Anatomy: A Lesson

Here's the thing: lions actually NATURALLY sit on their haunches. It's their default state. They walk around on four legs, and they sit that way too. Drawing them kneeling is both pointless and disturbing.

Thanks for the submission, Liz!

France: A Nightmare

I was in a bookshop the other day, casually browsing the children's section, when I came across A Lion in Paris by Beatrice Alemagna. The cover was deeply promising:

Naturally, I went to investigate. And man was it worth it:

Each page I flipped through was more horrifying than the last:

Early on the author decided she shouldn't be constrained by the "typical" features of a lion:

Soon she dispensed with looking like a lion entirely:

It's a bear!

It's a mouse!

It's a ... toad?

Finally, it lost all connection to the natural world:

And, in a chilling finale, we were left with this image:

NO, GET THAT CHILD AWAY FROM IT. IT'S A MONSTER.

I didn't buy the book, but frankly I should have. This is a work of utter majesty.