Right off the bat, a William Butler Yeats poem introduces the phrase Pilgrim Soul before 15 more pages outline the generalities ... eyes and feet to random doodles to create birdlike creatures ...

We need something cool and magical ... smiley faces - the whole shebang! Then, let's outline those doodles to make 'em pop! Now, drumroll, please... it's coloring time! Bust out those magic ...

Today, Google reveals the reason for the doodles: Herbert George Wells’ 143rd birthday. Why all the hype over HG? Is Google following or leading the internet’s zeitgeist?

However, one father took these doodles and remade them into fully detailed ... this red-robed character actually looks rather cool in a steampunk sort of way. Coincidentally, someone in Twitter ...