation from Zach Passero.
The story follows a man on his quest to retrieve his mysteriously disappeared clothing. Since the theft occurs while the protagonist is taking a bath, he must roam his destinations a neighborhood, a park, vast hills nude, before stumbling upon the items in the cave of a giggling beast. I stole all of your clothes while you took your bath, the creature admits. Because seeing you naked just makes me laugh.
In a statement about the video, DeLonge noted that he enjoyed writing the childrens book since the process was similar to songwriting.
Theyre short pieces of poetry that rhyme, he said. I thought it would be funny to write a childrens book about a man running around looking for his clothing. I actually started writing this one long before I published my first childrens book, The Lonely Astronaut, but I wound up losing it. I was able to bring it to life again after a family member found it sitting in an old journal I never imagined that the book wouldve turned out as good as it did, but [Ryan Jones] fun and rich artwork married perfectly with my sense of humor. Then Zach Passero and his incredible animation skills entered the picture and we wound up making something that I think is really special.
DeLonge recently announced that hes producing a TBS series adaptation of his 2015 graphic novel, Strange Times.