Tag: Art and artists

Skele-pops

These candy-colored lollipop skeletons would make any human drool. (Artwork by Jason Limon)  

Sea Serpent

Arthur Rackham’s version of a sea monster featuring some very wild dentition.

Equal Opportunity

A hopeful Atompunk depiction of the Space Age from the early 1960s complete with  revolving space station and a family of astronauts with jetpacks. Now the early 1960s were likely as sexist as America ever got, and very very firmly into gender roles — boy child has a blue spacesuit, and girl child a pink …

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Kriss: The Gift of Wrath [Review]

Kriss: The Gift of Wrath  by Ted Naifeh Art by Warren Wucinich Oni Press, 2019 This graphic novel is the perfect gift for a middle school child of 11 – 12 who is getting into experiencing  adolescent angst, heavy metal, Goth culture, and fantasy fiction. The story is a time-worn one: a young orphan and …

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Worldbuilding Wednesday 2/10/21: Fairy Tales I

Fairy tales were not intended for children. I repeat that, fairy tales were NOT intended for children. Just take a look at the Kay Nielson illustration for Cinderella above. Despite the name, Kay is a he, a classically trained Danish artist who worked heavily during the first half of the 20th century. The moment depicts …

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The Hills Have Eyes

And other body parts as well, apparently. Artwork by the great Ed Emshweller.

Fairy Queen

French comic artist Olivier Ledroit’s fairies have a wicked, wide-eyed, kinky look even as they verge into  disappearing into their own ornamentation. Like Louis Wain’s schizophrenic cats, they’re hypnotic.

Heavy Hearted

Innocent, disturbing, whimsical, and exact, all at once.