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Mort08 Pirate AND writer! from Oklahoma Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#1: May 8th 2012 at 12:56:56 PM

I don't normally care when famous people die, but...damn.

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#2: May 8th 2012 at 12:59:57 PM

The guy who wrote Where the Wild Things are? Damn, that sucks.

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#3: May 8th 2012 at 1:28:32 PM

He wrote Little Bear too, didn't he? sad

"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."
Mort08 Pirate AND writer! from Oklahoma Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#4: May 8th 2012 at 2:22:49 PM

He only illustrated it, but he gets associated with it more often than the author does.

There's another essential piece of my childhood...sad

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Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
#5: May 8th 2012 at 2:33:31 PM

sad

I don't know him, but that sucks. sad

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FarseerLolotea from America's Finest City Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#6: May 8th 2012 at 3:08:53 PM

Aw, damn. I loved In The Night Kitchen (and the kerfuffle over it, but that's another story) when I was a kid. (That's right, my first introduction to his work wasn't Where the Wild Things Are.)

R.I.P.

edited 8th May '12 3:16:01 PM by FarseerLolotea

Malph (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7: May 8th 2012 at 6:45:37 PM

Really? I was wondering why they showed Where The Wild Things Are on the news (everyone was talking and I couldn't hear).

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#8: May 9th 2012 at 11:59:13 AM

I recommend everyone to watch the May 8 2012 episode of Colbert Report. They had just recently had Colbert talk with Maurice to promote his kids book, but the May 8 episode talks more about some of Sendak's philosophies a bit.

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Bananaquit Since: Jan, 2001
#10: May 9th 2012 at 12:07:16 PM

I listened to the Really Rosie soundtrack in his honour. R.I.P., Maurice.

edited 9th May '12 12:07:29 PM by Bananaquit

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#11: May 9th 2012 at 7:50:52 PM

I loved In The Night Kitchen when I was little (well, littler).

Sadly, four-year-old me scribbled all over our copy of that book., and it's barely recognizable.

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#12: May 9th 2012 at 7:53:15 PM

ATC: Watch this if you can. Hopefully, it'll make you feel better about drawing on the book.

Wait-the quote that I was looking for isn't in this segment. WTF? I could have sworn I just heard it o_o

Long story short: Kid liked his work so much, he ate it, and Maurice was really happy to hear that.

edited 9th May '12 7:59:14 PM by TheyCallMeTomu

NateTheGreat Since: Jan, 2001
#13: May 13th 2012 at 6:42:39 AM

He wrote a nice "Appreciation" as a forward to a reissue of The Phantom Tollbooth.

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