tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916701795973514807.post4492022304283314912..comments2024-02-20T15:42:43.958+01:00Comments on Doc Madhattan: Maurice Sendak and the atomics for the millionsGianluigi Filippellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03480308847295234747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916701795973514807.post-82274576273101824182012-06-07T09:44:01.795+02:002012-06-07T09:44:01.795+02:00Thank you for posting these wonderful illustration...Thank you for posting these wonderful illustrations, Gianluigi. These (and the rest in this book) were Sendak's first published work. And there's a back-story to them: Sendak was "not a good student"; he didn't like school and did poorly in his classes. One day, his teacher, Mr. Ruchlis, said to him, "Sendak, you will pass my course AND I'll give you $100 IF you do the illustrations for my book." Sendak later said he would have done it just to pass the course! But the $100 represented his first "commission," the first time he was paid for his talent -- even before he did illustrations for comic books and childrens books. So these you've posted here are rare early examples of a great artist's great talent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com