#richardscarry

[webofinfluence]

Notopia: Speaker for the Dead books, reproduction, rice glue, scissors, knife and time 660 x 552 x 18 mm inc. frame #notopia #tomjohnsonart #appropriation #worksonpaper #framed #theframeisntreal #collageart #photocopies #reproduction #gemstones #herdanimals #pine #explosions #dragonball #blossom #richardscarry #gazelle #painting #art #artwork #series #collage #leaping #orsonscottcard #megaphone https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPG9iqokNb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[minyboy]

The best time to do something nice for others is always right now.

[adamstarruvola]

Secret Art Wars panel 6 - Richard Scarry #secretartwars #richardscarry #xmen #marvel https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNvlWVvIAA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[penelopecat]

I loved the Richard Scarry books when I was a kid. I fear for my bank account once @super7 reveals this line. Repost from @super7 #thismakesmehappy #toys #richardscarry #richardscarrysbusytown #busytown #super7 https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXmJcMPq2O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[itshouseofwarpeddesire]

#richardscarry #aliens

[steven8534]

#Repost @richardscarrylove with @get.repost

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Please, everyone be careful! Never look at

the sun without special filter glasses. That way, you will be able to watch the NEXT Lowly-clipse!

#RichardScarryLove #RichardScarry #SolarEclipse2024

[ohheplays]

Surprise! A new set of #kidcore codes inspired by Richard Scarry’s Busytown!

[istashadarkness]

#richardscarry #busytown #ohno https://www.instagram.com/p/CWRX3JoF2QD/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thegodbeast-mushi]

Score!!! 😉💪😎#slyandthefamilystone #vintagevinyl #richardscarry #richardscarrypuzzletown #imaginext #imaginextclayface #saversthriftstore #thriftstorefinds #toyhunting #thegodbeast #godbeast (at Olathe, Kansas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBL2u9XgCWv/?igshid=19zarolx7e01g

[tonilebeat]

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A post shared by Antonio BRENNAN 🦅 Portland, Tattoo Artist (@toni_beat)

Some progress on a #nostalgic #tattoosleeve! ⁣ ⁣ Super fun one! Some #classic #imagery & #cartoon characters! ⁣ ⁣ Can’t wait to get back to work! What have you guys been up to? What characters would you get tattooed?? ⁣ ⁣ Thanks for looking! Happy #humpday⁣ ⁣ #waldo #whereswaldo #homertattoo #richardscarry #tmnt #tmnttattoo #tattoo #tattoos #sleeve #colortattoo #americantraditional #americantraditionaltattoo #americantraditionaltattoos #hawaii #honolulu #cutetattoo #wherethewildthingsare #cleantattoos #simpsonstattoo #simpsons (at Honolulu, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_lMHRBlaBM/?igshid=16z8ycpm6ix

[myemuisemo]

Read Along with Richard Scarry’s Busy Busy Town, Part 0

I bought a used copy of Richard Scarry’s Busy Busy Town because (a) the current situation has reduced my attention span to five words and two cute animals at a sitting and (b) the cover looks somewhat like the corner of State and Beech Streets.

Busy, Busy Town (1994 edition) -- red sky in morning, sailors take warning. Small plane has presumably taken off from Tweed.

(Thank you, Google Maps.) Open questions: 

Does Busy Busy Town have Chinese restaurants?

How about wine bars?

Tattoo parlors?

I live in New Haven, Connecticut, which is notable for being the most typical city in the United States in terms of demographics such as race and income. As Five Thirty Eight put it: “Normal America is not a small town of white people.” 

In the 1950s and 1960s, when Richard Scarry was hitting his stride as an author and illustrator,he and his family lived first in Ridgefield, then in Westport, Connecticut, so my sense that Busy Busy Town feels like Connecticut is not entirely off-base. 

While I’ve (just) ordered Scarry’s biography, The Busy, Busy World of Richard Scarry (arrival predicted August 13-20, so with the current postal situation, figure on Hallowe’en), the purpose of this Read Along is to sneak up on the text in the dark and see what we make of it as a guide to exploring a real city.

Back in first or second grade, my first encounter with “civics” was some sort of Explore Your Community exercise. The only thing I remember is that we had to report on going to the supermarket, which back in the suburban California of that era was an exercise that involved my parents taking coupons to at least four stores in order to get the best deals. (Gas was cheap. Food wasn’t.)

In any case, the idea is to approach the Busy Busy Town as a sort of elementary civics text, only with adult (if somewhat befuzzled and distracted) context and curiosity. This Read Along will go two pages (one set of panels) at a time until we’re done.

[minyboy]

In the busy world of Richard Scarry Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm are ready to explore and learn. It is weird, it is frightening, mostly it is amazing.

[adamstarruvola]

What Do People Do All Day In The Garden of Earthly Delights? #hieronymusbosch #arthistory #richardscarry #digitalcollage https://www.artstation.com/artwork/5XA06W https://www.instagram.com/p/CUT3mV6MZzM/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rufusdayglo]

Thank you to my buddy @willy_geek for the wonderful Tinker and Tanker books by Richard Scarry!!! Scarry's art and stories are some of my absolute favourites and these ones in particular! You made my day!!! #richardscarrybooks #richardscarry #tinkerandtanker #busytown #rufusdayglo #childrensbooks #books #bandedessinee #comics #Illustration #illustratorsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B-y-uhOoxV1-7NzKlImitKVPCxFgdbdU1GUgG40/?igshid=1s1mwp7nb7oim