Video Sunday: Unexpected Amusements

I begin today with something original.  Parents will sometimes attempt to have their books reviewed by their kids on blogs.  It’s tough, though.  On the one hand, if it’s written then you (the parent) are doing much of the work.  And if it’s a video then your child’s face is plastered all over the known universe, and who wants that?  This, I think, is the solution.  The Talking Potatoes blog has already reviewed everything from The Secret Life of Walter Kitty to Knucklehead to Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer.  Thanks to Jim Averbeck for the link.

Speaking of original, Jarrett Krosoczka has worked up a mighty tight little book trailer for his graphic novel Lunch Lady.  Just a hint of a James Bond guitar at work there.  Just go to the site and click on the word Video.  Comes right up.

Not long ago Tony DiTerlizzi challenged some fellow illustrator friends to set their pictures in the world of Spiderwick.  This video show the piece created by James Gurney, probably best known to you as the fellow who wrote the Dinotopia books.  It’s Spiderwick meets Dinotopia with a Niji water brush filled with Higgins Eternal ink (<— not a vampire reference… that’s actually what it’s called).

Thanks to American Libraries Direct for the link.