Monday, April 22, 2024
ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 72
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This drawing by James Montgomery Flagg is as confident and brash as Flagg himself. The drawing is large-- nearly 30 inches (76 cm) and appea...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
ONE LOVELY DRAWING , part 71
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Franklin Booth (1874-1948) learned to draw by studying wood engravings in magazines while he was growing up on a farm in Indiana. He mistak...
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Saturday, April 06, 2024
MEN MUST ADVENTURE AND WOMEN MUST WEEP
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The stories in comics, pulp magazines, science fiction and fantasy were never subtle about the proper roles for men and women. Here is Flas...
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Friday, March 22, 2024
WHAT ALICE MOLLON UNDERSTANDS ABOUT INK
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There's a long tradition of wars with-- and about-- ink: (The Ink Battle by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1843) Ink has left a trail of rivalry, br...
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Friday, March 08, 2024
WARRING WITH TROLLS, part 11
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"To live is to war with trolls." -- Ibsen Anthropologists tell us that primitive cultures believed art had supernatural propert...
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
MY TWO GRIPES WITH "IDEA" ILLUSTRATION
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I like Tomi Ungerer's drawing about the nature of men and women: The lines may appear light and slapdash, but the ideas have genuine wei...
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Friday, February 23, 2024
WARRING WITH TROLLS, part 10: VIOLATING THE SPACE TREATY
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"To live is to war with trolls." -- Ibsen The United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exp...
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