Librarians & Teachers Can Save Lives December 19, 2012

“Librarians and teachers are the only reason I’m not in prison right now”, explains illustrator William Joyce. When he was in the fourth grade, Joyce wrote and illustrated his first book in green crayon about the magical superpowers of the contents of his elementary school hero’s nose. He soon found himself hauled off to the principal’s office to be reprimanded. Since then, Joyce has written and illustrated more than fifty children’s books, including Santa Calls,…

Season’s Mystery Readings December 13, 2012

First published in 1941 by Penguin Books (UK). Shown here is the 1954 Penguin Books paperback edition. What would make this cover even more perfect would be to see the hint of a large abominable snowman peering over the spine. ::From Chocolate Cobwebs A 1944 White Circle version of the same mystery. Artist unknown.::From UK Vintage A Dell mystery classic by Rufus King, with equally classic cover art by George Gregg. ::From UK Vintage A 1952…

The Green Eggs and Ham Marketplace November 24, 2012

In lieu of black friday today, I’m calling it green friday. Some early holiday shopping ideas for all the Dr. Seuss “Green Eggs & Ham” fans on your list. One of the most amazing works is from Artist Robert Peterson who beaded the entire text of “Green Eggs and Ham” using more than 250,000 beads. If that wasn’t enough, he also beaded a green ham purse and two green egg brooches. Crocheted green eggs and ham by The…

Twinkieless in Gotham November 16, 2012

It’s a sad day in Gotham today for fans of the Hostess Twinkie. A look back at the baked goodness in the funny pages of Marvel and DC comic book advertisements. See 229 more Hostess ads at Tomorrow’s Heroes. A delight in every byte. ::Cross-posted over at Letterology today.

A Century of War of the Worlds October 31, 2012

This is sort of a vertical sampling (somewhat out of order) of cover designs for H.G.Wells War of the Worlds, from Dr. Zeus. This site features book and magazine covers from dozens of countries with an incredibly well cross-referenced database. You can find covers of tripods, flying saucers, humans running at you, humans grabbed by tentacles, or just plain odd covers of this book which was first published in 1898. Dr. Zeus even has a graph of design element…

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