#thenutcrackerandthemouseking

[natalie-andrewson]

I’m at Once Upon A Time Bookstore today with several other authors promoting the store for small business Saturday!! Catch me from noon-1pm with books, prints and special bookplates for The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, published by @01firstsecond! #onceuponatimebookstore #montrose #firstsecondbooks #smallbusinesssaturday #thenutcracker #thenutcrackerandthemouseking (at Once Upon A Time Bookstore) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clb6yE4ShKX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[skullumio]

"And there you lay on the floor, close to the glass-fronted cupboard, bleeding heavily."

[n0nb1narycode]

Blu Christmas Holiday Movie Asplosion 2022! ⛄ Chapter 11: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 🦌 This is next on the little are they holiday/Christmas movies, yes they are block- though as I was watching these I have decided I think I would put The Shop Around the Corner after this one, but that isn't to say I don't like this, I definitely do, I'm just having a growing appreciation for the classic as I see it more. That said, I have similar grown to enjoy this more upon further viewings. It still suffers from a bit of, unclarified muddle, let's say- but, my appreciation and understanding of it have increased over time. Also, it is visually stunning and fantastical, both of which I appreciate. 🌲 ❄️ 🎄 🎅 #TheNutcrackerAndTheFourRealms #2018 #MackenzieFoy #MorganFreeman #HelenMirren #KeiraKnightley #JaydenFoworaKnight #MistyCopeland #MatthewMacfadyen #EugenioDerbez #RichardEGrant #TheNutcracker #TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing #BluChristmasHolidayMovieAsplosion2022 #iLoveMovies #christmasmovies #holidaymovies #xmas #christmasspecials #holidayfilms #holidays #movies #christmas #iLoveChristmas #blurays #bluray #MovieNerd #abluchristmas #christmasfilms #christmasmoviemarathon https://www.instagram.com/p/ClfZMLJuNIlWxkFSr8kOXZbUmc7dLGuGw6N-_I0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[happywhenshereads]

FINAL VERSION • It’s been incredible working with @rosiethorns88 - she’s so talented and the amount of time and the level of perfection she puts into these is truly unparalleled. I’m so incredibly happy with how this label turned out! • Fun fact: I told Rosie how much I dislike rats, they give me that awful shiver down my spine ... but you can’t have The Nutcracker without the Mouse King so she graciously said she would hide him and his tail in the branches lol and I think she did a marvelous job 😂 • • • #thenutcracker #clara #thenutcrackerandthemouseking #thenutcrackerandclara #rosiethorns88 #bookish #reader #christmas #happyholidays #merrychristmas #winter #burningbrightcandleco https://www.instagram.com/p/B5u_6ppgJnA/?igshid=1bw82pbmpt2zg

[booksiseeloveandread]

(Gifted) The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Search and Find . This beauty was sent to me by Studio Press and I just love the way it looks! If I wasn’t in the Christmas spirit already, I would be now! Also my little niece speaks Dutch, so this is the perfect solution because she can still search and find the objects in the picture. (Swipe to take a look inside). . Happy Christmas Eve! What will everyone be doing tomorrow? Over here we’re all set to prepare a huge family dinner! . Thank you to @studiobooks for sending me a copy! . . . #thenutcracker #thenutcrackerandthemouseking #etahoffmann #studiopress #studiobooks #bookcover #christmaseve #christmasishere #christmas2018 #kidsbookswelove #kidlit #childrensbooks #raisingareader https://www.instagram.com/p/Bry1OXGnFD0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2q244s6owr0h

[jaydofmo]

In a year and a day he called for her in a golden carriage drawn by silver horses. At the wedding, two and twenty thousand of the most brilliant figures adorned with pearls and diamonds danced, and Marie is believed to be still the queen of a country where sparkling Christmas woods, transparent marzipan castles, in short, the most wonderful things, can be seen if you have the right sort of eyes for it. #Nutcracker #TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing #TheNutcracker #ETAHoffmann https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWO6d_Fp8D/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w55asfnnnbn7

[honey-bri-books]

“That is the lake Godfather Drosselmeyer promised to make me. And I am the girl who will pet the swans!” -E.T.A. Hoffman

a brave girl who nearly died of being unable to tell her own story

[ommommstore]

@teelibrary AW15 Nutcracker Fantasies Sweater Inspired by the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King written by E.T.A. Hoffman #ommommstore #onlineshop #aw15 #fw15 #teelibrary #nutcracker #thenutcrackerandthemouseking #etahoffmann #fantasy #sale #sweater #sweatshirt #fleece #jacket #fashion #contrast #darkfashion #darkness #black #blackfashion #menstyle #menswear #menfashion #womenstyle #womenfashion #womenswear #streetstyle #streetfashion #essentials

[skullumio]

"At that moment she felt a sharp pain in her left arm, but at the same time her heart suddenly felt much lighter..."

