Action Comics — 1948
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Ma! Dad! Leo the Lion is gonna be here! In person! I wanna go see him! Can we? Huh, can we? . . . Awwwww, why not? 1930s poster
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Thank goodness for Hannes Bok, bringing a uniquely personal perspective to the art of illustration. Hannes Bok — Fantasy Fiction — June 1953
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A spooky illustration from a spooky book for a spooky time of year: Frederick Simpson Coburn — frontispiece for 1899 Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
A fantastic inspiration from the 1860s for Edgar Rice Burroughs' later Pellucidar series.
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And this is the sort of residence that an alchemist would have resided in (or perhaps STILL resides in), inhabiting a cold dark room with a single window on the upper floor lit by a lonely light...
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Alchemists took great pleasure in studying what came before.
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If I've had past lives, and I feel that I have, I was an alchemist in one of them. I probably wasted a lot of time chasing after impossible tasks, which is pretty much what I'm doing in this lif...
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The Sorrows of Satan
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I love the look and color of these automobiles. . .
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This is a lovely illustration by August Reseller from 1911 of a lion getting the royal treatment. 28 years later, Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion had a similar appearance and treatment.
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If you want to visit Cuba, you better do it soon before President Trump cuts you off and sends you to the principal's office. Actually, he'd make a good high school principal, I think — idoliz...
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Any of you oldsters remember this guy? Buffalo Bob Smith and his little protege Howdy Doody ruled the peanut gallery with an ironic fist, way back when.
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This blog is not extinct, it's just taking an extended break. After all, we have 20 thousand million years ahead of us, so hang in there . . .
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Early George Barr work from an early fanzine . . .
Much of early 20th century advertising art can be considered kitsch — gaudy, tacky, however one defines the term. And yet, as 'art for the masses', it has appeal, at least as eye candy — emp...
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It used to be that collectors of books would paste an 'ex libris' label in each of their lovely acquisitions. Basically it was a little certificate of ownership that indicated, "this is my treasu...
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He knows what needs to be done . . .
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It's not officially summer where I am, but it's starting to feel like it. Here's a toast to sweet summer nights to come! A stipple print of art by Camille Roqueplan — 1839
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Once upon a time, these terra cotta winged horses stood at the height of an Etruscan temple, symbolizing strength and, for what it was worth to the viewer, swift passage. This sculpture has s...
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This was a sweet little graphic for a sweet little product, circa 1913. I sincerely wish that transportation had not progressed beyond this sort of conveyance (it's really similar to Grandma Duc...
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Even for star lore and mythology, this piece seems rather enigmatic, which of course is part of its appeal. Art by Julius Diez, circa 1915
"Daddy, daddy, look up there at the shape of the clouds! I see a ducky and a frog! What do YOU see? "Well, I see, um, well...uh...hmm, that is, well—hmmmm..." Franz Stassen — from a ...
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