Don't forget to stop over at Whirled of Kelly , to stuff your stocking with Walt Kelly's art for The Night Before Christmas .

This was originally a double page interior spread in a New Yorker of December 1925, by Rea Irvin—one of the great early contributors to the...

Hi. My name is Thom. I'm an Oopaholic. I just can't get enough of Alley Oop, by V.T. Hamlin. Here's a little present to you othe...

Yay, another William Joyce: Yay, a couple more William Steigs:

Here's one more pre-Sundblom version of Santa. This by Francis Brundage, it has a very nice vintage quality.

Yes, Virginia, before Haddon Sundblom's portrayal of Santa, Santa was almost never rendered the same twice. Every artist had their own v...

Santa Claus is probably the most persistent modern mythical figure of our time. For 70 or 80 years now he has had a pretty consistent graphi...

Well, I'm back in command central, having been on the road for the last number of days. Trying to dial in posts from various makeshift...

This first cover is one of a series, themed as the annual fiction issue. What a cool change of pace for the New Yorker.

Some 1920s vintage Art Deco-ish greeting cards:

Above, yes, Edward Gorey Above, yes, Charles Addams