Flawless. Wenquan Liu — Relax

And isn't life sometimes like this, where even good fortune (here in the guise of a unicorn) can chase you over a cliff . . . ? G...

Wallace Smith —Pendleton Round Up Association 1927

I love the warm/cool impasto applied to this sweet portrait among sunflowers, by FH Varley, one of Canada's "Group of Seven"....

A nostalgic and melancholy portrayal of a young American idol. N.C. Wyeth —The Young Charles Lindbergh — 1931

A really great friend of ours passed away very recently. It was after a long illness, yet still it was a shock to actually lose him. He was...

Haddon Sundblom, creator of the ubiquitous and iconic Santa Claus image for Coca Cola, painted other marvelous pieces that are not as well ...

I remember being obsessed with The Spirit when Harvey Comics published two issues of reprints back in the mid '60s, bringing the stor...

I love this book, signed by Eisner, and I especially love this cover, adapted from one of his early comics. This is one of those kind of bo...

Hmmm, why indeed? Al Capp loved to tease, in more ways than one. Al Capp's Wolf Gal #1

I love illustrated maps, evoking exotic and adventurous travel. I'm guessing that this one is illustrated by Walter Crane, preeminent i...

Ah, come my friend, up to the rooftop, where we may take a load off our feet, fill our pipes with bitter-sweet opium and dream of what is a...

The start of a new year can be like opening a magnificent gift. Moebius (Jean Giraud)

Checking out . . . Checking in . . .

Oh, hey! It looks like I've got my new machine on line. I hear firecracker explosions all around, in honor of the new year. Handle ...

Okay, here's one of those bad news/good news kind of things. Bad news is that my computer is finally kaput once and for all, even afte...

Mucha is a treasure for the world, it being a better place because of him. I take comfort in looking at his work. Alphonse Mucha — He...