Posted in illustration, tagged folklore, illustration, new yorker natterings on November 1, 2007| 3 Comments »
The Metropolitan Opera is currently showing a new production of Hansel und Gretel, and also exhibiting a collection of art inspired by the folktale. The New Yorker is hosting a gallery of images from the collection, featuring these lovelies:
It’s worth taking a gander at all of them — note the William Stieg — especially after spending a night handing out goodies to kids from the front porch. Good grief, my teeth hurt just remembering it . . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cats, classic kidlit, Eric LeCain, illustration, T.S. Eliot on October 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Animator Michael Sporn has been featuring a series of posts about illustrator Eric LeCain. Right now he has some purr-iffic images of Mr. Mistoffelees from T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. They’re simply meows-ville, darling:
See more here. Thanks to A Blog of Bosh for the link.
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