So, this is what New Yorkers do on cold wintery nights.  I feel warmer already. Quintana — New York Nights — February, 1937

Cold? Yes, it's downright f-f-f-frosty. Ub Iwerks — Jack Frost — 1934

It's c-c-c-cold where we are. Hope yer stayin' warm where u r. Karl Lagerfeld — for Fendi

I have a sincere fondness for images of romantic enchantment, and many artists of today are just as wonderful as masters of the old days, t...

These two images tumbled out together from a partial spill of my image morgue — a splendid example of my little world laughing at itself. ...

I don't know anything about the story that this illustration by Walt Scott was for, but it looks mighty interesting, mighty interesting...

Georges Lepape — Vogue — December 7, 1929

Here's a jaunty little number from the age of flappers. Looks like a couple of French frails flitting about in their flivver.  l...

It's a little less than 3 weeks till Christmas, but this image shows what I like to think is going on right now, way up north — at leas...

Sometimes I think I could solve some of the world's problems if I could just have a few days with no distractions whatsoever. Sometimes...

 Colorful. Stunning.  Fan-tab-la-glorious. Moebius. 1980

An Art Nouveau cover from 105 years ago: Vogue — December 5, 1907

St. Nicholas is, of course, a grand saint. And Santa Claus really seems to be a separate entity working in association with the saint. Nich...

This is a friendly notice that any correspondence and requests to Santa should have been e-mailed by now, or no later than the next day or ...

By popular request (one of you) (yay), the Robert Crumb introduction to the previous post's komic of Harvey Kurtzman, one of the (great...

I think there may be a bit of a Pygmalion complex in most artists, and as the creator of Annie Fanny, well —yeah! © Harvey Kurtzman e...

Leo Putz — Girl in a Glass — 1902

For a while now, until I get caught up with my misbegotten schedule, I'm going to only post random images with little or no comment, an...

The Disney universe is an odd duck, so to speak. Much of it is loved, globally, and much of it is criticized for its white bread values. Un...

Many a time an artist under deadline or other pressures finds the need to 'resource' an image, basically stealing it, for compositi...