Friday, May 8, 2015

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

David Bergen's cover illustrations for The Earthsea Quartet

One of the few Earthsea book cover artists who actually depict Ged and Tehanu as people of color. The author Ursula Le Guin describes Ged as "reddish dark", and the Gontish people in general as red-skinned.
Click thumbnail to view larger image on katongboy.worpress.com Detail of GedDetail of Tehanu

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Michel Ocelot's "Kirikou and the Wild Beasts"

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts is the 2005 followup to Ocelot's 1998 Kirikou and the Sorceress. This  anthology of stories takes place within the Kirikou and the Sorceress timeline. Each episodes narrates Kirikou's ways of circumventing the Sorceress' oppressive tactics, or how the infant hero creatively manages human conflicts with wildlife.


Waterfall
Sorceress' House
Kirikou rides Giraffe

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Nancy Duong's "Scarlet Moon" and "Year of the Cat"

Scarlet MoonYear of the Cat
Vietnamese-inspired illustrations by Nancy Duong.

Click on thumbnails to view images in artist's web gallery.

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Monday, December 8, 2014