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Rick’s Picks
FAVORITE ORGANIZATIONS:
FAVORITE ARTISTS/WRITERS/PEOPLE:
- Jim Flora - Illustrator
- Alfred M. Butts - Scrabble® Inventor
- Mary Blair - Illustrator
- David Strathairn - Actor
- Josef Svoboda - Scenic Designer
- Ethan Murrow - Artist
- Michael Chabon - Writer
- Jasper Johns - Painter/Printmaker
- Bertolt Brecht - Playwright
- Jack Kirby - Comic Book Artist
- Jay Ryan - Poster Artist/Illustrator
- Alexander Calder - Sculptor
- Alphonse Mucha - Artist
- Richard Brautigan - Writer/Poet
- Travis Bone - Poster Artist
- Jon J Muth - Illustrator/Writer
- Brad Bird - Animator
- Mike Mignola - Comic Book Artist/Writer
FAVORITE CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS:
- The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by John Agee
- Pockets by Jennifer Armstrong, Illustrated by Mary GrandPré
- I Know The Moon by Stephen Axel Anderson, Illustrated by Greg Couch
- Olive, The Other Reindeer by Vivian Walsh and J. otto Seibold
- Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
- Good Griselle by Jane Yolen, Illustrated by David Christiana
- Snow by Uri Shulevitz
- The Runaway Beard by David Schiller and Marc Rosenthal
- A Visitor For Bear by Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady Macdonald Denton
- Scaredy Squirrel Makes A Friend by Mélanie Watt
- The Happy Hocky Family by Lane Smith
FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUPS:
- The Frames
- Iron & Wine
- Dolorean
- John Coltrane
- The Replacements
- Ben Fold
- Barenaked Ladies
- Louis Prima
- Fountains of Wayne
- The Jayhawks
- Kings of Convenience
- Elliot Smith
- They Might Be Giants
- M. Ward
- Dinah Washington
- The Weepies
- The National
- Dan Zanes
FAVORITE ANIMATED FILMS:
- Jungle Book
- Begone Dull Care
- The Incredibles
- Ratatouille
- The Iron Giant
- Spirited Away
- Street of Crocodiles
- Monsters, Inc.
- The Wrong Trousers
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Finding Nemo
OTHER FAVORITE MOVIES:
- Sherlock Jr.
- Citizen Kane
- Blade Runner
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- The Conversation
- City of Lost Children
- The Bishop’s Wife
- The Quiet Earth
- Office Space
- Stagecoach
- Grosse Point Blank
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