RMeingast Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Today would be Bram Stoker's 165th birthday and in honour of it Google has a "doodle" today: http://www.google.ca/ Anyway, if it weren't for Abraham Stoker, TCM fans would have much less to yap about come Halloween and its vampire films... Neat doodle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Love that 'doodle'! One of the neatest I have ever seen, wonder who the artist is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonDeWitless Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 http://www.google.com/search?q=BramStokerbooks&oi=ddle&ct=bram-stoker-2012-hp&biw=800&bih=461 it is AWESOME! at the risk of a copyright kerfuffle, I'm pasting it here because it really deserves to be seen by all. (and i'd like to preserve the image somehow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonDeWitless Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 hopefully i'm not causing any trouble by copying and pasting the image below, it is AN AWESOME RENDERING OF THE NOVEL and I felt like it deserved to be seen by all. props to the artist, and all apologies if I've stirred up any copright issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonDeWitless Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 ps- the "doodle" style seems heavily influenced by the work of Edward Gorey, who designed the 1970's stage revival of Dracula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I wonder if there's any info as to whether or not Stoker was fond of the novel "Dracula" or not. It's my understanding that Tchaikowsky really didn't like his "Nutcracker" all that much, despite the public's adoration of it to this day. And Chopin's "Minute Waltz" was inspired by watching his little dog chase it's tail, did it as a novelty and didn't consider it to be of any importance. Anyway, Happy Birthday, Bram. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMeingast Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 > {quote:title=twinkeee wrote:}{quote}Love that 'doodle'! One of the neatest I have ever seen, wonder who the artist is? Google employs a team of artists who put together the doodles: http://www.google.ca/doodle4google/press.html Anbody can make suggestions to the Google team for a doodle: http://www.google.ca/doodle4google/doodler.html Email for suggestions here: proposals@google.com This video shows the Google Doodlers and how they do their thing: http://marketingland.com/video-meet-the-google-doodle-team-7050 The video above is related to a contest Google does for kids with the winner getting their art as the Google "doodle" logo for a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMeingast Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 The British Film Institute has a contest on today in honour of Stoker's b-day... Go here to vote on your favourite on-screen Dracula: https://bfiprojects.wufoo.eu/forms/vote-for-your-favourite-onscreen-dracula/ You can cast your vote before 4:00 p.m. GMT today... No prizes, just something fun to do, I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMeingast Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Results from Facebook and Twitter votes are: Gary Oldman in Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula." Max Schreck ("Nosferatu") came in second place, while Christopher Lee (Hammer Horror series) took bronze. So there you go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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