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Crazy old Egaeus!This is a submission to remember and celebrate the great Edgar Allan Poe who died October 7th 1849.
"But from the disordered chamber of my brain, had not, alas! departed, and would not be driven away, the white and ghastly spectrum of the teeth. Not a speck on their surface - not a shade on their enamel - not an indenture in their edges - but what that period of her smile had sufficed to brand in upon my memory. I saw them now even more unequivocally than I beheld them then. The teeth! - the teeth! - they were here, and there, and everywhere, and visibly and palpably before me; long, narrow, and excessively white, with the pale lips writhing about them, as in the very moment of their first terrible development. Then came the full fury of my monomania, and I struggled in vain against its strange and irresistible influence."
Excerpt from "Berenice" by Edgar Allan Poe.
-Edgar Allan Poe
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Wonderful illustration! When I was younger I had a copy of Edgar Allan Poe stories that were edited for young readers. It had no pictures. Your illustration style would have made that book a true joy.
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That's very kind of you to say! I have always wanted to illustrate a children's book. 
When I was a kid, I had a copy of the Gustave Dore illustrations which I would spend hours looking at. If you haven't seen them, it's definitely worth the google search. Dore is the famous 19th century French illustrator who also did the Dante illustrations.
There are a few other really great illustrators of Poe's work. Gris Grimly has a few Poe books out which have been adapted specifically for kiddies. I wish they'd been around when I was a kid!
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Indeed! I used to have the entire Divine Comedy with Dore's engravings. They were so amazing.
I'm glad they are encouraging children to read books with a little more depth. I know I was bored out of my mind with the happy, bright story books by age eight.
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I love Edgar Allan Poe 
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thanks! It's one of my favorites. I love the dead lady trilogy <3
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oh is he from a tim burton movie 
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No, he is a character from an Edgar Allan Poe story.
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awww explains alot thxs for making tha clear!!!!
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