Tag archive: illustration

GREAT CONTEST: find a name for this character and win a unique t-shirt!

How would you like receiving a unique gift from Timbuktu? Something only you will wear, with the unique design of the great Philip Giordano? And yes, there are vampires on them.

Something like this.

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Healthy, Illustrated Recipes for Parents and Kids

There is special content at Timbuktu today: it’s the first illustrated recipe without boring operations, and we decided to start with an awesome Eggplant Pie, illustrated by the wonderful Lydia Nichols. Being aware of what you eat and how you cook is necessary to raise healthy, responsible kids.

That is why we care A LOT about good recipes, and we want you to try them for many reasons:

1. We tried every single recipe and we know they are not just beautiful, they’re also DELICIOUS. (It was a tough job, but someone…)
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Every single page of Moby Dick. Illustrated.

Today is Herman Melville’s birthday. He was born on August 1st, 1819 – happy happy!

This is an excellent excuse to pick up Moby Dick, one of our all-time favorite books. It’s always so nice to read parts of it, or the whole thing, again.

But you know what’s possibly better? A collection of 552 incredible illustrations for the classic, one for each page of the Signet Classics paperback edition.

All images courtesy of Matt Kish.

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Draw me a picture!

They may say a picture is worth a thousand words, but some are worth a lot more!

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

One hundred and eight years ago today, the world welcomed Theodor Seuss Geisel, better-known as Dr. Seuss — legendary children’s book author, radical ideologist, lover of reading. We are celebrating him with one of the first screen adaptations of our favorite title: The Cat in the Hat. Enjoy!

 


Rue de L’Articho

For Editions Thierry Magnier‘s latest book, they asked 16 illustrators to each create a shop for an imaginary street. Rue de L’Articho is a fantastic collection of fruit stands, pharmacies, flower shops and restaurants. Going through its pages, you will feel Parisian even without knowing a single word of French.