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Movies, Books, and Video Games Reimagined As Dr. Seuss Art

By Jason Bailey on

We’ve pointed you towards the ingenious work of Dr. Seuss-loving artist DrFaustusAU on a couple of previous occasions, but he’s simply outdone himself with his new Seuss-inspired take on The Evil Dead, titled The Evil Dead Are in My Shed! We were so taken by this one, in fact, that we started poking around the “Seussian Gallery” on his DeviantART site and found several additional mash-ups of Seuss and films, books, and video games. Check out our favorites after the jump. … Read More

Books

The 25 Books Every Kid Should Have on Their Bookshelf

By Emily Temple on

This month marks the 70th anniversary of one of our favorite children’s books of all time, the beautiful, contemplative novella The Little Prince. To celebrate the book’s legacy (and to encourage any parents currently dragging their feet to get it for their little ones), we’ve put together a list of 25 essential books that every kid should have on his or her bookshelf growing… Read More

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30 Gorgeous and Delicious Literary Cakes

By Emily Temple on

This week, our mouths (and minds!) watered looking at a few delightful book cakes over at Shelf Life. Hungry as we are, we couldn’t resist scouring the Internet for more, from highbrow tomes to children’s books to full-scale collections in vanilla frosting. After the jump, check out 30 delicious looking literary cakes — and let us know which one you’d most like to bake (or eat) in the comments. … Read More

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The Kooky Private Hat Collection of Dr. Seuss

By Emily Temple on

Perhaps the most famous of all children’s book authors, the venerable Dr. Seuss is known for his crazy characters and exuberant style — qualities that were just as present in his personal life as in his picture books. Among other things, Dr. Seuss was an avid hat collector, and for the first time this year, his hat closet has been opened, and 26 of his favorite toppers are traveling the country as part of the Hats Off to Dr. Seuss! exhibition. The exhibit is currently showing at the New York Public Library through February 11 (after which it will move to NYC’s Animazing Gallery from February 13-17), but you can preview some of Seuss’s weird and wonky hats — some modeled by the man himself — after the jump. … Read More

Film

The Lousiest Christmas Movies Ever Made

By Jason Bailey on

If you’ve ever wondered why there are so many (for the love of all that is holy, so damn many) Christmas movies, the answer is the same as for most of what happens in Hollywood: Money. Holiday movies are money lying on the ground, to be picked up every single December; a good Christmas movie that becomes a tradition can generate more continuing revenue than even the most beloved of catalogue releases. But there’s the rub — it also has to be a movie people actually want to revisit year after year. Making a good Christmas movie is harder than it looks; the delicate balance of humor, warmth, and schmaltz has to be just right, and for every Christmas Story or Christmas Vacation, we usually end up with three or four Santa Claus: The Movies. After the jump, a few would-be holiday “classics” to keep the hell off your Netflix queues and cable boxes; add your own cautionary tales in the comments. … Read More

Pop Culture

Famous Actors Reading Holiday Stories

By Emily Temple on

It’s officially December, and it’s getting chilly out there. So you know what that means: ’tis the season to cuddle up in front of a fireplace or, erm, beneath an overheated laptop and listen to some of your favorite holiday stories while you dunk your cookies in your milk. And hey, if those holiday stories are being read to you by John Krasinski or Molly Ringwald, well, so much the better. After the jump, we’ve collected a few seasonal tales as performed or read by famous actors, from the serious to the silly. Click through for some well-deserved story time, and be sure to point us towards any tales with notable readers that we missed in the comments. … Read More

Books

Adorable Photos of People Dressed Up as Books

By Emily Temple on

Here at Flavorpill, we like to get into the holiday spirit. For this Halloween, we’ve peeked at everything from kids’ costumes that they’re way too young to understand to famous works of art as Halloween costumes to whole buildings trying on new identities. But what if you’re a book nerd, and you’ve exhausted all of your favorite characters already? Or maybe your favorite character doesn’t have any conveniently distinguishing physical features? Well then, why not go as your favorite book, instead? For a little inspiration, click through to check out ten charming book costumes, and let us know which cardboard tome you’d most like to strap onto your torso in the comments. … Read More

Pop Culture

See Dr. Seuss' World War II Malaria Pamphlet

By Judy Berman on

As we know, Dr. Seuss was a man of many talents and occupations. Aside from his iconic children’s books, he did some wonderful advertising artwork, a naughty adult volume called The Seven Lady Godivas, and had a thing for H.P. Lovecraft. OK, so that last one is just a contemporary tribute to Dr. Seuss. But one truly obscure bit of the author/illustrator’s work is the malaria awareness pamphlet he made for the US Army during his time as a captain in World War II. In typical Seuss style, he personifies the Anopheles Mosquito as a character named “Ann” who drinks blood and preys on GIs who swim at night: “Head nets, rolled-down sleeves, leggings and gloves may seem like sissy stuff and not so comfortable — BUT, a guy out cold from MALARIA is just as stiff as the one who stopped a hunk of steel.” Click through to see Captain Theodore Seuss Geisel’s pamphlet illustrations, and visit Laughing Squid to learn about the military newsmaps where his work also appeared. … Read More

Art

H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Tomb’ Illustrated as a Dr. Seuss Book

By Caroline Stanley on

Around this time last year, a DeviantART user who goes by the handle DrFaustusAU wowed us with his illustrated mashups of Dr. Seuss and “The Call of Cthulhu.” Thanks to a post over on io9, we just discovered that the artist has returned to the H.P. Lovecraft well, this time creating a wonderful adaptation of one of horror master’s earliest stories, “The Tomb.” Is the tale of a dreamy boy who is obsessed with a mausoleum only to end up institutionalized in a “refuge for the demented” as an adult? Probably not. But that’s what makes it so much fun! Click through to preview the first few pages, and then head over to DeviantART to view DrFaustusAU’s epic work in progress — he’s only got five pages left to go. … Read More

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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we tempted the fate of all our relationships (current and future) by checking out 12 of the best break-up books. We discovered that the Romney campaign spent big bucks at a Chick-Fil-A. We visited 10 great nude beaches in North America. We read what Jennifer Grey had… Read More