I remember classical "Hansel and Gretel" pop - up book published in Poland 1983. Was very spooky and beauty in the same time. Idea of putting still alive kids to furnace for 5 years old kid was extremaly creepy. Grimm Brothers fairy tales are really terrifying. Hansel and Gretel in polish is "Jaś i Małgosia", so "Johnny and Maggie" in english.
Yes, the idea of Hansel and Gretel has always been one of the more disturbing fairy tales. If you check out Google images there's a rather unsettling looking pop up version from 1961. I didn't know they had different names in other countries, but yeah, that makes sense.
“Hänsel” being a nickname for “Hans”/“Johannes”/“Johann” and “Gretel” being derived from “Greta”/“Margareta”, the original German names are also akin to “Johnny” and “Maggie”…
Try and find yourself a copy of the book, The Book of Pop-Up Board Games, It's awesome! though not the first and only pop-up board game themed thing in existence but the book has a great collection of pop-up board game in one place.
I like how that pull tab in the first spread ends up decapitating the skeleton, in a rather matter‐of‐fact way. Throughout the book the verse is fun, and the finish is effective. The verse (I hesitate to call it poetry) reminds me, tonally, of _Fungi_ _From_ _Yuggoth_ - ya know, so far as I know thereʼs never been a Lovecraft pop‐up book, and thatʼs a terrible shame. Speaking of literary adaptations, thereʼs a pop‐up of Poeʼs _The_ _Raven_ thatʼs not bad - are you familiar with it? Donʼt take any wooden stakes!
My mistake: There is a lurid‐looking _“Necronomicon”_ pop‐up that was expensive even when it was new…I should have Googled before posting. (I think I knew about it at the time of release but wasnʼt interested and plum forgot!) Itʼs more of a gallery, whereas I would like a pop‐up that adapts a Lovecraft tale or Lovecraft verse.
@@Erik.Miller That would be a great project! Even for a one off. I guess the Stranger Things Pop Up book is kinda close to a Lovecraft book - at least in some of the creature design. I've seen The Raven book here on CZcams, but not in person.
“The Colour out of Space” would be a nifty candidate, if the Colour were represented by a material which shimmered as the engineering moved it, giving it an elusive quality. But it would be more commercially viable to go straight to “The Call of Cthulhu” - “A mountain walked or stumbled”, indeed! And I should like to see the big reveal as “The Outsider” touches the glass…!
@@Erik.Miller I must confess... I haven't actually read any Lovecraft... [peeks out from behind a shield] I've read about half of Howard's Conan stories, and I know he was friends with Lovecraft and that there are certain similarities in the style, time period and attitudes, and have always wanted to read Lovecraft, but I've just never gotten around to it. Of course I know about a lot just from cultural exposure, but as I say, not read any. Do you have any stories you'd recommend starting with?
My, what an awesome responsibility! I suppose a neophyte might want to just dip a toe in, rather than start with a deep dive, and so maybe one of the shorter stories would be a good place to begin. The aforementioned “The Outsider” qualifies, and it indeed is classic introductory Lovecraft-not only is it one of his earlier tales, but it indeed headlined the very first HPL anthology. And why not-it has a Gothic sensibility that segues into a typically Lovecraftian alienated worldview. Another brief tale from about the same time is “The Music of Erich Zann”, which reminds me of the “Night on Bald Mountain” segment of Walt Disneyʼs _Fantasia._ Ready for the plunge? The abovementioned “The Call of Cthulhu” is a rightly celebrated ever‐deepening mystery culminating in cosmic horror, Lovecraftʼs sense of helplessness in a threatening and indifferent universe-and yes, it features a rather famous monster. I certainly like “The Colour out of Space”-a chronicle of an unassuming familyʼs slow and pitiful destruction by a strange alien menace-but if youʼre in the mood for some adrenaline, you might try “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”, which like “The Call of Cthulhu” follows a deepening mystery which reveals things Man is likely better off not knowing but manages to thrust its narrator into a blockbusterworthy action sequence. There are so many good stories Iʼm failing to mention! I recommend reading HPLʼs tales in an edition annotated by S. T. Joshi or Leslie S. Klinger for further elucidation-but on the other hand, my first exposure to HPLʼs writings lacked that particular benefit, and I managed to become a fan anyway. (And then again, of the stories I mentioned, “The Call of Cthulhu” is specially blessed by an edition lavishly, gorgeously, ethereally illustrated by François Baranger…) By the way, the previously mentioned _Fungi_ _From_ _Yuggoth_ is a cycle of some three dozen sonnets of the weird and macabre-not a story (though the first three form a cohesive narrative, and attempt has been made to interpret the entire cycle as a single narrative thread), but the sonnets do have their own stories to tell.
Great! review, Question, Are you by any chance the voice actor who played "Count Arlon" in the Dragonroar rpg Adventure A matter of honor? I know you possibly can't be unless you are immortal, But still the similarities in your voice characters are eerily close. czcams.com/video/22FUH0LcT6M/video.html
I remember classical "Hansel and Gretel" pop - up book published in Poland 1983. Was very spooky and beauty in the same time. Idea of putting still alive kids to furnace for 5 years old kid was extremaly creepy. Grimm Brothers fairy tales are really terrifying.
