I Love The Wind. The Sun Is Joy, The Rain Is Sadness—but The Wind: Mystery. The Tumultuous Firs In

Some art from the RETURN OF THE JEDI SKETCHBOOK that I haven’t featured before. (Art by Joe Johnston, Nilo Rodis-Jamero, and Ralph McQuarrie.)

Photographer, Katrin Koenning.

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET fun.

David Lynch art that found its way into TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN. The Fireman’s “House by the Sea” at the mauve edge of reality, the Fireman giving birth to The One, Dale Cooper floating in the mysterious glass box in New York after his exit from the Lodge, and the jailed drunk (eww). Oh, and Billy.

A thumbs up to anyone who knows what I’m talking about.

Art by Tim Burton for some of his films. They’re obvious, aren’t they? Except maybe image 4, which is a sketch of villain Brainiac for Burton’s unproduced Superman film; and image 8, for BEETLEJUICE. There’s Sally and others from NIGHTMARE, the Joker, the Headless Horseman, Tweedle Dee/Dum (it’s the same drawing), Batman.

(The last image isn’t for any film, it’s an untitled drawing from circa 1980. But hey.)

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1985).

Animation art from Disney’s BAMBI (1942) by Mel Shaw.

First editions (and publications) of stories that became Stanley Kubrick films: Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey (based on Sentinel of Eternity in 10 Story Fantasy, 1951), A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon (The Luck of Barry Lyndon, Fraser’s magazine, 1844), The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut.

Ghost mall: Metcalf South Shopping Center in the Kansas City area.

Suggested soundtrack: one of those 1980s synth horror movies. C.H.U.D., or MANIAC.

Or CHOPPING MALL...

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Illustrations by Chica for a 1976 French edition of THE HOBBIT. Love that Gollum.

I’ve featured several foreign editions of the book (and LOTR in general) now. It’s interesting to compare the different versions and styles, the literal and the faithful, and the wild and the weird. Illustrations that differ too much from the descriptions in the book can be jarring, whereas illustrations that too literally depict what’s already vividly described in prose can make you wonder, Why even bother with illustrations?