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Saturday, November 01, 2025

TAMEA versus MAISIE

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Tamea, the bewitching queen of the South Sea isle of Riva, kissed Dan twice within 5 minutes of meeting him.  Maisie, on the other hand, Dan...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

ON TOP OF THE ENCHANTED MESA

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 Fans of Krazy Kat will be familiar with the "Enchanted Mesa," the mystical cliff in the remote desert.  No human ever sees the to...
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Sunday, October 19, 2025

ELIZABETH SHIPPEN GREEN ON THE BRINK

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 In 1902, this is how Elizabeth Shippen Green illustrated moonlight: Less than ten years later, her treatment of moonlight was far more acco...
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Friday, October 10, 2025

THE MAN BEHIND J.C. COLL'S DOOR

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  There's a lot going on in J.C. Coll's little drawing of a sword fight by a stranded stage coach. Look how knowledgeable Coll's...
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Friday, October 03, 2025

HOW ART SET MAD MAGAZINE FREE

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Compare these two cartoons from MAD about father/son relationships.  The first is by Jack Davis: The second is by Mort Drucker: The first jo...
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Thursday, September 18, 2025

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 77

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In one of the greatest passages of western literature, Dante begins The Divine Comedy : Midway through the journey of life, I found myself i...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

ELEVEN REBELS ON THE ROOF

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In 1961, two noteworthy events occurred in the art world:                1.  The artist Piero Manzoni sold cans of "Artist's Shi...
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