Wookie the Chew: The House at Chew Corner & Other Tales About Chrisolo Robin
Winnie the Pooh (or, shall we say, Winnie ther Pooh) was a constant in my childhood and in many of my friends’ as well. Everyone knows the stories, everyone knows the song (you’re singing it in your head right now, I just know it), and everyone knows all about the little bear all stuffed with fluff and his friends of the Hundred Acre Wood. Thanks to my parents and the wonderful geekery that they embraced, Star Wars was also a thing of my childhood. Remember the old Star Wars posters you could get from Pizza Hut way back when? I still have those – they were hung on my walls when I was seven. And I’m pretty sure I was the only girl to partake in lightsaber battles with the neighbor boys (I refused to be Leia). Yes, I had a pretty awesome childhood.
That’s why I am absolutely in love with this book and artwork by artist James Hance: Wookie the Chew: The House at Chew Corner. The thought and detail put into these illustrations is apparent at first glance, as is the wonderful attempts at staying true to A.A. Milne’s feel and E.H. Sheppard’s artistic style. I love these. And what’s even better is that if you buy the special print run of “Off to Save the Princess” all the proceeds will be going to help the artist’s seven year old daughter Maddy (and I know we all love helping our fellow artists).
Here are just a few samples of what you can find at the House at Chew Corner.
Check out more from James Hance here:
Nikki Jeske is an illustrator and web designer who doodles her life away in Austin, Texas. She blogs at Snailbird, designs at Design Coyote, and spends far too much time madly drawing the many animals that make up The Family Menagerie. You can also find her on twitter.
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This pleases both my inner child AND my outward, nerdy adult. Sweet!