Jake Parker’s concept art for Horton Hears a Who
Jake Parker has just finished posting the last installment of a series of posts featuring concept art he created for Blue Sky’s adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who. Here’s the roundup:
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What does the protaganist want? Todd Alcott on Sam and the Firefly
Enjoy this engaging storytelling break-down of famed children’s author P.D. Eastman’s Sam and the Firefly by screenwriter Todd Alcott.
His Go, Dog. Go! is a staple of the beginning-to-read set, and his Are You My Mother? is always welcome around my house. But for my money, Sam and the Firefly is not only Eastman’s crowning achievement, it is also a compact, brisk, efficient course in storytelling, a small masterwork of character, plot and dramatic structure, far more accomplished than the much-more-famous, but ultimately-rather-meta The Cat in the Hat, and all achieved with a set of words designed for a 5-year-old to read.
Check out the full page-by-page post here: Todd Alcott: Sam & The Firefly
Grinch documentary on Google Video
Phil Hartman hosts this entertaining documentary on the making of Chuck Jones’s brilliant adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
The special features animation tests, footage of narrator Boris Karloff, and interviews with Jones, Thurl Ravenscroft, and even the likes of Tim Burton.
This is so great, it helps me forget the live-action abomination ever existed.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Dylan Hears A Who
Dylan Hears a Who is a SPOOF Bob Dylan tribute to Dr. Seuss, and with this year being the 50th Anniversary of The Cat in the Hat, I can’t think of a more fitting soundtrack. Download the MP3s here (ZIP file) and the album artwork here.
Note: You can also listen to the tracks via the stream on the website; however, it doesn’t work in Internet Explorer.
(Thanks Erich)
The advertising art of Dr. Seuss
The doctor named Seuss is well known for books
But here are some other pics worthy of looks:
Some ad art for sugar, some ad art for clocks,
Some ad art for shaving cream inside a box,
Some ad art for bug spray, some ad art for beer
To heck with this rhyming. Go on, now, click here!
Update:
Tim in the comments says, “wait there is more!”
“You mustn’t forget Geisel’s take on the war!“
American Art Archives
Thomas Clement collects magzine covers and other illustrated ephemera from the golden age of American illustration and presents some of it, along with biographies of the artists, at American Art Archives.
Included are the works of J.C. Leyendecker (shown here), Norman Rockwell, Dr. Seuss, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Bob Peak, and many many more.
(Thanks, Cynthia!)
