Safety Matches
Posted: February 7, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: design, Illustration, Matchbook, Matches, novelty, typography, vintage Leave a commentDefending Democracy: Vapo-Man!
Posted: February 5, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Cartoons, design, Illustration, Lettering, Pulp, vintage Leave a commentSource: vintagegeekculture
Sci-fi Cover: ‘A Planet of Your Own’, by John Brunner, Cover art by Jack Gaughan, 1966
Posted: February 2, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: design, Illustration, Mystery, Paperback, Science fiction, SciFi, Thriller, typography, vintage Leave a commentSource: Sci-fi Covers
Freedomways
Posted: February 1, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, History, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Reading Room | Tags: Alice Walker, Communist Party, design, Harry Belafonte, Illustration, Jacob Lawrence, James Baldwin, Julian Bond, Magazines, Marxism, Paule Marshall, Progressive, Shirley Graham DuBois, W.E.B. DuBois Leave a commentThéodore Galle: Emblems for Veridicus Christianus, by Jan David, 1606
Posted: January 31, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, History, Mediasphere | Tags: 1600s, Art, design, drawing, Emblems, Engravings, Théodore Galle Leave a commentJapan: ‘City & Design’ Magazine, Cover Illustration by Isamu Kurita, 1966
Posted: January 23, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Japan, Mediasphere | Tags: 1960s, Comic Art, design, graphics, Illustration, Lettering, Magazines, Tokyo, typography, vintage Leave a commentStan Lee: The Human Torch
Posted: January 22, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Comics, design, drawing, Illustration, Lettering, Stan Lee, The Human Torch, vintage Leave a commentDanish poster for ‘Citizen Kane’, 1946 (Orson Welles, USA, 1941)
Posted: January 17, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Global | Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Cinema, Citizen Kane, design, Illustration, Movies, Orson Welles, Poster Art, typography Leave a comment1946 Danish poster for CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles, USA, 1941)
Artist: unknown
Poster source: Posteritati
The Danish title translates as “The Big Man.” Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Chemical Engineers & Camera Manufacturers: Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Glock 17
Posted: January 10, 2017 Filed under: Guns and Gadgets, Mediasphere, Science & Technology, Self Defense | Tags: Austria, Cameras, design, Engineering, firearms, Glock, Glock 17, Guns, Pistol, Semi-automatic pistol, Switzerland, video Leave a comment
✨Design: Illustrations of Grocery Stores✨
Posted: January 5, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Food & Drink, History | Tags: 1950s, Architecture, design, Stores, vintage Leave a comment‘Santa Claus’ Night in Chicago’: Original Newspaper Strip by Stanley Smith
Posted: December 24, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Christmas, design, Illustration, Newspapers, Santa Claus, Stanley Smith Leave a commentOriginal newspaper strip by Stanley Smith, source unknown
Source: thebristolboard
‘The Monster that Challenged the World’, 1937
Posted: December 20, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1930s, Cinema, design, Horror, Illustration, Monster Movies, Movies, Poster Art, Thriller, typography, vintage 1 CommentSource: arcaneimages
Christmas Ornaments: Santa Pigeon Tree Topper, Bibo, a Crazy Cat Lady, and More
Posted: December 18, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Humor | Tags: Archie McPhee, Christmas Decoration, Christmas Ornament, design, Novelties, novelty, toys, Whimsy Leave a commentSource: Archie McPhee
Movie Poster: ‘White Christmas’, 1954
Posted: December 17, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Bing Crosby, Christmas, Cinema, Danny Kaye, design, Irving Berlin, Movies, Musical, Poster Art, Rosemary Clooney, typography, Vera Allen, vintage, White Christmas 1 CommentMovie Poster: ‘I’ve Lived Before,’ Richard Bartlett, USA, 1956
Posted: December 16, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Cinema, design, graphics, Illustration, Movie Posters, Movies, Poster Art Leave a commentPoster: Arlatte Chicoree Bleu Argent
Posted: December 12, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Food & Drink | Tags: Advertising, Coffee, design, Illustration, Poster Art, typography Leave a commentCaptain America: ‘His Brother’s Keeper’
Posted: December 9, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Captain America, Comic Books, design, drawing, Illustration, Lettering, Marvel Comics Leave a commentSource: comicbookartwork
‘Rockets to Nowhere’, by Philip St. John
Posted: December 4, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: Adventure, Books, design, Illustration, Mystery, Paperback, pulp fiction, Science fiction, SciFi, Thriller, typography, vintage Leave a commentPalace of Soviets, 1930
Posted: December 4, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, History, Mediasphere, Russia | Tags: Architecture, design, drawing, Monument, USSR Leave a commentSource: Официальный форум игры World of Tanks
Pulp Fiction Q: Which One?
