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The World of the Dark Crystal | Brian Froud

Extra hour so why not start another documentary for #nfNov. This time it‘s Netflix‘s The Crystal Calls (Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance).

And so far #TIL the Henson company originally tried to do CG gelding with puppet skeksis. IMO, it wasn‘t the same. Despite the fact that CGI can do so much more action-wise, I‘m glad they didn‘t go total CGI.

And it just reinforces Jim Henson‘s genius.

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The Fantastic Art of Jacek Yerka | Jacek Yerka, James R. Cowan, Anna Lukaszuk

#7covers7days #covercrush
Day 5 (a day late)

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SkeletonKey

The World of the Dark Crystal | Brian Froud

Sketching ideas and hooked to the tv.

I have to store my big canvases behind the tv, lol. Small space livin‘.

#thedarkcrystal #thedarkening

LibrarianRyan I just started the book the show is based on and I‘m not watching until I finish book 1. Guess what I‘m doing tonight and tomorrow. 5y

SkeletonKey @LibrarianRyan - You have more discipline than me! I have the books and need to read them soon... but I couldn‘t resist. 5y

LibrarianRyan @SkeletonKey I‘m 30 pages in and the skeksis have not shown up yet. But I like to. 5y

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SkeletonKey @LibrarianRyan - Oh good. I admit I was nervous about reading them. 5y

LibrarianRyan I can tell you the graphic novel series that is the sequel is pretty good.

Jim Henson's The Power of the Dark Crystal Vol. 1

SkeletonKey @LibrarianRyan - I loved the covers they did for those comics! Need to read them too. I‘m trying not to be so picky about story but I had developed such a big backstory in my head over the years that it‘s hard to accept other visions 😂 5y

BookwormAHN I started reading the books but I couldn't resist watching the show. I'll have to get back to the books later. 💚 5y

SkeletonKey @BookwormAHN - Hope you enjoy! 5y

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LibrarianRyan

The World of the Dark Crystal | Brian Froud

Okay @DaveGreen7777
I agree the #WorldNeedsaVillain and you making me choose just one!!!

So I will go with my fav childhood villain: Chamberlain!

He gets a bit of a redemption ark in the movie, but that is completely blown away by the sequel graphic novels. Plus, now that I have shown Josh the love the the Dark Crystal, he constantly quote Chamberlain.

Plus he almost looks like he could be a Bond villain.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk mmmmmMMMMMMMmmmm 5y

LibrarianRyan @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Is it sad to say my puppy now does that after the movie was playing. 5y

Dolly Hi Ryan, I guess I missed the swap date, didn‘t see it. ☹️ I‘ve been making bookmarks that can be seen a few back on my posts. I understand if I‘m too late and I‘ll be more careful next time. 🤦🏼‍♀️Thanks for doing this. 5y

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JazzFeathers You know? I have never seen the movie. I was obsessed when l was a kid, but l didn't get to see it in the theatre and back then you list the theatre, you lost the film. But l was really obsessed with photos, newspaper articles, picture books. Then, l don't know why, l never got the chance to see it on tv. I should really hunt it down on the net. 5y

LibrarianRyan @Dolly

I have not mailed out the list yet. I can add you real quick.

Send me your details to MissRyanAF@gmail.com

Name, Screen Name, Address. How Many you want to swap with (1-5) and if international is okay. 5y

LibrarianRyan @JazzFeathers Yes, Yes, Yes. You must see! You Must! you can probably watch a bad version on Youtube. I haven't looked.
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Dolly Yes yes yes thank you will contact right now! 😘😁 5y

Bookzombie @JazzFeathers If you have Amazon Prime, I believe The Dark Crystal is free on there. I think it might be on Netflix too. 5y

LibrarianRyan @Bookzombie @JazzFeathers It would make sense for it to be on Netflix since netflix has the new series that starts next month. I just have not checked since I own a digital copy. 5y

DaveGreen7777 I love this! 😀 Thank you for participating in my giveaway! 😊 5y

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Moray_Reads

The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook | Alan Lee

An absolute honour to hear Alan Lee discuss his amazing career and to see so much of his wonderful work. No-one has done more to define my visual imaginings of Tolkien's world ❤️

DimeryRene Holy cats!!! Where is this? How is this?! 💕💕 6y

Moray_Reads @DimeryRene it was part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and it was amazing! 6y

DimeryRene Oh! I‘m so jealous. But my heart is so happy that is a thing. 💚💜 6y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Treebeard! This is fantastic! 6y

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laurieluna

The World of the Dark Crystal | Brian Froud

It actually makes me incredibly sad how wrecked this book is. It's quite a big book and took a lot of battering through a few house moves as a student. It's so beautiful inside. #crimesagainstcovers #mostwreckedbook
@ErinSueG

Erinsuereads Usually our most wrecked books are our most loved books 😍😍 6y

laurieluna @ErinSueG it's currently stored in a cupboard as it makes me sad to look at it, and to stop the kids making it worse. I keep wondering if I should patch it up with selotape or if that will make it look worse...😕 6y

Erinsuereads At least with some light tape the tears wouldn‘t get worse 🤷🏻‍♀️. That charlottes web on my post is completely covered and held together by tape! 6y

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LeahBergen You should get a Brodart (or the like) plastic cover for the dust jacket. 6y

laurieluna @LeahBergen oh. Yes! I shall look it up, thank you! 😊 6y

LeahBergen I‘ve “beautified” some pretty bad dust jackets with them before. 😆 6y

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TK-421

Runes of Elfland | Brian Froud, Ari Berk

I've only browsed through this book, marvelling at the beautiful art, but I intend to read it cover to cover one of these days! #Sword #CoolBooks #CoolBooksFairytaleEdition

Linsy

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Beautiful! 6y

Linsy @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Here! Here! So pretty! 6y

JazzFeathers Wow! 😍 I don't think l've ever heard of this one, though from the illustrations il looks like a 1980s/1990s book? 6y

TK-421 @JazzFeathers Actually, it was published in 2003, but much of Froud's best-known work is from the 80s & 90s. The art is Froud's; the text is by Ari Berk. The Litsy write up is quite short, but the one on Goodreads is more in-depth: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/859531.The_Runes_of_Elfland (edited) 6y

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