"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Talking animals, liminal magic, a Court of fairies where dancing is the most important part of life, and a small almost-human with a crisis of identity who’s trying to navigate it all. Compared to the much more famous Peter Pan and Wendy, I think this...
The fourth and last "faction" in Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is, of course, Peter. And, as I have said previously, I think he's a fairly different character than the one we see in Neverland. This just doesn't come down to the fact that...
In the previous weeks I bought you what I referred to as the two main factions of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie's story preceding the much more famous Neverland story arc: we have birds on one side, living on the Serpentine Island, and...
Last week I continued down Arthur Rackham's trail and I started writing a bit about his work on the first version of Peter Pan, one I actually prefer a lot over the more well-known Neverland story: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. His illustrations are incredible...
I'm not a fan of Peter Pan. My significant otter is quite fond of the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, but I kind of hate the little shit and I have always rooted for the pirates. When it comes to adaptations, my distaste expands indifferently to...
I have had the occasion of bringing you some stories, recently, that came from my love for legends and myths, sure, but mostly from my love for the Danish artist and illustrator Kay Nielsen. He was an absolute genius and I started talking about him...
Ricordate quando lodavo la SciFi (all'epoca, attuale SyFy perché fa più figo e poi la scienza in fantascienza è obiettivamente andata a farsi benedire un sacco di tempo fa) per cose come Tin Man, The Lost Room e Alice? Ricordate quando dicevo che erano dei...
