#robert ingpen

[bobbole]

Robert Ingpen, Dracula`s Smile

[nevertoomanyspiders]

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with illustrations by Robert Ingpen (2011)

such lovely, delicate illustrations.

[sandmandaddy69]

Robert Ingpen

[lepetitdragonvert]

The Dream Keeper / Le berger des rêves

Author and illustrator : Robert Ingpen

Éditions NordSud

2006

[enchantedbook]

Peter Pan and Wendy' illustrated by Robert Ingpen To see more illustrations visit our Blog :

https://enchantedbooklet.com/peter-pan-robert-ingpen/

[picote]

Australia, 1968 // design: Robert Ingpen.

[venustapolis]

The Dream Keeper (Robert Ingpen, 2006)

[a-book-of-creatures]

Dragons from the Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were by Michael Page and Robert Ingpen.

[bobbyinthegarden]

Absolutely in love with this gorgeous hardback illustrated copy on The Secret Garden which I found at a second hand book shop in Canterbury for only £5! I can’t get over how gorgeous Robert Ingpen’s illustrations are. I already own two copies of The Secret Garden but I HAD to get this copy as well, I couldn’t resist

[siryl]

A portrait by Robert Ingpen of Prester John, a king who was too good to be true.

[cybershubunkin]

Illustration from Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were by Robert Ingpen

[art-of-illustration-and-design]

Robert Ingpen (Australian, b. 1936)

[chronivore]

Robert Ingpen (Australian, b.1936)

Dracula`s Smile

[sandmandaddy69]

Robert Ingpen

[dramatcha]

Chishiya and The Cheshire Cat

I know we were (well, I was...) upset that he was always separated and alone in the show, but there's a canonical reason for that. Here's my meta based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (book).

Mild spoilers from season 2 and the manga.

In the book, The Cheshire Cat always appears, disappears, and wanders alone. So Chishiya had to be alone at games, was dying alone, and even survived alone (he had neither friends nor family to welcome him to the real world). This is all done on purpose by the writers and the mangaka for him to remain loosely canonical as The Cheshire Cat.

Not only that. The reason why manga! Chisiya had an awful childhood and live action! Chishiya worked under such inhumane superiors was because in the Alice book, The Cheshire Cat lived in an unpleasant chaotic place: The Duchess' house.

In the Alice book, The Cheshire Cat survived the chaotic home of the duchess by becoming mad. But through that madness, he survived the absurdity of Wonderland.

So there's a parallel with how Chishiya had to turn off his conscience to survive his dysfunctional parents (in the manga) and to survive literally helping kill children (in the live action / show). Otherwise he wouldn't have survived both Borderland and the real world. Anyone would've gone mad in such a family and such a workplace environment.

But turning off your conscience is also a way to destroy your mental health.

Therefore, and this is clever imho, while The Cheshire Cat disappeared in a state of madness at the end of the Alice book, symmetrically the manga and the show made Chishiya regain his conscience to rediscover his identity (for himself to finally "emerge", the opposite of disappearing.)

Notes: And the show changed Chishiya's alignment from the manga's Diamonds ◇ to Hearts ♡ in what I see as a homage to the Alice book.

The same thing explains why Chishiya managed not to get his head blown out during the Jack of Hearts (J♡). It's because canonically The Cheshire Cat disappeared before the Queen of Hearts managed to behead him.

Illustration credits: Dane Cozens, Robert Ingpen, Barry Moser

[princesssarisa]

The Mad Hatter for the character ask

These answers are all about the character from the original book and its traditional adaptations – not about Tarrant Hightopp from the Tim Burton films.

Favorite thing about them: What a funny, memorably insane character he is, whose kooky logic and literal-minded remarks include so much clever wordplay and use of double meanings. This combined with his unique appearance in his oversized top hat and bowtie (courtesy of John Tenniel, never strayed from since) makes it only natural that he's the most iconic and beloved Wonderland character next to Alice herself.

Ironically, he wasn't even in the original story that Lewis Carroll told to the Liddell girls on their famous rowboat outing, or in the book's original manuscript: the Mad Tea-Party was a later addition when Carroll expanded the book for publication. But once the Hatter came into being, he understandably stole the show.

Least favorite thing about them: How rude he is to Alice, and the way he and the March Hare both casually abuse the Dormouse. It's no surprise that adaptations often tone these things down.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I can be literal-minded.

*I enjoy tea parties.

*I usually look good in hats.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I don't have any talking animal friends.

*I don't have a watch that tells me what day of the month it is.

*I'm not mad.

Favorite line:

From the book:

His famous riddle:

"Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"

When Alice says that "I mean what I say" is the same thing as "I say what I mean":

"Not the same thing a bit! You might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same as 'I eat what I see'!"

When Alice says she can't take "more" tea because she's had none yet:

"You mean you can't take less. It's very easy to take more than nothing."

And his long speech about Time and why "he" never does what the Hatter wants anymore.

From the Disney version:

"Mustard?! Don't let's be silly!"

brOTP: The March Hare, for sure, and possibly the Dormouse too.

OTP: None in the book, but in some adaptations, the March Hare.

nOTP: Alice or the Dormouse.

Random headcanon: Even if Time were to release him from his perpetual six o'clock, he would still have endless tea parties with the March Hare and the Dormouse. He likes it.

Unpopular opinion: I don't see him as a potential love interest for Alice whatsoever. Nothing against people who ship them, but I just don't get it.

Song I associate with them:

"The Unbirthday Song" from the Disney version.

"The Pun Song" from the 1972 film.

"Laugh" from the 1985 TV version.

Favorite picture of them:

The classic illustration by John Tenniel:

This illustration by Robert Ingpen:

This creepy illustration by Angel Dominguez:

Disney's animated Hatter:

Edward Everett Horton in the 1933 Paramount film:

Sir Robert Helpmann in the 1972 British film:

Anthony Newley in the 1985 TV version:

Martin Short in the 1999 TV version:

John Hoffman in the '90s Disney Channel series Adventures in Wonderland. A very fun, different spin on the character: a wacky inventor and jack-of-all-trades, who shares an especially cute friendship (and possibly more than friendship – both actors are gay and it shows) with his March Hare.