Helen Dryden — April — 1916

I was never impressed with Playboy cartoon captions—they were always forced, stilted and unfunny. But so much of the art, created with a wat...

1930s One night there appeared in the sky above the Duke's castle a flaming chariot drawn by fiery dragons. And the next morning the lov...

Back in early March, I posted some images from my copy of Kabumpo in Oz , with a cover that looked like it fell off the truck, skidded acros...

Promotional text for this artist states 'Unites East with West, Past with Present'. Muramasa Kudo — Love's Messenger — lithogr...

Again, ya gotta know that I'm marking time here with all these latest posts—pulling up miscellaneous material that's already been sc...

Pin-up artist George Petty scored big time when he landed this cover back in 1941. It had to have helped Rita Hayworth's career, and I...

Wishing peace and contentment to all you cyber bunnies around the world. I hope you can relax in the safety of your dens, play tag with a n...

Also to honor Easter weekend, in the spirit of its spiritual founder, is this sermon about 'the church'—written by Marylyn Ippolito ...

There are a lot of fans of Donn P. Crane's illustrative drawings of the 1930s. And there are even more fans of the Carpenter of Nazareth...

What do these fanboys see in Jim Lee's artwork anyway? Jim Lee - art / Joe Chiodo - colors

Kid makes a comment in the last post about the guy having thinning hair. Well that ain't nothin' compared to this guy. This guy look...

Barry Smith doesn't usually draw super heroes per se, but for an ad agency commission he gave the drawing the quality of a Lou Fine pose...

Gaieté — 1930s

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Raphael Kirchner — from La Vie Parisienne — 1915

I'm still under the deadline gun, one of the most intense and complex periods of my life, but I'm making progress, and I don't w...

This am not Bizarro #1 here, and me wish miserable birthday to Mr. Mxyzptlk. Him always give Superman happy times, not like me who am perfec...