Sendak

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The array of literary and artistic homages in “Labyrinth” almost got Henson into legal trouble; narrative similarities to Sendak’s “Outside Over There” activated the author’s lawyers.

From Salon

But that was resolved by the filmmakers acknowledging his debt to Sendak’s work at the end of the movie.

From Salon

Ms. Hogrogian was a close friend of the renowned illustrators Maurice Sendak and Ezra Jack Keats, and like them she drew on the old-world European artistry and traditions of her immigrant family to broaden American children’s literature starting in the 1960s.

From New York Times

Before his disappearance, Edgar, who is known around the studio and has precocious art skills, drew up plans for a new “walk-around” puppet, a furry blue monster he calls Eric — a blend of a Maurice Sendak Wild Thing, Sulley from “Monsters, Inc.” and the Muppets’ Sweetums — in hopes it will help save “Good Day Sunshine.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Babar,” Maurice Sendak said, “is at the very heart of my conception of what turns a picture book into a work of art.”

From New York Times