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Das Nürnberger ABC
Illustrations by Olga Kopetzky for Das Nürnberger ABC (Germany, 1912) I can't find so much as a blurb about Olga (1868–1928), who published under "O. Kopetzky." Her work has been in circulation,...
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Silent Ephemera
Silent movie posters from around the world Hamlet, Germany 1921 This post was prompted by my ogling the archives of the poster dealer plakatkontor.de. I then scrounged around expired auction listings...
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An Egg Named Humpty
"Nursery Songs" (1907) illustrated by Paul Woodroffe, via the Met Read about the illustrator on Wikipedia: "Paul Vincent Woodroffe (1875–1954) was a British book illustrator and stained-glass...
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Vintage Caza
Philippe Caza (b. 1940) has just published Les Monstres du Placard, an e-book collecting much of his early work. Caza explains that "Some Monsters from the Closet" contains "comics pages published...
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Heads or Tails
Selections from Lilli Carré's Heads or Tails, just out from Fantagraphics I'm delighted to feature some of my favorite pieces from Lilli Carré's new book Heads or Tails. If you like any of these buy...
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In the shadow of tomorrow
Paintings from the upcoming exhibition, In the Shadow of Tomorrow: Neo-realism in the Netherlands, at the MMKA (November 18 2012 through February 17 2013) Edgar Fernhout (1912–74), Schedel (Skull),1935...
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Ridendo
Thirty covers by Jacques Touchet for the French magazine Ridendo, c. 1934–40 Jan 1939 Ridendo, from the collection of Jérôme Dubois This is guest post by illustrator Jérôme Dubois, who recently came...
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Jeu de Massacre
Delightful propaganda by Fred Deltor (pseudonym of Federico Antonio Carasso), a portfolio of twelve hand-colored pochoir prints depicting the enemies of Socialism: "Jeu de Massacre" (Game of...
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24 Pharmaceutical Ads from 1930s France
Illustrator Jérôme Dubois recently began scanning and preserving the covers and contents of Ridendo, "a medical and humor magazine distributed to French physicians from 1933 to 1977." (Read more about...
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Dancing On and Beneath the Great Wall
Sixteen works by the Chinese artist Zhang Minjie (born 1959)Zhang Minjie, "Dancing on and beneath the Great Wall no. 1," 1992 Waste-block woodcut printed with oil-based inks From the pint-sized (6.5" x...
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Hang Glider & Mud Mask
Another gem from McSweeney's McMullens: Hang Glider & Mud Mask by Brian McMullen and Jason Jägel "One lives high in the sky. The other lives deep underground. Follow Hang Glider and Mud Mask as...
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Albert Weisgerber
Illustrations by Albert Weisgerber for Jugend, ca. 1903–1913 1905 For the past months I've been slowly scrolling through decades of issues of Jugend, the Munich-based magazine which gave Jugendstil its...
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30 Vintage Magazine Covers from Japan
1937 Here's a belated sequel to a popular August 2012 post of vintage Japanese magazine covers. Many of these again come from Bookcover Design in Japan 1910s-40s (ISBN 4-89444-426-7; Amazon link), an...
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Illustrations for An Asteroid Novel
Alfred Kubin's illustrations for Paul Scheerbart's Lesabéndio: An Asteroid Novel (1913) "Slowly, Lesabéndio floated into the depths, with his suction-foot still tucked behind his head."Posted to...
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Children’s Books in Poland: The 1950s
First in a series of posts highlighting the Polish children's book collection of Aleksandra & Daniel Mizieliński, aka Hipopotam Illustration by Jan Marcin Szancer for Brzechwa Dzieciom, 1955 From...
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Children’s Books in Poland: The 1960s
Second in a series of posts highlighting the Polish children's book collection of Aleksandra & Daniel Mizieliński, aka Hipopotam Illus. by Jan Marcin Szancer for Tygrys w pociągu, 1964 From the...
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Children’s Books in Poland: The 1970s
Third in a series of posts highlighting the Polish children's book collection of Aleksandra & Daniel Mizieliński, aka Hipopotam Illus. by Jan Marcin Szancer for Baśń o Szklanej Górze, 1972 From the...
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Karl Nicholason
Illustrations by Karl Nicholason for CRM textbooks in the late 60s and early 70sFrom Developmental Psychology Today, 1971Figure 20.8: "The adolescent may show a calm exterior, which often hides a...
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Barrel of Monkeys
Bill Kartalopoulos' new publishing venture Rebus Books (website / tumblr) has just launched with Barrel of Monkeys by Ruppert & Mulot.Winner of the Prix Révélation at the Festival International de...
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30 Vintage Swedish Movie Posters for Hollywood
Safety Last! (Skandias, 1924) Here is my long-threatened sequel to "20 Swedish Posters for 1930s Hollywood." This time the posters range from the silent era through the 40s. Many of the posters are the...
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