Monthly Archives: August 2006

Quand Les Poules Auront des Dents

Quand les poules auront des dents is an insane and funny animation about what can happening when a chicken with teeth gets crazy in a small farm planet, by Julien Borde, Matthieu Cordenier and Henri Danjou. There is something in … Continue reading

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Dan McCarthy

Skeletons can be very lovely, specially when they appear in pretty illustrations as Dan McCarthy makes. In his paintings, posters and drawings those skeletons appears as a symbol of the natural process of life, generating more life and love. (via … Continue reading

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The Way of Hope

The Way of Hope by Julien Dykmans: At the wheel of its caravan, Zebulon, a small travelling merchant, arrives in an old abandoned village. Feeling lonely, he tries to manufacture a companion. But things never happen as wished… The animation … Continue reading

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Classic Television Commercials

Nowadays, as a clear result of the huge competition among the companies and products, most of the commercials are made to sell ideas, a style of life. They made a commercial to sell not only a a pretty mobile with … Continue reading

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Comic Books Archive

Comic Books Archive has an impressive collection of 2861 comics on-line of DC comics between 1936 and 1980. There are 52 titles of comics for your enjoyment, including 364 issues of Adventure Comics, 63 of Aquaman, 247 of The Flash, … Continue reading

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Kim Joon

The Korean artist Kim Joon has superb work of body paint, and body paint in couples in his most recent works. Dragons, snakes, dogs, clouds, bubbles, flowers, commercial logos and Superman are part of the patterns used in his works. … Continue reading

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Nurse Books

Nurse Books: Career romances for young moderns… That is a great collection of book covers about nurses with 264 unique volumes. The titles aren’t so funny as the usual pulp books, however the synopsis, like the one above for Strange … Continue reading

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1000 Nudes

Two weeks ago I was a naughty girl and bought a lovely book called 1000 Nudes – A History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939. It was love at first sight: I look at “him” and I knew that we belong … Continue reading

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Piratical and Privateering Books in English

Maybe some of you missed my posts about pulp books, that’s why I’m going to fix this with Pirates, Buccaneers & Privateers – An English Graphical Bibliography. A nice selection of pulp paperbacks only with pirates. And for more stuff … Continue reading

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Digital Funnies

Digital Funnies: Comics Preservation by Jonathan Barli. Digital Funnies, dedicated to preserving the history of this most neglected of art forms and reintroducing it to scholars and new readers alike. While several well-known titles such as Krazy Kat, Gasoline Alley, … Continue reading

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