tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post8777862497790906092..comments2024-03-18T08:42:53.876+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: "EVERYONE SING HIS NAME..."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-4994328893092930072012-12-14T19:22:50.803+00:002012-12-14T19:22:50.803+00:00The Wind In The Willows has chapters that fit the ...The Wind In The Willows has chapters that fit the mood of Machen; the great god Pan, for example. Grahame was born first, by a few years, but Machen may have preceded him into print. I don't know, not being familiar with Machen's work.<br /><br />One thing that always bothered me about the Rupert books is how he was transformed into a 'polar' bear in the interior art. That's one tradition I wish they'd do away with, and colour him brown throughout.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-46433960558282556482012-12-14T17:43:51.542+00:002012-12-14T17:43:51.542+00:00I got a Rupert annual for Xmas possibly 1970 or 71...I got a Rupert annual for Xmas possibly 1970 or 71. The annual had a Chinoiserie theme with Willow Pattern imagery. Really beautiful and delicate.<br /><br />That twig-like wood creature seems to tap into ancient British folklore, doesn't he? Quite Arthur Machen.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.com