[natalie-andrewson]

Thanks for coming out and getting a signed Nutcracker book, LA!! ^_^ and thanks @theshq for having me and decorating the table with festive snacks!! I had a great time 🥲🥲🥲❄️🐭🌰❤️🎄I left some signed books at Secret Headquarters too if you didn’t get a chance to stop by today!! #secretheadquarters #thenutcracker #thenutcrackerandthemouseking (at Secret Headquarters) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXXRR_BJAFO/?utm_medium=tumblr

[natalie-andrewson]

This week I’m jumping back into The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, the graphic novel based on the original German Nutcracker story I made for @01firstsecond. Here’s Herr Drosslemeier’s character design, probably my first design that set the loose and wild tone for the book. I’m not sure I shared the designs I made for the characters before so I’m giving them a resurgence now! I miss drawing them all so much, they were all so fun and loose- and Drosselmeier’s expressions were the absolute best to draw. Whenever I listen to the playlists I made while drawing I look back fondly on how wonderfully ridiculous Drosselmeier was to create. #thenutcrackerandthemouseking https://www.instagram.com/p/CQvqeQNBTqX/?utm_medium=tumblr

[natalie-andrewson]

More characters from my graphic novel The Nutcracker and the Mouse King! Here are four more characters from the Pirlipat side story in the middle of the original German Nutcracker story. The King (a sausage fiend) and The Queen (a real Drama Queen) and Princess Pirlipat (a cursed Princess) end up being a big reason why Nutcracker is even a Nutcracker in the first place! And the Astronomer plays a very special role in helping lift the Princess Pirlipat’s curse…but exchanges something very dear to him in return. A whole mess Drosselmeier tries to clean up (because it’s all his fault in the first place, of course) -but it’s Marie who ends up truly saving the day. Definitely a very different story from the ballet!! #thenutcrackerandthemouseking #characterdesign https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ3gMaoBC4A/?utm_medium=tumblr

[natalie-andrewson]

Day two of sharing more character designs from my graphic novel The Nutcracker and the Mouse King! In the original German Nutcracker story we get to meet Young Drosselmeier in a fun side story (or flash back???) that old Drosselmeier tells to the children each night before they go to sleep. I wanted to set the side story’s time in the distant past so I set the entire alt story in a fantasy Tudor or late renaissance time. I loved getting to slowly age Drosselmeier and hint at how ancient and magical he really is! #characterdesign #graphicnovel #thenutcrackerandthemouseking https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1tyKBBXDW/?utm_medium=tumblr

[natalie-andrewson]

My debut graphic novel The Nutcracker and the Mouse King officially comes out tomorrow!!! Today I’m shooting a video where I draw Marie and the Nutcracker for @01firstsecond’s #sketchschool and talk a little about my process and inspiration behind this adaptation of the original Nutcracker story- more on that soon! I’m really excited to share it, and also wanted to share this step by step of one of my whole pages! This page is the introduction to Godfather/Pate Drosselmeier (the original German spelling of his name) who is a master clock maker, and turns out, also a master toy maker. He brings toys to the Stahlbaum children, Marie and Fritz, every Christmas...and this year he brought something *extra* special. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: The Graphic Novel is out tomorrow from @01firstsecond wherever books are sold! #thenutcrackerandthemouseking #comics #graphicnovel #firstsecondbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CE2FRNUhgDN/?igshid=j6vk2t359kam

[natalie-andrewson]

🌲Did I ever tell you how I adapted the text in The Nutcracker and the Mouse King? When I was approached to make this book I was encouraged to look at text in the public domain for The Nutcracker, so I decided to go hunt down the original text by ETA Hoffmann himself. Only thing wrong with that was the original text was in German! And I don’t speak German. But, by God, I was going to work with the source material if that meant learning a bit of another language. I found the earliest translation of the original Nussknacker und Mausekönig into English and compared it next to a very goofy google translation of the entire German story! While I compared the two translations, I noticed a lot of deliberate choices had been taken with the English translation. Certain words had been anglicized and there were moments that seemed much more tense than the bad, but readable German google translation. I worked my hardest to compare the original German text to both English translations to find clear differences throughout, and I’d choose which version suited the story best. Sometimes that was just swapping the word biscuits (Anglicized) for marzipan (German), but for others that was swapping out full scenes, like in moments where Marie is talked down to by Drosselmeier (in the Anglicized version), I swapped it for a more goofy and sarcastic version of Drosselmeier in the German version. Fun side note: Drosselmeier is the original German spelling of his name, not the anglicized Drosselmeyer. It took a little while to sort out what I did and didn’t want and I tried to stay as close to the original German text as I could. So, if you intend to read The Nutcracker and the Mouse King graphic novel this holiday you can experience what Hoffmann had mostly intended for The Nutcracker story. It’s dark at times (a bit more fever-dream-like than the ballet) but only to play against the sweet and magical moments Marie experiences elsewhere. With some ending changes to make the story appropriate for modern audiences, it’s the closest to what literature read to children would have looked like in Europe in the early half of the 1800s. #thenutcrackerandthemouseking #thenutcracker https://www.instagram.com/p/CIEIKOBhVTI/?igshid=19z5z46ukwcxc

[natalie-andrewson]

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Look what I just found on my doorstep!! Just in time for the official release tomorrow!!! Having this finally in my hands after waiting a year for the release is so satisfying- and the colors are so perfect! 😭😭🙏🙏 ✨✨✨This book would have never happened without my amazing agent Jen Linnan, my extraordinary editors @calistabrill & @_syntactics_, and the talents of @DoingThePigeon @dezinpub @andyru12 and the whole team at @01FirstSecond!!! THANK YOU!!! I’m so proud of this book thanks to you ❤️ ✨🐭🎄✨ And not to mention the SUPURB flatters that helped me throughout the many stages of this book: @claredezutti @barbara_bot @kristenacampora @oceanfruit @beaupirrone and @andyalexandy. They’re all highly recommended if you’re in need of flatters (and if they’re still available)!! #thenutcrackerandthemouseking #thenutcracker #comics #graphicnovel #firstsecond #bookrelease https://www.instagram.com/p/CE2l3tchOCb/?igshid=1s2fje0v59xxh