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Going Blotto

I’m continuing with the Disney Masters series as available on Comixology, and I don’t have too much to say about the third and fourth volumes. Some good stories, but it’s more fun to write about the really crazy ones, and there … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Humor, Magic | Tagged carl barks, chief o'hara, disney, disney masters, donald duck, dondorado, eega beeva, el dorado, giovan battista carpi, goofy, guido martina, gyro gearloose, huey dewey and louie, king of the golden river, mad hatter, me myself--and why?, mickey mouse, mickey the kid and six-shot goofy, phantom blot, rodolfo cimino, romano scarpa, scrooge mcduck, the eternal flame of kalhoa, the phantom blot's double mystery |

Playing with the Queen of Hearts

Heartless, by Marissa Meyer – The author of the Lunar Chronicles turns her attention to the work of Lewis Carroll, presenting the back story of the infamous Queen of Hearts. The book explains why the Mad Hatter and March Hare … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Lewis Carroll, Nursery Rhymes | Tagged alice in wonderland, alice's adventures in wonderland, duchess of wonderland, gregory maguire, heartless, jabberwock, king of hearts, mad hatter, marissa meyer, mock turtle, peter peter pumpkin eater, queen of hearts, red queen, through the looking-glass, white queen, white rabbit, wicked |

Off the Walrus

Snarked!, by Roger Langridge – When looking for information on the Popeye comics Langridge wrote, I saw some mentions of an earlier comic he both wrote and drew that I’d heard of before, which was sort of a re-imagining of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Comics, Humor, Lewis Carroll | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, cheshire cat, Clyde McDunk, gryphon, j. wellington wimpy, mad hatter, red king, roger langridge, snarked!, the hunting of the snark, the walrus and the carpenter, through the looking-glass, white knight, Wilburforce J. Walrus |

I’ve Got an Anglo-Saxon Attitude

When I first read the Alice books, I was rather confused by the White King’s two messengers, Haigha and Hatta. We’re informed that Haigha’s name is pronounced to rhyme with “mayor,” which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to … Continue reading →

Fictional Characters Walk Among Us

As a fairy tale fan, I recently decided I should try watching Once Upon a Time. Most of the episodes aren’t available, but I did see the pilot and the most recent ones, which were On Demand. It’s made by … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Jasper Fforde, Lewis Carroll, Mythology, Nursery Crime, Nursery Rhymes, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Television, Thursday Next | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, bill willingham, disney, edward lear, fables, jack pumpkinhead, jiminy cricket, king midas, lost, mad hatter, march hare, ozma, pinocchio, rumpelstiltskin, shakespeare, snow white, snow white and the seven dwarfs, the adventures of pinocchio, the big over easy, the fourth bear |

These Days, Down the Rabbit Hole

We’re now back on the Disney animated movies with Alice in Wonderland, from 1951. I’ve seen this one many times before, and it was also one of my favorite books in childhood (and, really, still is now). I guess I … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Carroll, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged alice in wonderland, alice's adventures in wonderland, cheshire cat, dormouse, ed wynn, jerry colonna, king of hearts, mad hatter, march hare, queen of hearts, sir john tenniel, through the looking-glass, tweedledum and tweedledee |

A Geographic Wonderland

I’ve always liked maps of imaginary lands. They satisfy both my love of maps in general and my fondness for verisimilitude in fantasy. So it’s kind of a shame that two of my favorite books that don’t have “Oz” in … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Games, Chess, Games, Lewis Carroll, Playing Cards | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, humpty dumpty, james cook, john tenniel, king of hearts, knave of hearts, mad hatter, maps, march hare, queen of hearts, red king, the dictionary of imaginary places, through the looking-glass, white king |