I just noticed that Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland is rated PG “for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.” Wonderful! Disney’s 1951 version, which… [read full post]
The Blog of the LCSNA
Month: February 2010
“Alice’s Theme”: Music & Lyrics by Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman’s soundtrack to Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland will be released on CD (an ancient kind of optical disc used to store digital audio) next Tuesday, March 2nd, and… [read full post]
Beautiful Carroll books online at rarebookroom.org
Twenty-seven beautifully rendered hi-resolution facsimiles of old Lewis Carroll books (and hundreds from other authors) can be read online at rarebookroom.org. From Mark Burstein’s collection, there are translations “in Dutch,… [read full post]
New edition of Through the Looking-Glass, illustrated by Gavin L. O’Keefe
A new edition of Through the Looking-Glass, illustrated by Gavin L. O’Keefe, was released this month by Ramble House. O’Keefe is an Australian artist who has already illustrated Alice’s Adventures… [read full post]
Movie Anti-Hype: The Onion’s A.V. Club is dreading another Alice movie
In regards to what we wrote below, that many writers have taken on the theme of “all those awful Alice movies” in anticipation of the imminent Tim Burton 3D one… [read full post]
“Curiouser and Curiouser” at the Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra CA
Next Saturday will be the opening night of “Curiouser and Curiouser: Inspired by ‘Alice in Wonderland,’” an exhibition of new artwork at the Nucleus Gallery in downtown Alhambra CA. In… [read full post]
Alice Events at the British Library
Tickets for next Wednesday evening’s Alice celebrations at the British Library are now sold out. Congratulations to our London-dwelling friends who managed to secure one. They will be enjoying readings… [read full post]
“Lewis Carroll as the White Rabbit” oil painting by Steven Kenny
This fresh vision of Lewis Carroll is by artist Steven Kenny. There is something about the blend of strangeness and comedy that seems just right. The 24″ by 18″… [read full post]
Carroll Concordances at the Victorian Literary Studies Archive
Wondering exactly how many times the mysterious word “Boojum” appears in The Hunting of the Snark? (3). There’s a pretty user-friendly and accessible concordance of seven of Lewis Carroll’s most… [read full post]
More Tim Burton movie hype at the LA Times blog Hero Complex
It’s now only two weeks from opening night of the Tim Burton Disney 3D Spectacular. There’s posters all over bus stops in the East Bay Area, California. The LCSNA is… [read full post]