Book illustration by Beuville
Book illustration by Beuville
Book illustration by Beuville
Book illustration by Beuville
A few more pages, the book has some wonderful large spreads like these.
Book cover for Contes de Provence illustrated by Beuville
Book illustration by Beuville
Book illustration by Beuville
Book illustration by Beuville
Great mail day! Added another book to my Georges Beuville collection and it’s a real beauty. Much larger than I expected too.
As for film versions, although not an adaptation Heat of course is very Parker-like but Ronin is in some ways even closer. The team coming together, the preparations, finding the weak spots in the team and the plan and the betrayal by another team member are the beats of many Parker books.
I love all the Parker books! Just finished rereading the first series (hunter-butcher moon). Slayground and Butcher’s Moon are many people’s favorites, but they are actually also quite different from the rest of the series. I love the ones where it is all about the job.
Name that Movie! deck of cards and postcard with a promotional still of May Day from A View to a Kill. Imagine Duran Duran theme music in the background.
10 of the 48 cards from the Name the Movie! deck. Each card is a scene from a film illustrated in a distinctive storyboard style.
Joscha van Deijk is an Amsterdam-based story artist. This card game is the first printed collection of a film quiz he has been sharing online since 2020. Copyright 2025 by Joscha van Deijk.
Name that Movie! A deck of storyboard panels from @aapstra.bsky.social! Ordered a long time ago but delayed by US regime shenanigans, finally arrived today and it is awesome. Thanks to @patrickhwillems.bsky.social for introducing me to the deck in one of his Q&A videos.
Genius editor Thelma Schoonmaker is 86.
I love her definition of editing:
‘Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.’
Cover from 'The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes' a beautiful painting by Bill Watterson showing Calvin and Hobbes sledding through snowy woods
Happy Holidays everyone!
Thank you!
Back in March I worked with Illogic Studios on the storyboards for an animated Christmas commercial for the French supermarket Intermarché. The film is out now and it is such a joy to see all the great reactions! 🎄
It's such a fun film, great cast overall!
Tiger Woo, Tiger Woo . . . I like him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVoG...
my pet theory is that the Anton Chigur we see in the film is a Rolo Tomassi like character, who Bell created from the contradictory evidence and witness statements he collected.
A selection of books illustrated by Georges Beuville
Have been going on something of a Beuville buying streak recently. I absolutely love the work of Georges Beuville but his books can be hard to come by, so I’m really happy that I was able to find all these!
The original prison set is in the Hollywood Museum in LA. You can sit on Clarice’s chair. tbf it probably is not the original chair, still very cool though!
They showed this on the biggest screen in Eye Amsterdam (film museum/ cinema) when Demme passed away. Those shots with characters looking directly into the camera were so intense! One of my favorite movies.
He seems to be talking about this interview (the arm bit starts around 5min30) but I prefer Bill Hader's version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYLx...
Great mail day!
Wow, that's awesome. Haha, here I was hoping you would have a way to make it easier not harder😅 Thank you for the reply!
Very cool! Don’t want to be the ‘what-pen-guy’, but very curious how you do those white rain drops? I have tried many white pens but they are usually too translucent.
Define “Perfect Ending”?
Cover of a Dutch book written by Mieke van Hooft and illustrated by Annet Schaap. Published in 2009.
This week was the Dutch Week of Children’s Books. At my daughter’s school there was market where kids could trade their books and we found this gem. The illustrations are delightful!
Book illustration by Dutch artist Annet Schaap
Book illustration by Dutch artist Annet Schaap
Book illustration by Dutch artist Annet Schaap
Book illustration by Dutch artist Annet Schaap
Children’s book illustrations by Dutch artist and writer Annet Schaap.
Me on the telly! @binnenstebuitentv is a popular dutch tvshow featuring craftsman in their workspace.
This week my work was featured. Lovely day of shooting with a great crew. #binnenstebuiten #ontv #illustration #kidlit #picturebook #kidlitartist #kinderboekenweek #illustratie #tvportrait
Gesundheit!
On Friday, November 24, 1967, Theo de Vlieger, head zookeeper at the Amsterdam Zoo Artis, visited Kees Manders’s nightclub in the former Chez Gaston restaurant on Thorbeckeplein. He was accompanied by a police officer to review the permit application of striptease dancer Eja “Cleopatra” Kruiswegt, whose act involved two full-grown lionesses. As De Vlieger approached the cage, one of the lionesses lunged, seized him and dragged him toward the bars. Club owner Manders didn’t hesitate: he rushed forward, opened the enclosure, and drove the animal back with a stick and loud shouting. The attack stopped, allowing everyone to run for safety. In the ensuing panic the cage was left open, allowing the lionesses to wander into the nightclub. Austrian lion tamer Alwin Frans Burghardt was quickly summoned and managed to force the animals back inside. De Vlieger was taken to the hospital with serious wounds to his right hand and left arm. He later admitted he had misjudged both the lionesses’ speed and the strength of the cage. It was not the first time the animals caused a stir that week. Days earlier, police had found the same two lionesses left unattended in a parked car on the corner of Thorbeckeplein and Herengracht, after receiving a tip from a local resident. When an officer opened a hatch to check, a claw lashed out, nearly catching him. The car was impounded at police headquarters, where it was found to have defective brakes and a broken handbrake. Cleopatra was later allowed to retrieve the lionesses and kept them temporarily behind the Carré Theatre.
A photo of exotic dancer Eja “Cleopatra” Kruiswegt and her two lionesses
Lions escape in Amsterdam Stripclub: Yesterday the Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool shared this story from 1967. Amsterdam in the 60's was a pretty wild place!
Rip R.R.
A still image from Patrick H Willems's video Patrick Replies – The Vitos & Post-Credits Scenes in which Patrick is playing my Name That Movie card game
So cool to see @patrickhwillems.bsky.social play my Name That Movie film quiz! And of course he's absolutely smashing it, casually naming some of the most challenging films in the deck: youtu.be/a7EEjVPXif0?...
And I have two questions that I keep thinking about: 1. Wasn't it better to just have someone else sit there in the hat and coat, facing away from the camera? 2. Did Spielberg know he was going to get away with this as he was shooting it...? (If you happen to run into him please ask him for me 😅)
