JBMD - The making of...: Postcard 4

Welcome! On this site you'll find information on our graphic novel, John Barleycorn Must Die - as well as our legendary 'around the table' series of discussions with various artists, film directors and writers. When we started this blog, we posted weekly to discuss the creative process of producing our novel. (You'll find those posts in the archives in the left hand column.) The novel has now been published, and we are posting a page every weekday on our sister blog which you can find here, or you can buy a copy of the book via the links in the right hand column.

Friday, 26 August 2011

Postcard 4

4 comments:

Anonymous26 August 2011 10:04
Well well, a happy departure gate mistake indeed. Easily done of course. I always suspected the creative mindset behind the JB Blog was 'outa this world' but you guys have raised the bar to exceptional new heights. ps - you did buy return tickets, didn't you?

Signed: The Real Anonymous
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A mermaid in the attic28 August 2011 17:58
But WHOSE arm and leg? And do you have spares to get home?
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Anonymous29 August 2011 05:20
I'm concerned about the missing gnome.
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A mermaid in the attic3 September 2011 21:08
Ahh, perhaps it was the Gnome's arm and leg?!
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AROUND THE TABLE WITH:

These posts are our chats, over coffee and croissants, with various interesting people that we were lucky enough to sit 'around the table with.' So pull up a chair, help yourself to pain-au-chocolat, and join us as we talk with...

Alan Lee - Oscar-winning production designer of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Amal El-Mohtar - Writer and folklore scholar.

Billy O'Brien - BAFTA nominated film director.

Brian & Wendy Froud - Numerous achievements - think Trolls, Fairies, 'The Dark Crystal,' 'Labyrinth,' and Yoda.

David Wyatt - Illustrator of books by Tolkien, Terry Pratchett and Phillip Pullman.

Dharmarucci - Astrologer.

Didier Graffet - Illustrator, winner of the '2010 Ravenheart Award' and the 'Grand Prix de l'imaginaire.'

Rima Staines - Artist/Writer extraordinaire.

Yoan Lossel - Illustrator, philosopher, and all 'round nice guy.

BLOG ARCHIVE A QUICK GUIDE:

If you're interest in artists, writers, and film-makers discussing their influences and creative process, check out our ‘Around the Table With’ chats. If you're intrigued by all things esoteric, then take a look at our posts on Magic. Curious about how the graphic novel took shape? Then why not read some first draft pages, and have a look at the John Barleycorn Tarot? And if you want a bit of a laugh and some time-passing nonsense, try the Howard & Rex Rambles, including Howard & Rex on Holiday, and Rex Alone.

'Hope you find something of interest, and come back again soon.

JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE:

There were three men came out of the west,

Their fortunes for to try.

And these three men made a solemn vow:

John Barleycorn must die.

They've plowed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in,

Threw clods upon his head.

And these three men made a solemn vow:

John Barleycorn was dead.

They've let him lie for a very long time,

Till the rains from heav'n did fall.

And little Sir John sprung up his head,

And so become a man.

They've hired men with scythes so sharp,

To cut him off at the knee.

They've rolled him and tied him by the waist,

Serving him most barb'rously.

They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks,

Who pricked him to the heart.

And the loader, he has served him worse than that,

For he's bound him to the cart.

They've wheeled him 'round and around the field,

'Till they came unto a barn,

And there they've made a solemn oath,

On poor John Barleycorn.

They've hired men with the crabtree sticks,

To cut him skin from bone,

And the Miller, he has served him worse than that,

For he's ground him between two stones.

And little Sir John in a nut-brown bowl,

And the brandy in the glass.

And little Sir John in the nut-brown bowl,

Proved the strongest man at last.

The Huntsman, he can't hunt the fox,

Nor so loudly blow his horn,

And the Tinker, he can't mend kettle nor pot,

Without a little Barleycorn.