Category Archives: books

penguin illustrated classics.

i’ve recently stumbled upon penguin’s illustrated classics at our local bookstore. my first penguin classic is jane eyre, illustrated by the amazing dame darcy.
others include the three musketeers illustrated by tom gauld, fairy tales illustrated by anders nilsen, and little women illustrated by julie doucet.
it is somewhat disappointing that, as thoughtful and well-executed as […]

varmints film.

as a followup to my previous post, varmints is going to be a twenty-four minute film produced by studio aka. check out the trailer!

varmints.

after seeing and lusting after varmints at powell’s, i finally gave in and bought the book. the story’s message is told mostly through the illustrations by marc craste, which are beautiful integrations of text and image. a wonderful book for any artist, though intentioned for an older crowd than the average children’s book.

pop-up alphabet.

this pop-up book has made its way into the running for my favourite-alphabet-book-ever award.

other contenders for this prestigious title include chris van allsburg’s the z was zapped and greame base’s animalia.