adding to the collection

[egypturnash]

The day before yesterday, I got a package from my mother. Some hand-me-down clothes, some various snippets of things to read, and a couple books. A Cajun cookbook for Sammi, and a late Christmas present for me: the most obscenely complicated pop-up book I've ever seen.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, as adapted by Robert Sabuda.

Words can't do it justice; luckily there is a digital camera available. Photos with commentary are here.

I now have, um, four or five different editions of Alice. And occasional thoughts of doing my own. Do I have a Collection yet?

Comments

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

If you want to be frightened by the cost of my collection, go look around for what the Ralph Steadman version goes for. Not the recent softcover reissue, the hardback from the Seventies of Wonderland, Looking-glass, and Snark...

[orb2069.livejournal.com]

I can't even imagine what Ralph's take on Alice looks like - I'm sure the Cheshire cat alone is worth whatever inhumanly evil price you paid for it. :)

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Ralph's take involves politics! Sort of.

Curiously enough, there's next to no splatters. There are, however, distorted checkerboard grids, soupy hatching, and insanely long, flowing hair on Alice. The drawing I did of Alice in bondage is somewhat inspired by his take. Somewhat.