Terrible Yellow Eyes

All good things must come to an end and unfortunately, this is true for the Terrible Yellow Eyes blog which was set up by artist Cory Godbey as a tribute to that much loved childrens book classic Where the Wild Things Are. This was one of my most favourite stories as a child and the facinating drawings and illustrations of the brilliant Maurice Sendak have imprinted themselves on my mind, recently awakened by the release of the film in the UK, December 2009.

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Terrible Yellow Eyes is a collection of illustrations and artworks contributed by a number of extremely talented artists in honour of Maurice Sendak’s 80th birthday. The blog has been a great source of inspiration to me, through learning of new illustrators and immersing myself in their beautiful work, to the memories it has evoked in me of first discovering this enchanting book.

Terrible Yellow Eyes as created by Cory Godbey

Where the Wild Things Are is a piece of genius. The plot is simple, yet spellbinding. The central character is Max, a young boy dressed in a wolf costume who one evening, is sent to bed by his mother for making mischief. In his room, his imagination creates a wild wood and vast sea in which he sails to the land of the Wild Things. Here Max is confronted with monsters with scary yellow looking eyes but he manages to conquer them by staring at them and not blinking. He is the made the King of All Wild Things and has a fabulous time cavorting with the beasts. Soon, however, he is homesick and returns to his bedroom to find his supper waiting for him, still hot!

Maurice Sendak still wild at 80

I have just purchased an old 1963 hardback version of the book from Amazon to relight my Sendak fire. I hope one day to read this to my children and introduce to them the magic of this story and wonder of such imagination. This website features so many talented artists and awesome pieces of work, I am including some of my favourites here.

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