How neat that those details are folded in. I think they add to overall joy I (and all readers) feel when we read Monkey King, even if we don’t recognize the historical artifacts you cleverly hid in there!
I loved this Maple - and totally agree! Trying to appeal to the bored kid in you and the fascinated adult is such great material to work with. And now you get to MAKE those books! How cool it is.
I'm not sure if this counts, but I love battle shonen manga/anime - so when I was writing a short story about Nezha, I had him yell out his weapons and attacks as if he was in one. Like "Fire-Tipped Spear!" or "Wind Fire Wheels!"
... and then I snuck this version of Nezha into a short story retelling of Sun Wukong and co. fighting against the Bull Demon King! 🤣
(P.S.: Very cool that we both took inspiration from Journey to the West! 😄)
Thank you for showing both your cartoon version and the original of the bull leaping fresco from Knossos. When I was a child between 6 and 10 that fresco was on the outside of a waste paper bin in my bedroom. I haven't seen it since and it has taken me back in my memory - I'm 65
How neat that those details are folded in. I think they add to overall joy I (and all readers) feel when we read Monkey King, even if we don’t recognize the historical artifacts you cleverly hid in there!
Your love of history totally shines through!
Big thanks, Kimberly! I had a lot of fun making the book! :D
I loved this Maple - and totally agree! Trying to appeal to the bored kid in you and the fascinated adult is such great material to work with. And now you get to MAKE those books! How cool it is.
That's very cool! 😄
I'm not sure if this counts, but I love battle shonen manga/anime - so when I was writing a short story about Nezha, I had him yell out his weapons and attacks as if he was in one. Like "Fire-Tipped Spear!" or "Wind Fire Wheels!"
... and then I snuck this version of Nezha into a short story retelling of Sun Wukong and co. fighting against the Bull Demon King! 🤣
(P.S.: Very cool that we both took inspiration from Journey to the West! 😄)
Thank you for showing both your cartoon version and the original of the bull leaping fresco from Knossos. When I was a child between 6 and 10 that fresco was on the outside of a waste paper bin in my bedroom. I haven't seen it since and it has taken me back in my memory - I'm 65