puppetmaker | LJ Idol week 22 Walls

I think the walls of a house describe the people within them. Behind the cut is a rather photo heavy look at the first floor of my house.

This is over my desk and one of the first places you see when you enter our house. The large Hershfield is an original print with his signature on it. It was a gift from my parents to me when I graduated from the Yale School of Drama. The Masks are from Cirque Du Soliel. The awards are from various costume contests. The animation cell is from Oliver and Company and is the dog that Billy Joel portrayed. There is a Labyrinth poster and an original painting by Gwen.

Continuing over my desk which I keep mementoes of things Peter and I have done. The small painting is from Peter's Novel "Sir Apropos of Nothing". The Dora poster is Caroline's so she has something in the living room that is hers. The Spiderman poster was created for Peter's first issue of Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman.

This is a closer shot of the stuff over my desk. I made the cat mask for a show I was stage managing. Below it is an original piece of Brian Froud art work from the movie Labyrinth. Above it is the Silver Surfer that Moebius did for me when Peter and I were in France for our first anniversary. To the left is a promo poster for the 3rd season of the Muppet show. To the right is my fairies calendar.

This is over one of the two couches in the living room. The sword is Sting by Master Replicas. It glows blue and makes cool sounds. The painting is the cover to Peter's novel "The Woad to Wuin" which was the second Apropos Book. The Dora poster is Caroline's so she has something in the living room that is hers. The Spiderman poster was created for Peter's first issue of Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman.

This is next to the front door. One of Peter's favorite movies is the Great Mouse Detective and these are two original cells from the movie of Ratagan which was played with great villainy by Vincent Price.

This is the wall behind the front door. At AlbaCon they had the artists draw something from a passage from Peter's latest book at the time which was Fall of Knight. We got all three at the art auction and put them up in the living room. We had to raise them after one of the cats tried to use the lower one as a scratching post.

This is on the way up the stairs to the second floor. This is an original character sketch from the original Fantasia. We have a lot of both Disney and Warner Brothers animated pieces all through the house since we do love both animation companies.

This is on the wall on Caroline level in the living room. It is one of her drawing on a post-it. She has done a number of these and they are spread all through the house.

This is the wall next to the doors into the Dining room. We have a another cell from the Great Mouse Detective, our Disney Wall clock, Peter's first bowling plaque, the record of his 800 series, some photos by Gwen, a shadow cut out of Ariel and Shana and the thermostat for the downstairs part of the house.

This is the one piece of art that survives in the Dining Room since we added all the bookshelves (and we still need more room). It is an original character pencil sketch done for Disney's Pinocchio.

This is in the entry on the way to Peter's office. This is an original George Perez drawing that he did after the infamous Peter David vs. Todd McFarlan debate at a comic convention. Peter mopped the floor with Todd. This picture ran in the CBG.

This is another picture that is in the entrance to Peter's Office. It is an actual cell from the Tiny Toons series and one of Peter's favorite sequences in that episode.

This signed poster from the Goodspeed production of "Man of La Mancha" resides in the kitchen. It is one of Peter's favorite plays.

This is an added bonus being one of our bedroom walls but it has one of our more interesting pieces of art that is not in Peter's Office. The Black and silver picture is the cover of Peter's book "But I Digress". The artist is Neil Gaiman and it is a pen and ink drawing. The 3-D Phoenix we got a DragonCon a number of years ago.

If you have any questions about things in the photographs, please feel free to ask me.

I hope you enjoyed your tour of the walls in my house.