Rotten Ralph is Sarah's rotten cat, but Sarah "loves him anyway."
Ralph--a sociopath--steals baked goods, saws crucial limbs off tall trees, blows soap bubbles through a pipe, and mocks hard-working little dancers.
Nicole Rubel, one-half of the creative team behind Ralph, took a few notes from James Marshall, and you can see a George/Martha vibe in the "Ralph" story. (That said, neither hippo is ever quite as challenging as Ralph.)
God is in the details, and my fondness for "Rotten Ralph" has to do with tiny, tiny things. The exuberant wall paper. The elaborate design for the back of a chair. The marching ducks on Sarah's dress, and the insane grin Ralph has right before he steals a pie. I very much like that Rubel doesn't design anything "conventionally pretty." I'm inspired by that.
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