Here’s some extra screencaps from the special I couldn’t find a place for. The first three are from the Stone Table scene. Melendez’s Pevensie kids didn’t stand the test of time, in a design sense, for me; but the spooky creatures remain vividly creepy even today. It helps that these caps are colorful and clean.
This press release, included with all the others, is a short biography of C. S. Lewis and how he came to write The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. While the life of Lewis’s colleague J. R. R. Tolkien was widely known by then because of the The Lord of the Rings, Lewis’s was not. …
A year ago I speculated on how the Netflix version of The Magician’s Nephew would handle Aslan’s creation of the world through his song. When I came upon this illustration, I realized there was another way to handle it. I call it the “Hakuna Matata” method. It’s used in animated musicals a lot, like The …
What do Narnians drink at their tourney celebrations? Narnian Imbibeables Archbird’s Nutbiter A popular beer brewed by Loren Archbird, owner of the Gray Stag Inn on the outskirts of Anvard. Like all Archenland beers it has a sharper taste than the Narnian ones and includes mountain hops. Archbird is well on in years now …
Somewhere in the late 1970s or early 1980s the British publisher that held the rights to the Chronicles, Williams Collins, Sons & Co., ** decided to update the look of the books to appeal to the current audience of young readers. Up to then they had relied on covers using Pauline Baynes’ original artwork, but …
Some months ago I was researching flag design and wondering what sort of flag Jadis would create for Narnia during the years that she ruled it. I came up with this design. The red sun represents Charn’s, the white star its lone companion, and the dark blue background Charn’s empty sky. The mountains denote …
For the upcoming The Magician’s Nephew movie, I found this AI depiction of what Jadis’s costume what might look like. Some glimpses came out last year, but it wasn’t a full view because they were worn by the actress’s stunt double while riding a horse. We aren’t to see for ourselves until 2027. Seems …
Lampost, Pevensies, and Aslan come together in this free-form stitched piece of textile art by Heidi Rhodes.
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