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This is a British children's book. Does that man look familiar? Well, he's kinda hard to see.
How about now?
Here's his mother, the titular pirate. Does he look familiar now?
Think it's a coincidence, maybe? Let's move on.
That map there is Germany, with a bunch of red lines coming out of it (it didn't scan well in the original), and let's get a closer look at the wallpaper:
Yes. Brian Froud apparently REALLY DID make Adolph Hitler the main character of a children's book, without giving it away or spoiling the story, and actually got it published.
Original person who claims to have had the book in-hand here.
Amazon listings to buy it here - the pictured edition is out of print, but the review references the original Froud "witty and sophisticated" art.
(For those thinking the name rings a bell: You may know Froud as that guy who did everything art-like in Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal.)
And my tattoo!
Date: 2006-02-15 01:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-15 06:05 pm (UTC)