How Tim Burton Is Influencing Alice Through The Looking Glass

Edit Cinema Blend 29 Mar 2016
Asked about the involvement of the Big Eyes director, Bobin first explained that the world that the filmmaker created with Alice In Wonderland was obviously huge in the development of the sequel – but he also added that he found opportunity to adjust the look and have it better resemble the work of illustrator John Tenniel....

A look at Lewis Carroll’s lesser-known contributions on his birthday

Edit Indian Express 28 Jan 2016
A hugely popular children’s book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has also beguiled adults with its poetic riddles and rich fantasy. (Source. John Tenniel via Wikimedia Commons) ... (Source ... (Source ... (Source ... When you say, in your letter, “I enclose cheque for £5,” or “I enclose John’s letter for you to see,” leave off writing for a moment—go and get the document referred to—and put it into the envelope....

If ever there was a classic children’s book, Alice in Wonderland is it

Edit South China Morning Post 27 Dec 2015
When it was published in 1865 with illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, Alice became an instant sensation ... The original woodblocks of Tenniel’s illustrations are also with the British Library ... edition in which Glenn Diddit creates an unabridged graphic novel with black and white illustrations that pay homage to the original Tenniel illustrations....

'Logan's Run' co-author George Clayton Johnson dead at 86

Edit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 26 Dec 2015
By John Rogers, The Associated Press ... He was 86. Johnson, who also co-wrote the dark futuristic tale "Logan's Run," died of cancer in Los Angeles on Friday, his son, Paul B. Johnson, told The Associated Press. . Dec. 25, 2015 . By Derrik J ... He was 74 ... By Jon M ... John Tenniel's of Alice, the White Rabbit, the Hatter, Cheshire Cat and other characters made "Alice" a powerful visual experience as well as a textual one ... ....

Gladys Knight and the Pips member William Guest dies at 74

Edit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 26 Dec 2015
By Derrik J. Lang, The Associated Press. LOS ANGELES (AP) - William Guest, a member of Gladys Knight and the Pips, has died. He was 74 ... 25, 2015 . By John Rogers, The Associated Press ... He was 86 ... Johnson, told The Associated Press. . Dec. 25, 2015 . Book Review ... John Tenniel's of Alice, the White Rabbit, the Hatter, Cheshire Cat and other characters made "Alice" a powerful visual experience as well as a textual one ... . . . ... ....

'Alice in Wonderland' keeps telling us 'Drink me,' and we do

Edit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 25 Dec 2015
By of the Journal Sentinel. The irrational vitality of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" (1865) resists being explained away by anyone's theory, so it remains strange and fresh today ... John Tenniel's of Alice, the White Rabbit, the Hatter, Cheshire Cat and other characters made "Alice" a powerful visual experience as well as a textual one ... Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland" (Belknap Press).  . Dec ... Dec ... 8 p.m....

UK's Christmas No. 1 goes to charity song, not Justin Bieber

Edit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 25 Dec 2015
By The Associated Press. LONDON (AP) - The National Health Service Choir has beaten Justin Bieber to capture Britain's official Christmas No. 1 song - and he's OK with that ... 25, 2015 7.43 a.m. . Recommended Reading. By of the Journal Sentinel ... John Tenniel's of Alice, the White Rabbit, the Hatter, Cheshire Cat and other characters made "Alice" a powerful visual experience as well as a textual one ...  . Dec ... Best of 2015 ... Dec ... . ....

Nohl Fellowship artists probe how Milwaukeeans define their community

Edit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 25 Dec 2015
As a journalist, my perspective may be skewed, but I saw death everywhere. Death of the news. Death of a man named Dontre Hamilton. Death of our capacity to fully understand events in our own community.  . Dec. 25, 2015 11.00 a.m. . Recommended Reading ... John Tenniel's of Alice, the White Rabbit, the Hatter, Cheshire Cat and other characters made "Alice" a powerful visual experience as well as a textual one ...  . Dec ... ....

Biographer portrays Sun Records' Sam Phillips as a man with a purpose

Edit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 25 Dec 2015
By Jon M. Gilbertson, Special to the Journal Sentinel. Less than five pages into his Sam Phillips biography, allows that his subject "would have both claimed and disclaimed" the subtitle ...  . Dec. 25, 2015 12.00 p.m. . Art City ... Death of the news ...  . Dec ... John Tenniel's of Alice, the White Rabbit, the Hatter, Cheshire Cat and other characters made "Alice" a powerful visual experience as well as a textual one ... Dec ... . . ....

"Off With Their Heads!"

Edit Huffington Post 17 Dec 2015
Have you ever emerged from a posh department store like say Bergdorf Goodman and wished that a brigade of ISIS terrorists would wipe the plastic smiles off the faces of both the supercilious customers and haughty sales staff? Of course one way to eradicate all forms of materialism including demeaning the worth of the person facing you and your own self worth is to cut off their heads ... The King and Queen of Hearts (John Tenniel) ... ....

Children's books of the year: Something for everyone, plus a few more beauties

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 12 Dec 2015
WHO would have thought that a picture book about five toys sitting on a shelf could be so intriguing, philosophically engaging and cute, all at the same time ... The text is brief, but expertly honed and features a genuinely touching story with universal themes ... Advertisement ... Short, sincere and powerful.  ... From its die-cut cover to its original illustrations by John Tenniel, this edition should only be read under the perfect tree ... K ... M....

Holiday Gift Guide 2015: Books that prove reading matters, part 1

Edit The Examiner 10 Dec 2015
Forget the mall haul ... ... The Voyage Home ... W. Norton & Company, $39.95), that combines all annotations with updates and correspondence with leading Carrollian experts.This gorgeous edition also includes over 100 new color and black-and-white illustrations, including images by Salvador Dalí and Barry Moser, which complement the original John Tenniel art ... B ... B. and Katharine White, James Thurber, Charles Addams, Peter Arno and John O’Hara....
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