#peter pan
Happy Birthday J.M. Barrie!
Today we share illustrations from the first American trade edition of Peter and Wendy (Scribner’s, 1911) and the second American edition of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Scribner’s, 1910) to honor the birth of Scottish playwright and authorJ.M. Barrie, born May, 9th 1860. Peter and Wendy is illustrated by F. D. Bedford, while Kensington Gardens is illustrated byArthur Rackham.
Barrie is best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan, modeled after the sons of the Llewelyn Davies family, whom Barrie would go on to serve as guardian after the death of father Arthur (d. 1907) and mother Sylvia (d. 1910). The character of Peter Pan first appeared in Barrie’s 1902 novel The Little White Bird. A portion of that novel about an infant Peter was extracted and reprinted by Barrie’s English publisher, Hodder and Stoughton, in 1906 as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens following the success of Barrie’s 1904 stage play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. The stage play later served as the basis for the 1911 novel, Peter and Wendy.
While Peter Pan remains Barrie’s most enduring creation, he enjoyed much success on the London stage, including Ibsen’s Ghost (1891),Quality Street (1901), The Admirable Crichton (1902), The Twelve Pound Look (1910), and Mary Rose (1920). He was also involved in several campaigns to challenge censorious policies affecting British theatre.
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-Olivia,Special Collections Graduate Intern
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Me, after finishing the second book based on Peter Pan this year: …maybe I should read Peter Pan itself at some point…
POP CULTURE - Funny and twisted illustrations by Ben Chen
Funny and twisted illustrations of Ben Chen, filled with references to famous pop culture characters! Note that many of his illustrations were published as t-shirts at Threadless. l Via Ufunk.
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“To live and die with Nathaniel by his side would be an awfully big adventure.” - THE SUN AND THE SHADOW by Ilya Ellis
When Pride Book Crate approached me with a commission of a scene from an upcoming queer sequel to/retelling of Peter Pan, I about lost my mind. I have been low-key obsessed with J.M. Barrie’s tale since I made it the subject of my master’s thesis, and hell YES it sounded like a dream commission!
This art depicts an older Peter Pan with his friend-to-lover Nathaniel in Neverland in a moment evocative of JM Barrie’s Peter visiting Wendy at the window. I hope you enjoy it, and enormous thanks to Pride Book Crate and Ilya Ellis for bringing me aboard to draw it!
Happy Anniversary to my favorite childhood movie! Thanks for teaching me to never grow up and to always have happy thoughts!
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INKTOBER Day 10
For today I had a clear idea: I wanted to draw Peter and the Lost Boys as the bad guys. Peter would be kind of a final boss and the boys would be like support characters for him :D
In my head, I wanted to picture Peter as if half of his shadow possesed him because that side wasn’t properly sewn. Also Peter is half bird ‘cause I found some interesting teories about why is he able to fly without magic and, long story short, one of them involved kid’s being birds at birth XD.
It’s my interpretation even thought it’s highly inspired in Disney’s version, which is the one I grew with (specially the Lost Boys’s appearance)
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How has Peter Pan existed for over a century without anyone calling the crocodile the “Clockodile”?
Tinkerbell Fun :)
Wish I could dream forever…✨
Ruth B. for Roots #sweatstyle
“I make the best music when I’m in my natural element for sure.” - Ruth B.
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