Long time, no see! It's been a while since I last posted about a scanned project. The last time I posted was about an issue of Starlog Magazine back in February.
Most of my latest posts really focused on my reading goal for the year, though that has fallen a bit to the wayside lately. I'm still reading, but at a much slower pace of about one book a month. I've been playing more video games, which I mentioned in my last post, and I do want to post and talk about them sometime!
But for today, we are going to look at this little story book I scanned: Rainbow Brite Saves Spring (1984).
My history with Rainbow Brite is quite short and limited. My mom had many VHS tapes with randomly taped episodes of Care Bears that I used to watch. Sprinkled throughout were also the occasional episode of the Rainbow Brite cartoon. I think I also had a VHS tape with one of the Rainbow Brite movies that I would watch sometimes as a kid...but that's about it.
Aesthetically, I LOVE Rainbow Brite. I even bought an artist pin of her from a horror convention.
I'm so sad I don't remember the artist - it's been years and I no longer have the pin backing that came with it. I tried googling around and couldn't locate the art either. If anyone knows the artist, please let me know so I can include a link for credit!
Back to the storybook - it's a simple story about Rainbow Brite and friends saving the Rainbow Sprites from Murky Dismal and Lurky's gloom potion. After the gloom potion has been blown away, the gang run off to start work on making the first day of Spring vibrant and lively with color!
I'm going to be honest, I was kind of shocked when I flipped to this page.
They just casually drop that the Rainbow Sprites are slaving away in the MINES. I honestly forgot that was a thing.
It wouldn't surprise me if the Rainbow Sprites were the type to yearn for the mines...brb, making a terrible meme.
I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself. I have impulsive thoughts, a computer, and basic editing software...it gave me a giggle, at least.
And this sad realization isn't helped by the little art on the inside cover of the book of the Rainbow Sprites looking absolutely miserable.
Worked to the bone with nothing to boost their morale.
Someone give these little guys a Happy Meal! Do I gotta do everything myself around here?!
There we go!
(Ok, I promise to stop making edits for my own amusement, at least for the remainder of this post lol).
This artwork is actually in relation to the plot of the Rainbow Sprites becoming gloomy...but I like to think it's due to their abysmal working conditions.
The potential lack of Rainbow Sprite labor and lunch laws aside, here's some art from the book that I really enjoy!
Starlite is definitely my favorite character in the book - he looks so pretty and elegant in this art style! The kids look cute too, but they run the risk of looking a bit wonky at times. See Rainbow Brite's toad-like appearance and Red Butler's pog face in the above panel.
I'll be posting the above artwork and more over on my photoblog, nostalgiahime, if you're into reblogging art without all my words attached to them. I've been lacking on posting to both this account and that one, but I'll have them queue'd up here soon!
Also, feel free to take a look at and read the whole storybook here on my Internet Archive account!
So in December when the holiday for The One happens and we all go out and collect the s's, we will be able to buy Rainbow Sprites from the creepy Festival Mirror guy. Because everyone knows in The One's Flight, the dragons have rainbow eyes. And the Festival Sprites match the eyes. So... Rainbow Sprites...
