We Love You So – Where The Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze

Hey London, come out and ask Spike questions tomorrow! It’s going to be a blast!

Saturday, December 5
Apple Store Filmmaker Q and A

5.15pm – 6.00pm

Regent St, London W1
Hosted by Adam Buxton

Introducing two new Wild Things renditions from the wilds of the web! First up (above), a pair of artfully-rendered stompers by the talented Evan Schultz.

Second (below) a Wild Things cake that is either ten-feet tall or photographed in such a way as to look GIANT. Either way, cool beans!

Looking for something to pore over as you sip your cocoa by the fireplace this winter? Try a spell with Geoff McFetridge’s brand-new Recent Work, a beautiful 16-page collection of Where The Wild Things Are-related work that the artist completed for his old pal Spike, with the influences of Sonny Gerasimowicz (who invented the creatures for the film) and the Art Direction of K.K. Barrett.

Perfect for bookshelf or xmas stocking alike.

Kid Cudi will be coming out in a Max costume to his song “Alive” when he goes on tour with Lady Gaga this winter…

The best part of a childhood rainy day was, without a doubt, the fort-making part. The second best part (maybe the third, after hot chocolate WITH MARSHMALLOWS) was the crafts. Usually these involved things like paper plates, popsicle sticks, yarn and googly eyes. Also glue. Glue was crucial. For an update on past diversions, check out this DIY Where The Wild Things Are mask tutorial from Spins and Needles.

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A month after the premiere, people around the globe are still creating amazing homages to Where the Wild Things Are. We’ve received so many great emails in the past few weeks, we had to share a few of our favorites. Check out the parade of adorable costumes and art projects. These smiling wolf-suited kids are so sweet, I can already feel the diabetes setting in.

Spanish street artist Rodriguez Ledesma transformed a crumbling wall into a vision of Carol taking Max for a ride. Max Records sent us that fantastic photo of a jack-o-lantern– carved by his social studies teacher. Stop-motion animator Jessica Bayliss‘ larger than life Carol costume is one of the most brilliantly detailed we’ve seen yet. And cartoonist Steven Weissman’s sketches of the Wild Things playing chess and Rampage (the arcade classic) are positively inspired.

Last but not least, don’t miss this clip of rad pint-sized skater George Karvounis tearing up the skate park in a Max costume!

Fun fact #1: Charlotte Gainsbourg dubbed the voice of KW in the french version of Where the Wild Things are.

Fun Fact #2: Beck and Charlotte’s new video is awesome.

From her forthcoming album IRM it’s directed by Keith Schofield who is probably best known for that internet dynamo “Diesel XXX SFW” ad and his UKVMA-winning Supergrass “Bad Blood” video. Both of those are on his site as well as his Justice/Kravitz “Let Love Rule” video which is also fantastic.

The December issue of Dazed and Confused is a Wild Things fashion bonanza. A mash up of all the WTWTA-related looks including an in-depth profile on the line for Opening Ceremony. If that weren’t enough they also catch up with the dynamic duo of Spike and Maurice, pictured below hard at work.

It’s already on newsstands so grab a copy today.

Images via finsbry

An interesting feature in the Guardian UK last year had Jonathan Jones placing Maurice Sendak in the context of classic illustration, pop art and the history of picture books. An excerpt:

The picture book as we know it today – a simple illustrated book for the young – originates in the 18th century and expresses the empirical philosophy of John Locke and other Enlightenment thinkers, who held that what we can see and demonstrate is more real than what we are told. Language is a set of signs that denote the things we see – and in the first alphabet primers and Mother Goose nursery rhyme books, with their woodcut illustrations, you find this common sense world view being translated into books that span the gap between pictures and words, babyhood and literacy.

Maurice Sendak’s art is a rich fabric of references; it is very consciously rooted in these early children’s books, and the tradition of Hogarth and Blake.

Craft marketplace Etsy boasts a surplus of awesome handmade doodads dedicated to Where the Wild Things Are, and here are a couple of our favorites. User Roadkill’s immaculate silver pendants of Max and Carol are only one inch tall but the detailing is impressive. You can even see Carol’s shiny sharpened teeth and the tiny buttons on Max’s wolf-suit!

If you crave a more hands-on approach for your DIY Wild Things homage, check out CraftyisCool’s brilliant crotchet pattern for the same lovable pair of Maurice Sendak characters. Complete with removable crown and wolf suit hood! Adorable, but perhaps not for the novice knitter.