Things We Saw Today: The Book From Hocus Pocus

Things We Saw Today
This article is over 11 years old and may contain outdated information

Recommended Videos

Holly Conrad of Crabcat Industries (you might also know her from Syfy’s Heroes of Cosplay) created a replica of Winifred Sanderson’s book from Hocus Pocus for a friend’s wedding. And I want it so bad. She sculpted, cast, and painted it while Hilary Grimes bound it into an actual book. I mean, boooooOOOOOOOk! 

  • Apparently there’s going to be an art charity event in Brooklyn where people draw cats. I’m so in. (via The Frisky)
  • 91-year-old comics artist Al Plastino was recently shocked to find out some original Superman art he thought was being donated to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library at Harvard by DC Comics was being sold at auction. The auction house has put a halt on selling the art until it’s all sorted out. (via New York Post)

I think this fan art proves, if Gandalf had gone bad, we’d have all been royally f*cked. Art by Benjamin Collison. (via io9)

  • Paul Feig is producing the new animated Peanuts movie. (via Empire)
  • ABC’s Once Upon a Time in Wonderland has cast Whoopi Goldberg as The White Rabbit’s (John Lithgow) wife, and Peta Sergeant as “a force of nature” in Wonderland. Whatever that means. (via TVLine,The Hollywood Reporter).

Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?


The Mary Sue is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more about our Affiliate Policy
Author
Image of Jill Pantozzi
Jill Pantozzi
Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."