{"id":1667,"date":"2016-01-15T13:47:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomastaylor-author.com\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2021-10-05T12:57:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:57:26","slug":"rip-alan-rickman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/rip-alan-rickman\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Alan Rickman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomastaylor-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Professor-Snape-Thomas-Taylor.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1668\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1668\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thomastaylor-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Professor-Snape-Thomas-Taylor-915x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Snape - Thomas Taylor\" width=\"584\" height=\"654\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As everyone, I\u2019m saddened and shocked by the sudden loss of Alan Rickman. He was just so perfect as the villains we loved to hate \u2014 Hans Gruber! \u2014 but also as the wonderful, darkly seductive character of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. Snape was always my favourite character, and Rickman portrayed him gloriously. Here\u2019s a sketch of him in that role. And it\u2019s especially shocking to lose such a great character actor hard on the heels of losing David Bowie. And now I want to draw Bowie too, in the guise of the artful Goblin King from Labyrinth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And while I\u2019m here, wow has it been <i>that<\/i> long since I updated my blog? A lot has happened since then, and, well, a lot hasn\u2019t happened too, but there\u2019ll be news to report now, so I should drop by this place again soon. Scarlett Hart, after long delays, is back on course, and it\u2019s high time I shared more pictures from that. And I have another piece of exciting comic book news to report to, as soon as I can. So I\u2019ll be here again soon, spring cleaning, fussing over the virtual coffee machine, and probably replacing that banner too. In the meantime, I hope everyone\u2019s 2016 has started well, despite the awful news about Bowie and Rickman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As everyone, I\u2019m saddened and shocked by the sudden loss of Alan Rickman. 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