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As an amateur scholar and die-hard enthusiast of everything to do with Alice in Wonderland, I have launched a podcast that takes on Alice’s everlasting influence on pop culture. As an author who draws on Lewis Carroll’s iconic masterpiece for my Looking Glass Wars universe, I’m well acquainted with the process of dipping into Wonderland for inspiration. The […]
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As an amateur scholar and die-hard enthusiast of everything to do with Alice in Wonderland, I have launched a podcast that takes on Alice’s everlasting influence on pop culture. As an author who draws on Lewis Carroll’s iconic masterpiece for my Looking Glass Wars universe, I’m well acquainted with the process of dipping into Wonderland for inspiration. The […]
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Welcome back beyond the Looking Glass, where the many mad reflections of Wonderland and its denizens can appear anywhere and in any shape! You will be delighted to see many familiar faces appear in various trading and competitive card games that are quite popular on Earth. Some of these “visions” of Wonderland build off the […]
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Politics in the Age of Internet Even Finds Alice In Wonderland As Fair Game for Satire

Author Jared Hoffman
Denholm here again, the former royal jester of Wonderland. The other day, Frank called me up and told me I was tasked to write an article about the best Alice in Wonderland political cartoons to coincide with the upcoming election in The United States of America. I responded, “Frank, though I may have worked for […]

All Things Alice/Alyss: The Darkness in Wonderland

Author Marco Arizpe
For your dark delight the dark thinkers of Wonderland have provided a listing of creepy collectables for your cabinet of curiosities. The long shadow of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has provided ample material for creators across the Continuum to commit their mad vision of Wonderland in physical form; seems no matter where one goes through the looking glass, people insist on carving scary things into clay or crystal alike.

Amazing Alice in Wonderland Pumpkin Carving Ideas For 2022

Author Frank Beddor
Alice in Wonderland has transcended the media to inspire everything from music, movies, games, and even festivals. The underlying themes of Alice in Wonderland have subtle hints of horror accentuated by that feeling of getting lost in an unknown land. I imagine encountering strange creatures would be terrifying – regardless of how quirky they appear […]

Five Frightening Wonderlands To Watch This Halloween

Author Marco Arizpe
Seasons greetings & dark dreamings to you from the shady side of Wondertropolis. In the spirit of the Earth season, select dark thinkers have helped me provide a lovely listing of blackly comic and heart-wrenching horror films for your curiosity and enjoyment this spooky season. With each film on the list presenting their own darkly twisted visions of Alice in Wonderland inspired by Lewis Caroll's imaginative books, one must wonder just what Alyss was getting up to beyond the looking glass...

How Johnny Depp Brought To Life Alice In Wonderland's Mad Hatter

Author Frank Beddor
Of all the characters from Alice in Wonderland, perhaps the most memorable and recognizable is none other than the Mad Hatter. He has been featured on merchandise, been replicated in media, and has been the symbol of High Tea the world over. In 2010, director Tim Burton sought to recreate the denizens of wonderland with his own signature style. It was natural that he would offer the role to famed actor Johnny Depp.

Imagination Part Three: Roadmap to Phantasia

Author Frank Beddor
Long have our best minds sought to understand “what is Imagination” – and I think this essay by Sam Zanger provides a remarkable exploration of this quest for understanding.

Celebrate Mad Hatter Day With These Deadly Weapon Hats

Author Jared Hoffman
Happy Mad Hatter Day everyone, I hope you’re all fully expressing yourselves, wearing weird hats, or eating mercury in an attempt to become a real mad hatter yourself on this most frabjous of days. today I bring you a list, of six other, hat weapons in popular culture. Remember this is a list of hat weapons, not famous hats. The sorting hat will not be on this list, and you definitely cheated when you took the online sorting hat quiz to get the house you wanted. Okay onto the list...

How You Can Celebrate Mad Hatter Day 2022

Author Frank Beddor
Now that we have entered October, all of western civilization eagerly awaits October 6th, Mad Hatter Day. What started as an ode to Lewis Carroll's greatest classic, Alice in Wonderland, has become a cultural phenomenon complete with the quirks and mesmerizing experiences of Wonderland. Let’s go all in and explore the fun things you can engage in with your family, friends, at school, or by your lonesome on Mad Hatter day.

Imagination Part Two: Wonderland Beginnings

Author Frank Beddor
Many planets orbit the Sun, and there are many planets bathed in the glow of Wonderland.  What would we do if one planet tried to take the sun’s light and heat for itself?  What if Martians revealed themselves and tried to drain all the sun’s energy leaving the earth cold and dead?  There would be one choice: war.  And this is what happened in Wonderland.

The Red Queen’s Last Son: Prince Leopold

Author Frank Beddor
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), was the eighth and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Handsome, gentle, charmingly shy, he received more of his mother’s attention than he liked, and as a young man he decided that the best means for gaining his independence was through marriage. Leopold suffered from hemophilia, however, […]

Part One: Wonderland's Imagination Empowers

Author Frank Beddor
Imagination is the lifeblood of existence. Here in our happy little home realm of Earth we are not only dependent on our Imaginations for liberation from the mundane, but also for all innovative progress. A great creative mind can be the difference between total disaster or awesome advancement. But… Where does Imagination come from? And how does it actually work?

Wonderland Look-Alikes: Some of the People Lewis Carroll Got Wrong

Author Frank Beddor
Princess Alyss Heart’s history was a bloody tale, full of power and terror and even a glowing glimmer of hope. When Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) heard the harrowing story, he was full of good intentions. The writer did his best, crafting a story of whimsy that amused children and adults alike—however, they did not amuse Alice Liddell. The familiar faces of her childhood were warped, the truth obscured. These are the facts behind Lewis Carroll’s fabrications...

Why I Love Alice: Wonderful Wonderland

Author Frank Beddor
My friend Lynne Henderson is a Wonderverse super-fan and Alice Aficionado supreme. I have had the pleasure of enjoying Tarty Tarts masterfully created by Lynne at the Comic-Cons we have both immersed ourselves into—and recently as I craved a taste of those sweet treats, I thought I should give Lynne a platform to explain her take on the magic of Alice In Wonderland...

Wonderland Warrior & Alice's Future King: Dodge Anders

Author Frank Beddor
Among the Alyssians, one particular soldier had made a name for himself with his military prowess and suicidal bravery—Dodge Anders, twenty-three years old, the four parallel scars on his right cheek serving as needless reminder that his greatest enemy wasn’t Redd but the beast who’d killed his father...

Alice Is An Alyss's Kind of Alice In Wonderland

Author Bibwit Harte
As the Royal Scholar of Wonderland, I, Bibwhit Harte am tasked with peering through the Pool of Tears to see the myriad of creations inspired by Wonderland. Today’s source of amusement and information is Alice or Alyss. Not the much-celebrated person, Princess Alyss Heart of Wonderland, but the name and the name itself and other interesting Alices. The name Alice or Alyss is an anglicized variant of the Old French Adelaide which is of Germanic origin. The Germanic “adal” means ‘noble’ and “heid” means ‘kind, sort’ hence the meaning of Alice being ‘noble one.’ Now, we look at some other bearers of this most celebrated name…
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