Faeries Deluxe Collector's Ed

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He is most widely known for his 1978 book Faeries with Alan Lee, and as the conceptual designer of the Jim Henson films The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986).

They referred to the work of leading British folklorist Katharine Briggs as one of their main sources for information about faeries. Froud's artwork in Once Upon a Time and The Land of Froud brought him to the attention of Jim Henson, who sought out Froud to collaborate on his all-puppetry film The Dark Crystal.

Other sources include 19th-century folklorists such as Robert Hunt's Popular Romances of the West of England (1865) and Lady Wilde's Ancient Legends of Ireland (1887), as well as stories from the Middle Ages such as those told by Gerald of Wales. I spent long hours pouring over his book, and saw the clear influence (excitedly) on the movie Labyrinth, one of my all-time faves, along with Outside Over There. Whether we are aware of it or not faeries have, for as long as can be remembered, always played a part in the daily lives of men, women and especially children. This is such a classic and, in the way of childhood favorites, I can absolutely nitpick elements that pale compared to my memory.

The Nature of the British Fairies of Medieval and Folk Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, 1900-1983 (M. The Washington Post identified the book's "stylistic debts" as being to Arthur Rackham, Richard Dadd, Willy Pogany, and the pre-Raphaelite painters John William Waterhouse, John Everett Millais and Edward Burne-Jones.I'm grateful to this because at a young age I saw the interconnectivity of books and other creative endeavors because of it.