Things are looking really bad for Jim and Ted. Poor Ted is getting swarmed by savage monkeys.
This little series I’m doing keeps getting more dramatic and I’m not sure how this happened. I’m working without a plot or any real plan– I’ve begun each of these with a blank paper and the question: “What happens next?” Hopefully, I can think of happier things for Ted and Jim soon. Assuming they survive the monkeys, that is.
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on 2/15/2011
A rough sketch for the next Brain Yard picture, coming soon.
Pen and ink with watercolour 30cm x 17cm. Click to enlarge.
By: Ellis Nadler,
on 2/8/2011
View over the Bosphorous from the balcony of a one star hotel in the red light district of Istanbul.
Pen and ink 15cm x 20.5cm. Click to enlarge.
By: Jennie,
on 10/15/2010
Alton's Uncle Lester is old, sick, and very rich. All Alton's parents can concentrate on is how much money they'll get with Uncle Lester dies and who else might get the money instead of them. The main contenders are Uncle Lester's housekeeper, his new age nurse, and the Castaneda family (and everyone knows that whole family is bonkers) whom Uncle Lester seems to really like for some reason.
Uncle Lester is also a big bridge player, but is blind and can no longer see the cards. When he gets in a fight with Toni Castaneda, Alton is asked to be his cardturner. All Alton has to do is tell Uncle Lester what cards are in his hand and play whatever card he's told to play. Nothing more, nothing less.
Along the way, Alton learns a lot about bridge and some deep family history and secrets, and how the stories get mangled as the family gossip travels from generation to generation.
There's been lots of good buzz about this and it's as awesome as everyone says. I totally want to learn how to play bridge now. There is a lot of bridge talk in the book, but Sachar labels it as such and gives us permission to skip the bridge-y parts and offers up a relevant summary at the end. I didn't skip the bridge-y parts, although I appreciated the warning when they were coming and the permission to skip ahead.
It also says some interesting things about mental illness. I can't go into it without some major spoilers and I really don't feel qualified to comment, but I hope someone out there does feel qualified to comment and does comment because I've been thinking about it ever since it was revealed that Toni is schizophrenic and what form her illness takes for her and there's that whole "is she or isn't she" feeling to it, especially when the truth about other "crazy" characters comes out and what happens at the end and... sorry for the vague paragraph. I'm just still wrestling with some of these ideas and don't want to spoil anything, but I think a lot of people have already read this, so then maybe you know what I'm talking about. Wink wink nod nod.
ANYWAY
My favorite part was finding out how the Castaneda family was linked to Uncle Lester and what exactly happened there, deep in the past.
It's hilarious and heartbreaking and oh so wonderful.
And seriously, as soon as I can con 3 other people to join me, I'm going to start playing bridge.
Book Provided by... my local library
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By: Ellis Nadler,
on 6/15/2010
It's time to jump start the turnip industry.
The text is from a traditional English nursery rhyme.
Pen and ink with watercolour 17cm x 25cm. Click to enlarge.
By: Ellis Nadler,
on 5/29/2010
24 squares....count 'em.
Gouache and ink. A3 size. Click to enlarge.
By: Tasha Saecker,
on 5/19/2010
The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker by Louis Sachar
Bridge, the card game, in a book for teens? Yes indeed, and done so well that you will wonder why more teen novels don’t center on chess and bridge.
Alton is looking forward to a bleak summer. His girlfriend dumped him for his best friend. He doesn’t have any money, so he will have to get a crummy job. And now his aging blind uncle has asked him to be his cardturner in bridge. With pressure from his parents, who are focused on the potential inheritance from his uncle, Alton takes the job. As he spends summer days in a strip mall, turning cards for his uncle, Alton learns the logic and drama of bridge. He meets his uncle’s former cardturner, the beautiful Toni, who helps him learn the game, even though his uncle believes it is best that he doesn’t know anything about it other than the names and suits of the cards. In the middle of the bridge and his dull summer, Alton discovers a romance filled with secrets that is finally satisfactorily resolved.
Sachar has such an ear for dialogue that it is as if you are listening to real conversations. There is never a stilted moment to pull you out of the novel. He also creates unique and fascinating characters. In this novel, the uncle, Trapp, is a great character. He is very complex and multifaceted, one of the best and most human elderly characters I have read in YA literature.
At the same time, Sachar is dealing with making bridge understandable and not dull for the layperson. He does this with a device of a whale, warning readers that a section filled with game details is coming. Readers can skip down to the boxed summary if they don’t wish to get all of the details. Me? I loved each and every detail of the game, even though I don’t play at all. The Appendix filled with even more details of bridge, though, was a bit too deep for me.
This unlikely teen novel makes bridge interesting, offers great adult characters, and has a fresh teen voice. Give it to fans of the author who will love the details and karma of the book. Appropriate for ages 14-17.
Reviewed from library copy.
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By: Ellis Nadler,
on 12/4/2009
I suddenly remembered The Wheeltappers and Shunters Club.
Pen and ink with watercolour. 21cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.
By: Ellis Nadler,
on 10/12/2009
Top half of the Pinocchio ride. Am currently drawing the lower section.
Pen and ink with watercolour and acrylic. A1 size. Click to enlarge.
By: Ellis Nadler,
on 7/9/2009
Just finished the latest spread from my Field Guide to Reproductive Health, part of the War series.
Pen and ink on watercolour. 30cm x 45cm. Click t9o enlarge.
By: Ellis Nadler,
on 6/29/2009
There were only two survivors at the Sylvian Fissure....the Chaplain General and his adjutant.
Pen and ink with watercolour. 30cm x 42cm. Click to enlarge.
By: Ellis Nadler,
on 5/7/2009
A meeting of the brigade chaplains following the failed thrust on the southern front.
Pen and ink with watercolour. 17.5cm x 12.5cm. Click to enlarge.
By: Tilen ~ artplanet,
on 12/25/2008
Tool: Artrage2
Merry Christmas everybody!!
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By: Ellis Nadler,
on 8/13/2008
Beijing update: Team Great Britain bag a bronze medal in the equestrian onanisme event.
Ink and watercolour 12.5cm x 17.5cm
By: Ellis Nadler,
on 8/1/2008
Continuation of previous post.
Watercolour 17cm x 12.5cm. Click to enlarge
In a nutshelf.