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Steve Lambe is busy working on Fanboy and Chum Chum these days, but he still manages to find time (how?) to create his own personal work as well. I’m really loving his Golden Books inspired series, which perfectly captures the palette and texture of the classic illustrations, while adding a little extra-spicy weirdness to the mix.

For more, go to Lambey’s Log.

Too bad DIC Entertainment’s Little Golden Book Land didn’t do as good a job paying homage to the original books. This is from 1989:

—Anne D. Bernstein

PS: “Little Lamb” is a song from Gypsy. (FYI for all of you who were not theater geeks in high school.)

This Thursday (August 28th) is the last day to see the exhibit “Golden Legacy: Original Art from 65 Years of Golden Books” at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. I was there last weekend I can confirm that there were adults attending sans kids. (Much of the artwork is hung close to the ground, so be prepared to get down on your knees to take in the details.)

As you may know, Golden Books illustrators included many Disney artists such as Gustav Tenggren and Mary Blair. I was particularly thrilled to see two original pieces by Mary Blair from I Can Fly.

(My one gripe is that the medium of the pieces is not indicated, and although advertised as a collection of “original art”, there seem to be some digital prints in the mix.)

Amazing fact: There have been two BILLION copies of Golden Books printed to date!

If you can’t make it speedily to the West Side, the exhibit (which originated at the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature in Abilene, Texas) will be touring in the future: The Eric Carle Museum and the Chicago Public Library are on the agenda. [Read more…]