Meghan Killeen

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Kawaii for Kids: The Art of Ami Suma

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 6:51 pm
“George, I wish you’d look at the nursery” begins Ray Bradbury’s cautionary tale of childhood imagination, The Veldt. In true Bradbury fashion, technology runs amok at the merc...
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Trois Raisons: Why I Love French Animation

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Nov 27, 2009, 11:01 am
“I Lived On the Moon” Music video for the French band, Kwoon. Directed by Yannick Puig. “Gobelins-Annecy 2009″ Promo produced by the French Gobelins School of Art a...
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The Pricker Boy: Interview with Author Reade Scott Whinnem

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 11:54 am
“He was a real kid once, just like any of us” begins the supernatural legend of the Pricker Boy; the son of a fur trapper hardened by lies and taunts transformed into a creature with a pro...
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One More Trick!: Kids Kaboom! Does It Again

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Nov 22, 2009, 5:16 pm
Optivion and I scoured the streets of New York City in search of book treasures hidden throughout Times Square and Bryant Park. I discovered Where’s My Mummy? by Carolyn Crimi (illustrated by Jo...
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The Seeing Stick

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 7:16 pm
The Seeing Stick begins and ends as harmoniously as the namesake of its main character, Hwei Ming, which means “the lightless moon on the last day of the month becomes luminous”. Author Ja...
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Interview With Illustrator Kelly Murphy

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 6:47 pm
The palette of illustrator Kelly Murphy is part dreamworld tonality mixed with a mysterious blend of colors. Haunting-eyed characters of folklore from secret realms grace the pages of Murphy’s p...
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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 6:24 am
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat follows the hard-boiled hijinks of a femme fatale feline and her pup posse of former lapdogs.  Author and illustrator, Chris Riddell introduces the charming heroine Ottoli...
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The Magician's Elephant

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 6:46 pm
The Magician’s Elephant unfolds as if spoken by a babuska over a hearth and tea. Author Kate DiCamillo evokes Slavic storytelling in her fable of  fortune and magic ensconced in the winter wond...
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Monster Mutiny: Interview with Steam Crow

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 8:21 pm
Monsters make a business out of scaring people but what if their job was really just another daily grind.  Monster Commute is a webcomic masterminded by the Steam Crow design duo, Daniel and Dawna Da...
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The Striking Viking Story Pirates

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 9:33 pm
Pirates pillage, plunder and sail the seven seas but beware-these swashbucklers now steal your children and turn them into…storytellers! The Striking Viking Story Pirates is a non-profit group of ad...
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Harry and Horsie

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 8:41 pm
Harry and Horsie is an intergalactic journey of stellar friendship. After a restless night, Harry and his plush friend, Horsie, seek out the Super Duper Bubble Blooper. The Blooper’s bubbles fre...
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Going to the Halloween Extreme with Tom Nardone

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 4:31 pm
Extreme Pumpkins.com is the outrageous brainchild of Halloween maestro, Tom Nardone. Extreme Pumpkins.com takes pumpkin carving to the next level-where hand drills put the super in “super gooper...
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Little Fictions: Interview with Teetering Bulb

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 6:54 am
The art of illustrative duo, Teetering Bulb, feels like a watercolor spiral that is just hinting at the  beginning of a vaporous mystery. Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon create provocative pieces of ar...
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There Be Monsters!

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 12:33 am
Optivion won an er…ummm…surprise today from Quirk Books. It was a copy of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. I caught the exciting event as it unfolded….
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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 18, 2009, 1:50 pm
... torso. After absurdly consuming one creature too many, the old lady (”she dies, of course”!) meets her end, ... ornate fly pendant. The last page ends with the old lady’s bespe...
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On a Dark, Dark Night

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 17, 2009, 11:00 am
On a Dark, Dark Night is told through the terrified eyes of a little boy and his cute companion, a pudgy pup, who awake to find a witch prowling throughout their house. In the true fashion of fear, t...
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If You're Reading This, It's Already Too Late: Interview with Pseudonymous Bosch

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 7:47 am
Secrets can be told behind closed doors. Secrets can be hidden in a handshake. Or a chocolate bar (as Bosch can probably attest to). Most secrets, though, are just dying to be told. Author and imposto...
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All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant & Illustrated by Nikki McClure

