‘The Widow Had Too Many Sweeties’
Posted: October 26, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: Books, Crime fiction, design, Detective, Illustration, Magazine, Mystery, Noir, Paperback, pulp fiction, Thriller, typography, vintage Leave a comment
The Widow Had Too Many Sweeties
Illustration: Gary Panter for the New York Times Sunday Book Review, October 8, 2015
Posted: October 11, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Mediasphere | Tags: Books, City on Fire, Comix, design, Garth Risk Hallberg's, Gary Panter, Illustration, Magazine, New York Times, Newspaper Leave a comment
Illustration by Gary Panter for the New York Times Sunday Book review of Garth Risk Hallberg’s ‘City on Fire’ by Frank Rich, October 8, 2015.
Pulp Fiction: Cover illustration by H. L. Parkhurst for Spicy Mystery, June, 1935
Posted: September 28, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1930s, Crime fiction, design, Fiction, Horror, Illustration, Magazine, Mystery, Paperback, Pulp Cover, Spicy Mystery, typography 1 Comment
Science Fiction Cover: ‘A is for Astronaut’
Posted: August 1, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Reading Room, Space & Aviation | Tags: Book Cover, design, Magazine, Mystery, Paperback, pulp fiction, Science fiction, Thriller, typography Leave a comment
New Detective: ‘You Can’t Run Far Enough’
Posted: July 28, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: Crime fiction, design, Illustration, Magazine, Mystery, Paperback, pulp fiction, suspense, Thriller, typography, vintage Leave a comment
Vintage Sci Fi Cover Art: ‘Fantastic Universe’
Posted: June 28, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: Comics, Fantastic Universe, graphics, Illustration, Magazine, pulp fiction, Sci-fi, Science fiction, typography, vintage Leave a comment
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Draw A Monster!
Posted: May 4, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1960s, Big Daddy Roth, Cartoons, Comic book, Comics, hot rod, Illustration, Magazine, vintage Leave a comment
Pulp Fiction: ‘I Let Him Hang’
Posted: April 29, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Reading Room | Tags: Crime fiction, design, Illustration, Magazine, Mississippi, Mystery, novel, Paperback, pulp fiction, Thriller, typography Leave a comment
I Let Him Hang Source: pulpcovers
Pulp Cover: ‘Mammoth Mystery’ 25¢
Posted: April 28, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: design, Fiction, graphics, Illustration, Magazine, Mystery, Paperback, pulp fiction, Romance, Thriller, typography, vintage Leave a comment
Underground Lobster Porn Goes Mainstream! Über Fashion: Chloë Sevigny in Marfa Journal
Posted: March 29, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Food & Drink, Global, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Advertising, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Über Fashion, Chloë Sevigny, Erotica, EUROPE, fashion, Glamour, Lobster, Magazine, Magazines, Marfa Journal, media, Photography, satire, Seafood, Sizzler Leave a comment
“This is the happiest day of MY LIFE!”
TIME’s Self-Answering Question
Posted: March 25, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Diplomacy, Mediasphere, U.S. News, War Room | Tags: Bowe Bergdahl, Deserter, Desertion, Magazine, media, news, Pentagon, Time Magazine Leave a comment
Vintage Popular Science Cover, July 1950: ‘Making The Death Car Safer’
Posted: February 11, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Automobiles, design, Illustration, Magazine, Popular Science, Seat Belts, typography, vintage 1 Comment
Vintage Comic Panel: ‘BANG’
Posted: February 5, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Guns and Gadgets | Tags: Cartoon, Comic book, design, Illustration, Magazine, media, Newspaper, vintage 1 Comment
Where to Buy the New Charlie Hebdo
Posted: January 13, 2015 Filed under: Global, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, Religion | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Islamism, Jihadism, Magazine, media, Newspaper, Paris March, Paris Massacre, satire, Terror, Time Leave a comment
The Party’s Over: Detail from cover of Saturday Evening Post, January 2, 1960
Posted: January 1, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Food & Drink | Tags: 1960s, Christmas, design, Holiday, Illustration, Magazine, New Years, Party, vintage 1 Comment
The Party’s Over, detail from cover of Saturday Evening Post January 2, 1960. Art by Ben Kimberly Prins
Magazine Illustration: Lonely Woman
Posted: January 1, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: design, Illustration, Magazine, New Years, New York, Urban, vintage, Watercolor Leave a comment
New Years’ Illustration by Harrison Cady, from an Unknown Issue of Boy’s Life Magazine
Posted: December 31, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, History, Mediasphere | Tags: Boys Life, Christmas, design, Harrison Cady, Holiday, Illustration, Magazine, media, New Years, typography, vintage 2 Comments
This “bird’s-eye view” illustration by Harrison Cady is from an unknown issue of Boy’s Life magazine.
Christmas Illustration: Alex Raymond, 1930s
Posted: December 24, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture | Tags: Christmas, design, Holidays, Illustration, Magazine Leave a comment
Original magazine illustration by the great Alex Raymond, source unknown, circa 1930s.
Freedom and Plenty for All
Posted: November 20, 2014 Filed under: History, Mediasphere | Tags: 1623, America, Colonial America, Farming, Harvest, Liberty, Magazine, media, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving, vintage Leave a comment
Homecoming: New York Harbor
Posted: November 11, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, History, Mediasphere, U.S. News, War Room | Tags: Americana, design, Homecoming, Illustration, Magazine, military, New York Harbor, Parade, typography, Veterans Day, WW2 1 Comment
Illustration by Stevan Dohanos
New Detective: ‘Blood On My Doorstep’
Posted: September 24, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Mediasphere | Tags: Babes, Book Cover, Crime, design, Egypt, graphics, Helpless Women, hostage, Illustration, Magazine, New Detective, Rafael DeSoto, typography Leave a comment
SUN COVER JULY 18, 2014: ‘PUTIN’S MISSILE’
Posted: July 17, 2014 Filed under: Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: design, Flight MH17, graphics, London, Magazine, media, Newspaper, Putin, Tabloid, The Sun, typography, UK, Ukraine Rebels, Vladimir Putin 2 Comments
Vintage Magazine Cover of the Day: Esquire
Posted: March 13, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Art, Books, design, graphics, Illustration, Magazine, typography, vintage 1 Comment
Vintage Food Ad of the Day
Posted: February 19, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Food & Drink | Tags: Advertising, Cheese, Cheez Whiz, design, Illustration, Magazine, Snacks, typography, vintage 1 Comment
pundit from another planet 