Queen Alice by Mervyn Peake for Through the Looking Glass

Print via the Peake estate. 

Neil Gaiman's Coraline, illustration by Adrián D. Solis.

I adore how accurate to the original book this illustration is! 

NOTE JANUARY 2025: NEIL GAIMAN IS AN ABUSER, I WROTE THIS PIECE FAR BEFORE ANYONE KNEW. PLEASE READ THE SIDE OF NEIL GAIMAN HIS FANS NEVER SAW, BY LAUREN STARKE (TRIGGER WARNINGS APPLY)

1970 Jean Christophe Averty version now on streaming in France...

(Utterly lovely press photo courtesy of Ebay seller lacenaire)

I'm slow to the uptake again. 

Apparently Jean Christophe Averty's blue screen version of Alice's adventures in Wonderland from 1970 since 2016 has been available to stream officially on INA.FR with a seemingly better quality than the recording I discovered way back in 2014! 

Please note: there are no subtitles in English or any other language at the moment... 

If you're French or can understand French, please let me know if the quality is better! 

Alicja w Krainie Czarów: 1995 polish adaptation: all the information I've managed to find

(Photos from TVP, some from now defunct site) 

Part I: It starts with the meeting of the Rabbit, when the girl falls into the rabbit hole. Alice attempts to get to the Magic Garden. She comes across a talking Mouse and many other characters. Alice participates in caucus races, and visits the Duchess who is excited to play croquet with the Queen of Hearts. 

Part II: Alice meets the Cheshire Cat and learns the meaning of “grin without a cat.” She also participates in a strange afternoon tea, discussing the time with the Hare, Hatter and Dormouse, goes to the seemingly dangerous Queen of Hearts, plays croquet and also learns that everything follows a moral, just you need to be able to see it. 


Part III: Alice continues her journey through the dreamlike, underground world. She meets more extraordinary and mysterious phenomena. She learns, among others, What is meant by “obrzydzielić”; participates in the trial of the Knave of Hearts, who is accused of eating cakes baked by the Queen of Hearts. Alice’s Adventures end when the girl wakes from sleep. 

(Awkwardly translated into English by google translate. I tried to improve it) 

Unfortunately I still can't find any videos regarding this version and two of the photos have since disappeared due to TVP broadcaster's site renovations. 

I have since found dates of broadcast, from April 16th to 17th. This contradicts some earlier information I found which stated 3 parts were broadcast in 1994.