Comments on: Sherlock Holmes Is Reborn http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/08/cut-out-the-poetry-watson/ Fearless. Thoughtful. Witty. Canadian. And Opinionated. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:43:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: The Walrus Blogs » Guy Ritchie Kills Sherlock Holmes » The Shelf http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/08/cut-out-the-poetry-watson/#comment-4817 The Walrus Blogs » Guy Ritchie Kills Sherlock Holmes » The Shelf Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:37:00 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=679#comment-4817 [...] last time I wrote about Holmes, my focus was on the brilliant new Penguin series of paperbacks. While [...] […] last time I wrote about Holmes, my focus was on the brilliant new Penguin series of paperbacks. While […]

]]> By: Alexandra Redgrave http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/08/cut-out-the-poetry-watson/#comment-4487 Alexandra Redgrave Fri, 09 May 2008 17:19:32 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=679#comment-4487 Re-inventing the back pocket paperback is long overdue. I appreciate the simplicity of minimalist, monochrome book covers (a favourite of French publishers), but nothing gets readers in the mood for sleuth work more than a howling dog peeking out of their jeans. Re-inventing the back pocket paperback is long overdue. I appreciate the simplicity of minimalist, monochrome book covers (a favourite of French publishers), but nothing gets readers in the mood for sleuth work more than a howling dog peeking out of their jeans.

]]> By: Jon Lellenberg http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/08/cut-out-the-poetry-watson/#comment-4481 Jon Lellenberg Fri, 09 May 2008 15:14:59 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=679#comment-4481 The Sherlock Holmes stories may all be public domain in Canada, but The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is still protected by copyright in the United States (until 2023), and the Norton edition which originated in the USA, THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES, was done in cooperation with the U.S. rightsholder, the Estate of Dame Jean Conan Doyle. The Sherlock Holmes stories may all be public domain in Canada, but The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is still protected by copyright in the United States (until 2023), and the Norton edition which originated in the USA, THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES, was done in cooperation with the U.S. rightsholder, the Estate of Dame Jean Conan Doyle.

]]> By: Anne http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/08/cut-out-the-poetry-watson/#comment-4480 Anne Fri, 09 May 2008 14:46:38 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=679#comment-4480 I agree that the Norton illustrations are excellent. IMO they're up there with the original drawings done by the likes of J. Frank Wiles, Nis Jessen, and Howard Elcock to name a few. The new ones by Penguin certainly go in another direction all together: very much a throwback to the movies of the 1930-1940's, a la Basil Rathbone, perhaps? Arthur Wontner seems represented as well. The bottom illustrations show a skeletal Holmes, indicating the scariness and thrill of the chase. Anne I agree that the Norton illustrations are excellent. IMO they’re up there with the original drawings done by the likes of J. Frank Wiles, Nis Jessen, and Howard Elcock to name a few.

The new ones by Penguin certainly go in another direction all together: very much a throwback to the movies of the 1930-1940’s, a la Basil Rathbone, perhaps? Arthur Wontner seems represented as well. The bottom illustrations show a skeletal Holmes, indicating the scariness and thrill of the chase.

Anne

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