Blaze, the Masked Chicklet and a Dearest Enemy: Two Pieces by Unconventional Artist Claude Ponti

Travis Jonker at 100 Scope Notes has an annual feature on his blog called The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Books. I enjoy it very much, and it has, in turn, inspired me to create my own Unconventional Children’s Books list every December. “Unconventional” is such a good word for these books (so, full credit to Travis for coming up with it). They could be laden with more judgemental terms like “Weird” or “Odd”, but it’s nice to celebrate the fact that they aren’t afraid to go off the bea...