Submitted by MulciberTenebras t3_yezshb in Art
MulciberTenebras OP t1_iu0vf2i wrote
Reply to comment by Zillah-The-Broken in The Halloween Tree, Ray Bradbury, oil painting, 1964 by MulciberTenebras
He painted it for his daughters a few years before he watched "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" with them in '66. Their shared dissatisfaction with the short inspired him to write his own Halloween special, with the imagery of this painting serving as the basis for his story.
While animator Chuck Jones loved the idea... MGM shuttered their animation department soon after agreeing to produce it. So in '72, Bradbury turned the script into a popular novella. That was finally adapted into animation by Hanna-Barbera in 1993.
Zillah-The-Broken t1_iu0vy3d wrote
wait a minute... Bradbury painted this?! I had no idea!!!
MulciberTenebras OP t1_iu0w3ub wrote
Yep.
Zillah-The-Broken t1_iu0wb5s wrote
now I'm gonna have to go look this up and see what else he painted. what an incredibly talented person he was!!
ceeece t1_iu14tk0 wrote
He illustrated this book cover as well. So beautiful. What a talented guy.
Zillah-The-Broken t1_iu15wxi wrote
WOW!
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