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Eat More Books: Episode 3 “The West”

Posted by Rick Chillot

Happy Birthday Sherlock Holmes: Learn How to Analyze Footprints

This weekend, fans of Sherlock Holmes will be celebrating his birthday. The legendary literary figure turns 159 this Sunday, January 6th.

In honor of his birthday, here’s an excerpt from The Sherlock Holmes Handbook. Fun Facts: Ransom Riggs wrote this for us before he penned Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, and its full of illustrations (two of which are featured in this post) by Eugene Smith, the man behind the beautiful drawings in the Lovecraft Middle School series.

We’ll be giving copies away on our Facebook page, so make sure you check that out! Enjoy!

Posted by Eric Smith

Drink Me: Don’t Argue with this Alice in Wonderland Flask

With its psychedelic gigantic mushrooms and tempting “Drink Me” tag, how could anyone, never mind just Alice, resist taking a sip from this fantastic flask? That’s right. They couldn’t. And neither could you. So drink up.

Lori, the creative mind behind the Etsy shop Kitschville, crafts a number of unique flasks, from Powerpuff Girls to these pulp-esque best friend designs. All of her bottles, packed with literary references or not, feature graphics printed on treated, water resident, heavy-duty vinyl.

Scope out her full shop over on Etsy. Oh, and if you’re afraid you won’t be able to fill up your potential flask… relax. She has funnels.

Alice in Wonderland Flasks @ Etsy
kitschville.etsy.com!

Posted by Eric Smith