Posted: December 3, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: Adventure, Book Cover Art, Books, Crime fiction, design, Illustration, Paperback, pulp fiction, Romance, Thriller Leave a commentMovie Poster: ‘The Deadly Mantis’, 1957, Artwork by Ken Sawyer
Posted: December 2, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Adventure, design, Dryococelus australis, Giant Fijian long-horned beetle, Goliathus, Horror, Illustration, Insect, Movies, Science fiction, The Deadly Mantis, Thriller, typography, Universal International Leave a commentThe Deadly Mantis (Universal International, 1957). Science Fiction.
Starring Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph, Pat Conway, Florenz Ames, Paul Smith, Phil Harvey, Floyd Simmons, Paul Campbell, Helen Jay, Keith Aldrich, William A. Forester, and Paul Frees. Directed by Nathan Juran. Artwork by Ken Sawyer
Source: Mudwerks
‘Fantastic’, April 1959, Cover by Ed Valigursky
Posted: December 2, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: design, graphics, Illustration, Magazines, Pulp, pulp fiction, Science fiction, SciFi, Thriller, vintage Leave a commentSource: Sci-fi Covers
Ace Double D-465: The Martian Missile by David Grinnell, 1960, Cover art attributed to Ed Valigursky
Posted: December 1, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere, Reading Room, Space & Aviation | Tags: Books, Cover Art, design, Illustration, Paperback, pulp fiction, Sci-fi, Science fiction, Thriller Leave a commentSource: Sci-fi Covers
Fantastic Science Fiction: ‘The Girl in Tube 14’
Posted: December 1, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Adventure, design, Illustration, Mystery, pulp fiction, Science fiction, Thriller, typography, vintage Leave a commentVintage Freak Show: ‘Rubber Skin Man’
Posted: November 30, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Art, Circus, design, Freak Show, Illustration, Lettering, Poster Art, vintage Leave a commentSource: danismm
Movie Poster: ‘L’Entraineuse Fatale’
Posted: November 28, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Cinema, design, Edward G Robinson, George Raft, Illustration, Marlene Dietrich, Movies, Poster Art, typography, vintage, Warner Bros Leave a commentDetective Fiction: January 1951 issue
Posted: November 26, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: Cover Art, Crime fiction, design, Detective Fiction, Illustration, pulp fiction, typography, vintage Leave a commentSource: Seattle Mystery Books
Superman Model Sheets, by Curt Swan
Posted: November 22, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Comic Books, design, Illustration, Model Sheets, Superhero, Superman, vintage Leave a comment1954 Retrofuture Art from an Unexpected Source: the French Chocolatier Cantalou
Posted: October 14, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, France | Tags: 1950s, Cantalou, Chocolatier, design, Futurism, Illustration, Paris, Retrofuture, Space Age, vintage Leave a comment‘Captain Diamond and the Space Pirates’
Posted: September 10, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Comic Books, design, Illustration, Magazines, Pulp, UK Comics, vintage Leave a commentJapanese Movie Poster: ‘Chinatown’, 1974
Posted: September 9, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Japan | Tags: Cinema, design, Faye Dunaway, Illustration, Jack Nicholson, John Huston, Movie Posters, Movies, Poster Art, Roman Polanski Leave a commentChinatown
USA, 1974
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Movie Poster: ‘Le Retour de L’Homme’
Posted: September 1, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Cinema, design, Films, Horror, Illustration, Movies, Mystery, Poster Art, The Invisible Man Returns, Thriller, typography Leave a commentClassic cover by Bernie Wrightson from ‘Chamber of Darkness’ #8, Marvel, December 1970
Posted: August 31, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Chamber of Darkness, Comics, design, Illustration, Marvel, Marvel Comics, typography Leave a comment
[Illustration] Futuristic Mid-20th Century Modern Interior Design
Posted: August 30, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Architecture, design, Illustration, Interior design, Modern, Modern living Leave a comment
Polish Poster by Bronislaw Zelek for ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’, 1967, and the Spanish Poster for ‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger’, Woody Allen, 2010
Posted: August 29, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Cinema, design, Far From the Madding Crowd, Illustration, Motion Pictures, Movies, Poster Art, Woody Allen, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Leave a commentmovieposteroftheday – moviepostertwins