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 10:36 am
All in a Day is like finding a fortune cookie planted beneath a sturdy oak tree.  ”A day is a perfect piece of time to live a life” begins this lyrical tale by Cynthia Rylant which reaffi...
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The Fortunate Events of Lemony Snicket Illustrator Brett Helquist

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 9:30 pm
Comics, chance and magazine covers culminated in the fortuitous success of illustrator, Brett Helquist. Brett is best known for (or worst known for if you-know-who had his way ) illustrating A Series ...
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Who Is This Masked Metaphor?: Interview with Illustrator Howard McWilliam

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 5:23 pm
From financial journalist to varied virtuoso of illustration, artist Howard McWilliam has a lush portfolio of caricatures and creatures of comical proportions. He has given a humorous face to financi...
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Kids Kaboom Book Crazy!

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 4, 2009, 9:57 pm
Optivion and I Reading Rainbow-ed out in our first  Kids Kaboom video. I found The Elephant Wish by Lou Berger and illustrated by Ana Juan hiding in an Autumn cornfield. Optivion, when the weasel wa...
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Masquerading Marionettes: Interview with Scott Radke

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 2, 2009, 7:28 pm
If magical marionettes with soulful eyes and anthropomorphic tendencies wandered through a dark forest in search of an unspoken mystery, they would have certainly wandered out of Scott Radke’s r...
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Over in the Hollow

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 9:51 am
Over in the Hollow is haunted by spooky families that multiply as the story progresses towards the superstitious number thirteen. Author Rebecca Dickinson puts a supernatural spin on the classic tale ...
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Do Droids Dream of Numbers?: Illustrator Brian Despain

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 10:01 pm
Illustrator Brian Despain animates a mystical assembly line of robots that roam the stark backdrop of bleak and innocuous industry. As a self-professed Star Wars fan, it is no wonder that Despain crea...
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A Growling Place: Interview with Thomas Aquinas Maguire

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 9:05 pm
Trained as an industrial designer, author and illustrator Thomas Aquinas Maguire understands the nature of good design and designs beautifully surreal scenes of nature in his books.  Maguire’s ...
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The Nature of Things to Come-Artist Dan May

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 9:37 am
Only artist Dan May can make something so amorphous absolutely adorable. He creates creatures that look like an embryonic hybrid of Sendak’s Wild Things and places them in illuminated worlds of ...
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Going Batty with Illustrator/Author Brian Lies

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 9:28 am
Author and illustrator, Brian Lies‘ has been busy as a… bat. Mr. Lies’ most recent book, Bats at the Library, observes the humorous hijinks of young bats exploring a library-a rite ...
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Meghan Killeen has rated Optivion 9.7 out of 10

Meghan Killeen - The sepia raucous, here we find images that are “spooky, enchanting and alluring.” The beauteous photographs taken by Optivion are wrapped in atmospheric urban grinds or plead with a sepia toned creature or landscape. The camera eventually closes in obtaining a ballad in ambulation.So through the modest lens we see the elegant “black and white photos” and the anonymous “everyday findings” which are a bit indicative of the artist.
Sep 24, 2009, 7:32 pm
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The Misfoids

Meghan Killeen Sep 24, 2009, 7:06 pm
Creepy;)
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Eerie Encounters: Interview with Deborah Noyes

Meghan Killeen posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 2:22 pm
Deborah Noyes is the illustrious author of such unique and haunting tales as The Ghosts of Kerfol and Angel and Apostle. She is also the editor of such horror anthologies as Gothic! and Encyclopedia o...
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Paper Lanterns By Martha Stewart

Meghan Killeen Sep 24, 2009, 1:56 pm
Lovely idea!
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About Me

Meghan Killeen was born near a forest in sleepy Pennsylvania yet one day traveled to the West Coast in search of the sea and success. She attended the Art Institute of California in San Francisco and also became a certified English instructor. She worked for a detective agency and also performed in a circus troupe. She has now returned to the forest where she writes stories and makes characters continuously come alive. Ms. Killeen currently works for Corvus Blue Studio making old websites on new machines while her steam-pop partner Optivion illustrates and captures images and sounds on his trusty steed, an ancient Mac G4.
Corvus Blue Studio-an evolutionary studio is more phoenix than crow. We offer consultation and creation services with the ability to make your project as unique as your vision.

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