Hansel and Gretel in polish is "Jaś i Małgosia", so "Johnny and Maggie" in english.
Yes, the idea of Hansel and Gretel has always been one of the more disturbing fairy tales. If you check out Google images there's a rather unsettling looking pop up version from 1961. I didn't know they had different names in other countries, but yeah, that makes sense.
“Hänsel” being a nickname for “Hans”/“Johannes”/“Johann” and “Gretel” being derived from “Greta”/“Margareta”, the original German names are also akin to “Johnny” and “Maggie”…
Really like watching these - excellent as always
Thanks. :)
Try and find yourself a copy of the book, The Book of Pop-Up Board Games, It's awesome! though not the first and only pop-up board game themed thing in existence but the book has a great collection of pop-up board game in one place.
I think I've seen that before online, but had forgotten about it. I'll check it out! :)
I like how that pull tab in the first spread ends up decapitating the skeleton, in a rather matter‐of‐fact way. Throughout the book the verse is fun, and the finish is effective. The verse (I hesitate to call it poetry) reminds me, tonally, of _Fungi_ _From_ _Yuggoth_ - ya know, so far as I know thereʼs never been a Lovecraft pop‐up book, and thatʼs a terrible shame. Speaking of literary adaptations, thereʼs a pop‐up of Poeʼs _The_ _Raven_ thatʼs not bad - are you familiar with it? Donʼt take any wooden stakes!
My mistake: There is a lurid‐looking _“Necronomicon”_ pop‐up that was expensive even when it was new…I should have Googled before posting. (I think I knew about it at the time of release but wasnʼt interested and plum forgot!) Itʼs more of a gallery, whereas I would like a pop‐up that adapts a Lovecraft tale or Lovecraft verse.
@@Erik.Miller That would be a great project! Even for a one off. I guess the Stranger Things Pop Up book is kinda close to a Lovecraft book - at least in some of the creature design. I've seen The Raven book here on CZcams, but not in person.
“The Colour out of Space” would be a nifty candidate, if the Colour were represented by a material which shimmered as the engineering moved it, giving it an elusive quality. But it would be more commercially viable to go straight to “The Call of Cthulhu” - “A mountain walked or stumbled”, indeed! And I should like to see the big reveal as “The Outsider” touches the glass…!
@@Erik.Miller I must confess... I haven't actually read any Lovecraft... [peeks out from behind a shield] I've read about half of Howard's Conan stories, and I know he was friends with Lovecraft and that there are certain similarities in the style, time period and attitudes, and have always wanted to read Lovecraft, but I've just never gotten around to it. Of course I know about a lot just from cultural exposure, but as I say, not read any. Do you have any stories you'd recommend starting with?
My, what an awesome responsibility! I suppose a neophyte might want to just dip a toe in, rather than start with a deep dive, and so maybe one of the shorter stories would be a good place to begin. The aforementioned “The Outsider” qualifies, and it indeed is classic introductory Lovecraft-not only is it one of his earlier tales, but it indeed headlined the very first HPL anthology. And why not-it has a Gothic sensibility that segues into a typically Lovecraftian alienated worldview. Another brief tale from about the same time is “The Music of Erich Zann”, which reminds me of the “Night on Bald Mountain” segment of Walt Disneyʼs _Fantasia._ Ready for the plunge? The abovementioned “The Call of Cthulhu” is a rightly celebrated ever‐deepening mystery culminating in cosmic horror, Lovecraftʼs sense of helplessness in a threatening and indifferent universe-and yes, it features a rather famous monster. I certainly like “The Colour out of Space”-a chronicle of an unassuming familyʼs slow and pitiful destruction by a strange alien menace-but if youʼre in the mood for some adrenaline, you might try “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”, which like “The Call of Cthulhu” follows a deepening mystery which reveals things Man is likely better off not knowing but manages to thrust its narrator into a blockbusterworthy action sequence. There are so many good stories Iʼm failing to mention! I recommend reading HPLʼs tales in an edition annotated by S. T. Joshi or Leslie S. Klinger for further elucidation-but on the other hand, my first exposure to HPLʼs writings lacked that particular benefit, and I managed to become a fan anyway. (And then again, of the stories I mentioned, “The Call of Cthulhu” is specially blessed by an edition lavishly, gorgeously, ethereally illustrated by François Baranger…) By the way, the previously mentioned _Fungi_ _From_ _Yuggoth_ is a cycle of some three dozen sonnets of the weird and macabre-not a story (though the first three form a cohesive narrative, and attempt has been made to interpret the entire cycle as a single narrative thread), but the sonnets do have their own stories to tell.
Great! review, Question, Are you by any chance the voice actor who played "Count Arlon" in the Dragonroar rpg Adventure A matter of honor? I know you possibly can't be unless you are immortal, But still the similarities in your voice characters are eerily close. czcams.com/video/22FUH0LcT6M/video.html
Ha! No, no voice acting outside of D&D or reading novels to the kids in my class!