{"id":3445,"date":"2014-07-03T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T06:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2014-07-03T08:06:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T14:06:21","slug":"toons-today-some-art-from-frederic-othon-theodore-aristides-lorenzo-mattotti-and-yvan-pommaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3445","title":{"rendered":"TOONs Thursday: Some Art from<br>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Othon Th\u00e9odore Aristid\u00e8s,<br>Lorenzo Mattotti, and Yvan Pommaux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/H&#038;G.g.AO_pp.22-23loRGB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/H&#038;G.g.AO_pp.22-23loRGBsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;And then, one morning, their father announced he was taking them with him to work.&#8221;<br \/>&#8212; From <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neilgaiman.com\/\">Neil Gaiman&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781935179627\">Hansel &#038; Gretel<\/a><\/strong><em>, illustrated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattotti.com\/\">Lorenzo Mattotti<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_05loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_05loRGBfullcuttingzzz.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>From <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yvan_Pommaux\">Yvan Pommaux&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781935179610\">Theseus and the Minotaur<\/a><\/strong><br \/>(Click to see spread in its entirety)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.16-17loRGB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.16-17loRGBsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>From <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_(comics)\">Fred&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781935179634\">Cast Away on the Letter A: A Philemon Adventure<\/a><\/strong><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nLast week over at <em>Kirkus<\/em>, I chatted with designer and editor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7oise_Mouly\">Fran\u00e7oise Mouly<\/a><\/strong>  about TOON Graphics, the new imprint from TOON Books. That conversation is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/promoting-verbal-iandi-visual-literacy\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>, and today I follow up with some art from the imprint&#8217;s three debut titles &#8212; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neilgaiman.com\/\">Neil Gaiman&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781935179627\">Hansel &#038; Gretel<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, illustrated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattotti.com\/\">Lorenzo Mattotti<\/a><\/strong>; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yvan_Pommaux\">Yvan Pommaux&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781935179610\">Theseus and the Minotaur<\/a><\/strong><\/em>; and <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781935179634\">Cast Away on the Letter A: A Philemon Adventure<\/a><\/strong><\/em> from Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Othon Th\u00e9odore Aristid\u00e8s, who went simply by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_(comics)\">Fred<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><font size=3><strong>From Neil Gaiman&#8217;s <em>Hansel &#038; Gretel<\/em>,<br \/>illustrated by Lorenzo Mattotti (October 2014)<\/strong><\/font><br \/><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/H&#038;G.g.AO_pp.26-27loRGB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/H&#038;G.g.AO_pp.26-27loRGBsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;They went so deep into the old forest<br \/>that the sunlight was stained green by the leaves.&#8221;<br \/><\/em>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/H&#038;G.Front.cvr.AOloRGBuse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><font size=3><strong>From Yvon Pommaux&#8217;s<br \/><em>Theseus and the Minotaur<\/em><br \/>(August 2014)<\/strong><\/font><br \/><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_02loRGB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_02loRGBsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_05loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_05loRGBleft.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_05loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_05loRGBright.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_12loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_12loRGBleft.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_12loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_12loRGBright.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_14loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_14loRGBleft.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_14loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.g.AO_Page_14loRGBright.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/THES.Front.cvr.AOloRGBuse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><font size=3><strong>From <em>Cast Away on the Letter A:<br \/>A Philemon Adventure<\/em><br \/>(September 2014)<\/strong><\/font><br \/><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.08-09loRGB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.08-09loRGBsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.12-13loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.12-13loRGBleft.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.12-13loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.12-13loRGBright.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.18-19loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.18-19loRGBleft.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.18-19loRGBfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.g.AO_pp.18-19loRGBright.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/FRED.Front.cvr.AOloRGBuse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>All images are posted here by permission of TOON Books.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And then, one morning, their father announced he was taking them with him to work.&#8221;&#8212; 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