Meme by forthegothicheroine, found via prodigaldaughterAlice

Lovely to see the carrollian community on tumblr is still active (and giving us great memes!) 

WHAT IS THE USE OF A BOOK ASTHETICS: Coraline by Neil Gaiman

 

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)

These things- even the things in the cellar- were illusions, things made by the Other Mother in a ghastly parody of the real people and real things at the other end of the corridor. She couldn't truly create anything, decided Coraline.

Photomontage by me for Neil Gaiman's Coraline.

Sources: 

• P Kwang (this is the earliest source I could find) 
• eatdrinkbscary (earliest source found) 
• HELENE ATHANASIADIS 
• SoldOut 
• Brendancer97 
• Scaredybats 
• Scarlet Raven 
• Pinterest
• Dave Mackean's illustrations (altered by me) 

ARCHIVE POST: PSA: About those cakes in 1988's Alice...

The cakes in Alice (1988) bare a curious resemblance to Czech “povidlove kolacky” or prune marmalade cakes! In fact, they may well be the same!

Thank you very much to instergram user kamilabert for pointing this out!

UPDATE: Found an English explanation of what these are: according to wikicommons, these are " Czech sweet bread with plum jam or poppy seeds" 

There are lots of variants of these online. History and Recipe in English here. 

Alice, Alice and pig baby, A Mad Tea Party, The Queen of Hearts and Flamingo Croquet, by  Daniel Fernandez for Alice's adventures in Wonderland

These are some of my favourite illustrations. I just LOVE these!