August 31, 2009
August 30, 2009
August 29, 2009
Art/Collages: Mark Weaver
Owl Eyes by Mark Weaver. See more brilliant art by him.
via This Isn't Happiness
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Book Covers: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
coisas do arco da velha: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (by Richard Fariña, 1966). Book cover by folk/blues singer-songwriter and artist Eric von Schmidt.
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August 28, 2009
Book Covers: The Bang Bang Birds
Flickr: Covers etc: The Bang Bang Birds - Pan book cover
The paperback version of this:
Book Covers: The Bang Bang Birds
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Illustration: Magical Misery Tour
Stephen Kroninger: Magical Misery Tour
"National Lampoon, October 1971. /...Beatles parody, a collaboration between writer Michael O'Donoghue and artist Randall Enos..."
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Also see Yellow Submarine comics
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Heinz Edelmann
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August 27, 2009
August 26, 2009
Poster Art: Kill Baby, Kill
Wrong Side Of the Art: Kill Baby, Kill (Operazione paura / Operation Fear, aka Curse of the Living Dead) (1966, Italy)
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Compare with this brighter colored version.
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Poster Art: In Harm's Way
IMP Awards > 1965 Movie Poster Gallery > In Harm's Way
Poster artwork by Saul Bass.
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Graphic Design: El Lissitzky
Dlia Golossa (For the Voice), a collection of poems from Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1923
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (1890–1941), better known as El Lissitzky, was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect.
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Vintage Stuff: Gone Fishin'
Spot Art by Roger Bradfield from Bisquick Cookbook 1964.
Grickily's Cool Old stuff on Flickr.
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Illustration: Robert A. Maguire
Original for a pulp cover.
Pulp Fiction Covers: Robert A. Maguire
via This Isn't Happiness via Lady, That's My Skull
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August 24, 2009
Gif Animation: Emperor of Mongo
three frames: Max von Sydow as Ming, emperor of Mongo in Flash Gordon (1980).
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Poster Art: Hans Hillmann
Hans Hillmann: Panzerkreuzer Potemkin (from), Sturm über Asien (own scan)
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Illustration: Lawson Wood
"Gran'pop - Where do we go from here"
Books Illustrated Ltd: The Original Art of Clarence Lawson Wood
via coisas do arco da velha
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August 23, 2009
August 22, 2009
August 21, 2009
August 19, 2009
August 18, 2009
August 17, 2009
Vintage Ads: Radio Nord
Radiohistoriska arkivet: Radio Nord
via Larssons Blogg
"During 16 months from March 1961, Jack S. Kotschack and his staff shook the Swedish establishment by broadcasting radio from a boat anchored on international waters in the Baltic Sea.From the ship came modern pop music, news - and commercials. The Swedish audience loved Radio Nord, but the politicians raged and threatened with reprisals and government purchase boycotts against companies that advertised on the pirate radio station. Behind the scenes urgent and detailed investigations were made on how to stop the broadcasts ..."
HIT THE ROAD JACK! -
History of Radio Nord
written by Jan Kotschack
To buy the book see link at the bottom of this page.
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Illustration: Noel Sickles
Today's Inspiration: Some Sickles for Readers to Digest: Illustrations by Noel Sickles.
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August 15, 2009
Gif Animations: When Eight Bells Toll
Gif animation made by myself from When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
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my other gif animations
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Vintage Postcards: Film Cards
Flickr: Truus, Bob & Jan too!: Film Cards
"These are all scans of vintage postcards of the European cinema between 1895 and 1970."
via the Museum of online museums
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August 14, 2009
Illustration: Jon Klassen
Flickr: Artwork from We Are The Friction, a book of illustration and short fiction, more information on which you can find here.
via grain edit
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Vintage Ads: Carlsson på taket
I read somewhere that the rally driver having a break and a Pommac soft drink isn't really the man he is supposed to look like: Erik Carlsson (see previous post) but a model. Be that how it may, the photo is good. Carlsson was a great driver but he managed to flip his car a number of times. There's also a Swedish children's book character called "Karlsson på taket"/"Karlsson on the roof". Hence Erik Carlsson's nickname "Carlsson på taket" and hence the ad photo.
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Related posts about soft drinks
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Vintage Cars: Carlsson på taket
Swedish rally driver Erik "Carlsson på taket" Carlsson in his SAAB.
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August 13, 2009
Illustration: Staffan Wirén
Front and back.
"Ingen rädder för ABC inte heller för 1-2-3" ("No one is afraid of the ABC, nore of the 1-2-3") is my best thrift store find of this summer. It's a tiny children's book from Sparbanken ("The Savings Bank") and as the title suggests it's an ABC book with some math teaching kids the benefits of putting money in the bank. The wonderful ABC animal illustrations by Staffan Wirén are glued in and I wonder if they came with the book or if you got them one by one at the bank. It doesn't say what year this was printed. It's probably from the 50s. Here's an excellent opportunity to learn about the Swedish letters Å, Ä, Ö.
I wish I could tell you something about Staffan Wirén except that he was/is (?) a very good Swedish illustrator. I know that he has illustrated a number of books but it is hard to find examples of it on the Internet. However there is "Vårt svenska samhälle" ("Our Swedish Society") uploaded by David at The Klockarp Institute and there is the cover of "Kondition och hälsa" ("Fitness and Health").
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