Faust, in search of knowledge, makes a deal with Mephistopheles. And what a deal it was. Goethe wrote about it over a period of 60 years. Ar...

Hal Foster created one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight Prince Valiant Sunday pages in his lifetime, and they are all beautiful in va...

Ah, speaking of Mignola, here's a comic everyone remembers, ey? Hard to believe it's been 14 years since it changed our lives. At le...

Mike Mignola's artwork fascinates me. Mannered and stylized with heavy ink spotting, it has a graphic impact that endures. I only hope t...

Michael Whelan painted this piece years ago. James Cameron started planning and writing Avatar years ago. Inspiration?

It's taking a real effort to stay away from 'blogging. Case in point, here I am again. I've really got to focus on other stuff, ...

This 'blog started just over one year ago, and I think some mighty fine images have been showcased during that span. But man and boy it...

This book, Egyptian Myth and Legend , is available here and there as a PDF download and a selection for the Kindle. But these are my scans f...

And of course let's not forget this little guy from H. J. Ford's version of The Snow Queen .

As Steve points out in the comments to the previous post, the king of Snow Queen art is H. J. Ford, from The Pink Fairy Book . Even though t...

And another New Year's greeting, as a greeting card, from the same person a year later. Margaret Tarrant — The Snow Queen

This is from a postcard I received with New Year's greetings in 1985. Stephen Fabian — The Galante — 1983

Continuing an odd sort of baby trend, this is an unpublished 1916ish illustration by W. Heath Robinson, entitled Moon's First Voyage.

In his day, you could always count on a new year's baby from J. C. Leyendecker. It was just something he did, and he did it uniquely his...

Ah, what better way to spend New Years' Eve day than ice skating. Marie Danforth Page (1869-1940)— The Skater —ca 1920

Before we move too far past the season, I wanted to pull out this Playboy cartoon by the late Eldon Dedini. Dedini's art was a lovely bl...

Sensuality: a photograph by Sara Moon:

I used to really enjoy Science Digest magazine. This Robert McCall cover is a favorite. I've met with McCall on two different occasions,...

The late John Berkey was an artist known for spaceships and high tech sci-fi. So, it's a bit surprising to see a folksy Somerset rail st...