My father was an avid reader of Dickens novels, and collected old editions of them. Phiz and George Cruikshank were my “pore over” guys as a kid, looking for the layered social commentary with the hilarious depictions of my favorite characters in mid-ridiculousness. Illustration and writing go together like…um…hand and pencil. Mutually reinforcing.
"This is what’s best about good illustration: it makes words more memorable, deepening their resonance." Yes, and you do this also. Happy Day t you, Judith. Keep 'em coming.
My father was an avid reader of Dickens novels, and collected old editions of them. Phiz and George Cruikshank were my “pore over” guys as a kid, looking for the layered social commentary with the hilarious depictions of my favorite characters in mid-ridiculousness. Illustration and writing go together like…um…hand and pencil. Mutually reinforcing.
So true! And Pogo was so text heavy that it had the same effect on me. Kids love to decipher and discover.
“We have met the enemy and he is us!”
"This is what’s best about good illustration: it makes words more memorable, deepening their resonance." Yes, and you do this also. Happy Day t you, Judith. Keep 'em coming.