A magnificent study of a magnificent creature . . . J. M. Swan — Study of a Lion — ca 1900

This is sort of related to the previous post, by a tour de force blending of monumental horse with monumental man, for a Playboy article in ...

I would dearly love to have these sculpted figures as bookends, but I would need a massive crane to get them in my library. Ah well. These t...

Everyone needs a safe haven . . . Yoshitaka Amano

Harry Bliss — The New Yorker

Music I like (not your grandmother's fairy music, believe me): Go to their website here You have an option for a FREE download of this e...

A fellow who 'dabbled' in portrayals of ancient history was, of course, Roy Krenkel. He had great passion for the subject, was very ...

Some of you perhaps have enjoyed the My BookHouse set of early 20th century books that collected stories, tales and legends for kids to unde...

What red-blooded person WOULDN'T want to master time? J. Allen St. John — The Man Who Mastered Time — 1929 If a person didn't recog...

What red-blooded person WOULDN'T want to be in the Lionel Century Club , especially with art like this to entice you in? Lionel Century ...

A beautiful, if not grisly, view of winter . . . Erté — Winter

A rather sensuous tableaux for a cigarette ad, but it was the roaring twenties after all. And besides— these are theatuh folk! Lewis Baumer ...

Have I told you what a fan I am of William Stout's work? William Stout — Sea Fantasy — 1995

Last post brought some appreciation about Janis Joplin, and Mr. Door Tree remembered a fantastic concert at Yale, back in the good ole daze,...

This album is great for the music and great for the cover art by Crumb. There's a lot of memories attached to this album — if only I cou...

As much as I like preliminary art, there is, of course, much to be said for finished art, especially from the likes of Adam Hughes. AH! Adam...

Milton Glaser is my favorite graphic designer/illustrator, though he doesn't consider himself an illustrator per se. This is a set of ...

John Severin, a grand veteran of the legendary EC comics era is also grandly appreciated for his artistic work on the 1971 Kull the Conquero...

And then there is this print of Conan, part of a 'minor edition' set, drawn by John Buscema who drew a squijillion issues of the Co...

Barry Smith probably used a whole bottle of india ink rendering this large, 24" x 27", masterful drawing of Conan battling bones....