Mœbius and Marc Chagall

Moebius/ Jean Giraud is the talent behind these wonderful works, and a legendary contributor to film, comics and many great books

And here is the wonderfully colourful emotive work of Marc Chagall, If I were a thousandairre I would fresco my ceilings with these and fall asleep beneath their melancholy warmth

All pics from Pinterest

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The Nightingale and the Rose, Oscar Wilde and Del Kathryn Barton

Imagine my excitement when I came across a beautifully illustrated edition of Oscar Wilde's tale "The Nightingale and the Rose"- illustrated by none other than the ridiculously talented Del Kathryn Barton 

Oh Oscar! your words are brought to life beautifully in song, art, audiobook and of course, trusted dusty dog-eared tomes of your beautiful prose

Here is a beautiful reading, for if you are pottering away...

What a wonderful idea come to life, Wilde's words with Barton's mind-blowing art.

Enjoy!

All pictures courtesy of Pinterest

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Geek Love by Katherine Dunn/ graphic novel

One of the best books ever written, would make for one of the greatest graphic novels ever, I will do this post on the off chance that someone comments/ messages me here on Paper Lantern and artists seriously interested in this endeavour can somehow get in touch with one another? It would make so many literary arty dreams come true?!

(Please note, this is meant as a massive fan post, I truly am delighted that so many artists have shared their works and interpretations of the characters and in return wish to display their work for more to see, if you are mentioned in this post and are worried about copyright infringement, please contact me via comments. ALL pictures have the artists site linked)

(above Laura Park, see below)

I put forth the idea (myself and many many many others) that Geek Love should be turned into a graphic novel. This would of course have to be in agreement with the book's wonderful author, Katherine Dunn who wrote this most brilliant of brilliant books over 25 years ago.

The characters and scenes are all depicted so well, and many artists have put forth their conceptions on their Deviant art accounts, Tumblrs and so forth.

above art by Laura Park her site is here

The above by Deviant art user Jandruff, link here

The above by Brandon Zimmerman link here

This wonderful watercolour creation, I cannot find the original artists name or site, believe me I've tried, please id you know this, link below

another Jandruff as above

modern-replica Deviant art link here

Here is AvatarRutger art based on the story too

It truly has the potential to be a great graphic novel style mix up, like the Sandman series, a combination of artists' work.

I have had these pictures saved on my computer for years and wanted to do a post hoping to probe the waters to see if there is anyone on the worldwideweb who would love to see this dream become a reality!

All pics credited as above

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Alice

Antique Alice in Wonderland stamp case collectable

And this wonderful illustrated edition, Lisbeth Zwerger is such a talented artist and has illustrated some Oscar Wilde stories too, so beautiful!

Pics from Tumblr

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V for Vendetta/ Pink Floyd's The Wall

With both their iconic characters and themes, does anyone else feel a wonderful similarity between the 2 films? Everything borrows from something, but I think its a great thing, your own interpretation thrown in to expand on the idea more!

Both these films challenged the way my young self thought, and I am glad they did

We often hear about how essential it is to critically think, and these films and graphic novels serve as a friendly reminder of a not so friendly possibility/ reality/ future

We must remember and think about our fellow man, and strive our best to help them. To try to leave the world better than we found it seems pointless, and futile, and many people will say this is certainly the case, but I believe our actions, thoughts and how we treat others can have a gigantic impact, for the better

It starts with us all, don't finish watching these films and go back to being a dick, otherwise we've missed the point!!!

(Loved V's house though!)

I saw this picture with the caption "It's almost like we can't win" along with it, so true.

Here are the iconic freedom from repression Guy Fawkes masks being made in a third world factory in Brazil

It makes you think really hard about owning something so iconic

Pics from Tumblr

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Le Cholera

We learn about the numbers of the casualties of war, we learn the numbers of those killed in terror attacks, but I wonder how many people could adequately number the sheer amount of humanity that has been killed off by preventable disease.

Blogging is a world where one has to be careful, as it is very easy to come across as self righteous. I sit with my history books and cannot begin to imagine the devastation of being alive at a time when cholera was killing people in the thousands. We reflect on the eleventh hour on the eleventh month to mark the end of World War One, I urge anyone interested in this vein of history to look into the numbers of casualties, killed by disease, which ravages large portions of our globe and has devastating effects.

The following video by The School of Life does a brilliant job summarising what it took university a year to hammer into students:

Pic from the Wiki commons, and video courtesy of the School of Life channel, which is pretty much my YouTube homeland!

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Just thinking/ essay procrastination

I was so relieved when I found a word for it as the concept of Sonder is one I get caught up in quite often

I always wonder how many other people are staring at the moon at the exact same time as me, and what they are going through. I am comforted by the thought that our moon was the same one Joan of Arc fought under, the same moon Oscar Wilde wrote under, the same moon that people on other sides of the world who have never seen each other consult for company or comfort.

Has anyone else experienced a level of non-caring that others have mistaken for brazen confidence? It sounds so strange when put in a sentence like that! Perhaps my homework is depressing me!

Here are some words I hope are of comfort to you

Pics are from Tumblr and Pinterest

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Flights of Fancy

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Took those above photos on Stradbroke Island Christmas 2013, the colours still do it no justice, it's incredibly beautiful.

Metallic bugs come to greet you 

Been reading so much, for uni and for escape from uni times

The Lunar New Year festival in Lyneham had really great food and a wonderful atmosphere. Canberra does have a lot happening, you just have to know where to look!

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Theo Fennell master works book rings

Wizard of Oz

Narnia wardrobe, above and below

Peter Pan

Story of Adam and Eve

Link to master works here

Tiny draw bridge for tiny invaders!

Literary themed jewellery will always win in the end

All pics from here

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