The tag to Widget’s tent. From The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern:

“…a black and white etching of a child in a bed covered in fluffy pillows and a checkered quilt, not in a nursery but under a star-spangled night sky… The opposite side is white with elegant calligraphy in black ink that reads: Bedtime Stories/ Eventide Rhapsodies/ Anthologies of Memory/ Please enter cautiously/ and feel free to open what is closed.”  

page 236

“The Thief’s Tale” issue 3 (the second chapter of the story) is finished and I just got my first batch of print issues in the mail! You can read the whole story on the smackjeeves site. You can also get copies of all three issues from my etsy it strikes your fancy :)

lucybellwood:

After a sell-out weekend at TCAF, I’m suuuuper excited to announce that Baggywrinkles #4: The Plank is now available for all and sundry both online and in physical form! Download the PDF for free via Gumroad, read the rest of the comic on my site, or purchase a print copy via Storenvy. The possibilities are endless!

Two things I love: ships and comics! Expertly mixed by Lucy Bellwood, who has one of the coolest names ever and is all around awesome. 

haylessss asked: oh my god the letter print for the night circus is the best! is there any way I could get one?? its literally the best thing ever

I have made a few sets of the Night Circus tickets available on etsy for you. You can find them here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/RedgoldsparksPress

The middle stage of the drawing below, and the completed above. Inspired by “The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern. 

My latest letterpress side project: printing tickets to the Night Circus! I printed a set on white paper with black ink, then a set on black paper with silver ink. Based on Erin Morgenstern’s novel “The Night Circus”. 

The Night Circus was a constant delight. Right from the start Eric Morgenstern’s light careful descriptive writing caught me up and held me. Stretching over a thirty year period (the 1870s-early 1900s) this book chronicles the early history of the Le Cirque des Rêves, a travelling circus which opens at nightfall and closes at dawn. The black and white tents appear without warning and disappear just as quietly, travelling freely across Europe and North America. But as enchanting as the circus is, it is only a stage for something even deeper and far more magical.

Two magicians have chosen students and bound them into long-running a contest.  Prospero, a well-known stage magician, chooses his out-of-wedlock daughter, Celia. The illusive Mr H—- chooses Marco, an unwanted boy from a London orphanage. The magicians take care over their student’s educations but little else, and both students lead lonely, painful childhoods. Celia and Marco grow up under the loaming shadow of the competition, yet neither student knows the rules, the ultimate goal of the contest or even the identity of their opponent. As young adults, both begin working for Le Cirque des Rêves, each trying to influence it with their magic. Defying their teachers, Celia and Marco begin instead to collaborate, one from inside the circus and one from outside to build something beyond what either could imagine.

This book was my favorite book read in April, and it has also joined my list of favorite books of all time. Expect to see some Night Circus artwork very soon. 

Here’s what I read in April

*=comic book

*Husbands: The Comic by Jane Espensen, Brad Bell, and others

*Emma vol 7 by Kaoru Mori

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

*Nana vol 8 by Ai Yazawa

*Bride’s Story vol 1 by Kaoru Mori

A Stranger at Green Knowe by L M Boston

*Tsubasa vol 18 by Clamp

*Curses Foiled Again by Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro

*Peanutbutter and Jeremy’s Best Book Ever by James Kochalka

*Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires

*Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous by Joss Whedon, John Cassady and others

The Night Circus by Eric Morgenstern

Aubrey Beardsley: A Slave to Beauty by David Colvin

*Kobatu vol 4 by Clamp

*xxxHolic vol 7 by Clamp

*Adventure Time vol 1 by Ryan North, S. Paroline, B. Lamb and M. Holmes

*Astonishing X-Men: Torn by Joss Whedon, John Cassady and others

*Jack of Fables vol 5: Turning Pages by Bill Willingham, M. Sturges, R. Braun, T. Akins,  J. Marzan Jr and A. Pepoy

Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery

*Jack of Fables vol 6: The Big Book of War by Bill Willingham, M. Sturges, R. Braun, T. Akins, J. Marzan Jr and A. Pepoy

Brief reviews of the notable books. 

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helloseahorse:

Torigun

 I can’t read Japanese, but I believe this is the artist’s website.

(via scissorsappledog)

I just posted two new pages of my comic, The Thief’s Tale. 

All that magic, and he can even draw! Merlin is my hero :)

(via totheloveless)

chamsramble:

My lovely friend Liliana just received this! You too can have a pillow with my illustration of Thumbelina and the swallow! http://society6.com/Chamisa #society6 #artsystuff #decoratethatcouch

You can get lovely art by my friend Chamisa Kellogg at the link above! 

I finally finished coloring my second drawing for “The Blog of Eugenia H Watson” by Madlori. Here she is, working on the blog! 

9x10 inches, colored pencil

I had an extremely hard time getting good reference images of that red and gold wallpaper behind her. If you google ‘sherlock wallpaper’ or similar its always the other paper, the black and white one, that comes up. If anyone has a good image of this wallpaper (or a link to the image) which you would be willing to send to me on tumblr I would be extremely grateful. 

neil-gaiman:

Books Everyone Should Read — an infographic.

From http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/books-everyone-should-read/

CREDITS —

RESEARCH & DESIGN: DAVID MCCANDLESS, MIRIAM QUICK, MATT HANCOCK

DATA: BIT.LY/BOOKSEVERYONE

SOURCES: UK’S MOST BORROWED LIBRARY BOOKS, DESERT ISLAND DISCS BOOK CHOICES, PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS (1948-2010) ASKMETAFILTER.COM’S BOOKS EVERYONE SHOULD READ, WORLD BOOK DAY POLL, TELEGRAPH 100 NOVELS EVERYONE SHOULD READ, GOODREADS.COM, BSPCN.COM, GUARDIAN 100 NOVELS EVERYONE MUST READ, MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS, OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB LIST.

I’ve read 44 of them :) 

After what felt like 10,000 hours of hatching, the second chapter of The Thief’s Tale (The Messenger) is finished. I have posted the first 4 pages to Smackjeeves and will be posting the pages simultaneously to Deviantart. 

This chapter is much shorter than the first one (only 8 pages) and it’s a prequel. Chapter three will also be a prequel, because apparently I can’t write stories in order!