Chris Riddell's illustrations for AAIW and TTLG CONFIRMED for 2020

(2015 sketch by Chris Riddell.) 

This is via the Lewis Carroll Society of the UK, who have confirmed this in their latest newsletter. There is also a meeting with Riddell in London in December which will discuss the process of illustrating the Alice books.

No word on month or date yet for illustrations, but as always will keep you posted! 

ENDLESS LIST OF FAVOURITE ADAPTATIONS: 1988 JAN SVANKMAJER

ENDLESS LIST OF FAVOURITE ADAPTATIONS: 1988 JAN SVANKMAJER

As in the book, the trip down the rabbit hole (or drawer, in this case) is a dream, but whereas the English lass’ adventures are the product of a pleasant daytime riverbank reverie, the Czech girl’s dream contains uncomfortable elements of nightmare, as if she’d fallen asleep on a hard floor with her back pressed against the spokes of a wooden chair (she has)

- 366 weird movies on Alice (1988) by Jan Svankmajer

FAVOURITE DANCERS FROM THE 2011 AAIW BALLET: STEVEN MACRAE AS HATTER

(1ST CAST HATTER, ROYAL BALLET)

The last of  Alice’s adventures in Wonderland illustrations by John Clowder. They remind me a bit of the surrealist Victoriana collages by Max Ernst.