I knew it when I was five and I know it now: Ezra Jack Keats is amazing.Some of the Coraline concept art reminded me of Keats' The Snowy Day
, particularly Chris Appelhans' great work. Appelhans will be at Reverie, Concepart.org's workshop, in Dallas at the end of the month - I'm looking forward to singing his praises in person and asking him if Keats was an influence.