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The carnival of realities in Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s children’s books

The carnivalesque, a theory of folk humour developed by Mikhail Bakhtin, is a time of collapse and overturning of conventional boundaries and norms of the world. It is essentially a licensed time of revelry and excitement which the ruling classes … Continue reading

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Neil Gaiman’s Coraline sneak peak trailer

OMG, Neil Gaiman’s got a sneaky trailer of the Henry Selick’s animation of Coraline. It looks absolutely fab (its short though) and reminds me a little of Tim Burton’s animation style or Jan Svankmajer. Coraline is one of my all … Continue reading

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