Sea monster


"At the same time, he saw a Fisherman come out of the cave, a Fisherman so ugly that Pinocchio thought he was a sea monster. In place of hair, his head was covered by a thick bush of green grass. Green was the skin of his body, green were his eyes, green was the long, long beard that reached down to his feet. He looked like a giant lizard with legs and arms. When the Fisherman pulled the net out of the sea, he cried out joyfully: "Blessed Providence! Once more I'll have a fine meal of fish!" "Thank Heaven, I'm not a fish!" said Pinocchio to himself, trying with these words to find a little courage. The Fisherman took the net and the fish to the cave, a dark, gloomy, smoky place. In the middle of it, a pan full of oil sizzled over a smoky fire, sending out a repelling odor of tallow that took away one's breath."

Compared to Kirk's depiction of the scene where Pinocchio was about to be eaten by the monster, Grimly takes a full advantage of illustrating the grotesque monster. His hunched back, jagged teeth, uneven eyes, long crooked nose with a hook hanging on one of his nostrils, large and coarse feet, and even to a dirty Band-Aid on his left knee are all combined to create the filthy and foul characteristics of the monster. The way he is holding Pinocchio is also interesting to notice. In Kirk's illustration, the giant monster is rather calm and has a tight grasp around Pinocchio's body where as Grimly's monster is so inhumane to an extent that he even holds Pinocchio upside down. Moreover, the jagged background in Grimly's work adds tension and some dramatic effect to the scene.

Grimly vs. Kirk