We explore Luigi Serafini's fantastical encyclopedia, Codex Seraphinianus
Mystery, Suspense, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Action, and Thrillers! Stories of redemption, retribution, murder, courage, hope, love, new beginnings, alternate history, unusual powers, science gone wrong, nightmares, fate, narrow escapes, shoot-outs and survival. You’ll find them all here in 17 selected stories from 8 writers in Palpable Imaginings! $0.99 on Kindle.
We explore Luigi Serafini's fantastical encyclopedia, Codex Seraphinianus
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Within the pages of a book exists a world drawn from a writer’s deepest imaginings, one that has the ability to pull readers in on a visceral level. But the audience’s fascination will only last if the writer can describe this vibrant realm and its inhabitants well. The setting achieves this by offering readers a […]
Gotthard Niemer / Von den wunderlichen Leuten und den vier Jahreszeiten Engelbert Dessart Verlag (Mainz/Deutschland; 1958) Bilder von Fritz Baumgarten ex libris MTP
1984 is one scary, scary book. Just think of what our lives would be like had Orwell’s imaginings of the future come true. We’d all be massive TV addicts living in a state of heightened government security, devoted to machines. […]
You will delight in the fresh, innovative voice of writer Susan O'Connell. 'Short Stories to Tickle the Imagination' is a book of marvelous imaginings! Adults will understand O'Connell's themes immediately and children will recognize themselves in the characters. O'Connell uses a lighthearted and fun approach to teach children solid values, overcoming obstacles and fears, and having faith in themselves. These stories have whimsical characters, as well as young boys, girls, and animals-all with unique problems to solve and obstacles to tackle. O'Connell's love of and experience with children captures the essence of childlike wonder and the beauty of seeing the world through a reverent innocence.
We rank lasting favorites for young readers, from "Madeline" to "The Lorax"
"When you pay high for the priceless, you're getting it cheap"- Joseph Duveen, art dealer
Upon the publication of Louise Erdrich's "Future Home of the Living God," two renowned authors discuss their dark imaginings, the vulnerability of human rights, and "perfect" women.
MORE IRON WIDOW ART IN CELEBRATION OF ITS RELEASE!! Zetian and Shimin's arranged marriage for the cameras and Yizhi's attitude throughout the whole thing 😂 Piece 1 by 是维伊丫 on Weibo Piece 2 by @/ComicsByVieN
'Kitāb Gharāʾib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʿuyūn' (The Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eyes) Diagram of the Encompas...
Siebenpünktchen Ein Märchen von Erich Heinemann Bilder von Fritz Baumgarten Obpacher Buch- und Kunstverlag (München / Deutschland; 1954) ex libris MTP
It's been a busy season up here in the studio. I'm juggling the details of a few upcoming Dover books, just finished my first foray into sign painting...(that's a long story...) and there's prep work beginning for the upcoming Illuxcon...more prep for me than the usual show—just to get started. In any case, I've been away from here too long, and finally have enough material on one artist I've been looking at for some time, to make a worthy post. A while back while working on Once Upon a Time, I found a volume of Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales illustrated by Helen Stratton (active 1892-1924). There's not much info to be found on Stratton, and the work I've been able to find from her is different in every job—not a recommended career trait for an illustrator. But there are some beautiful qualities in the entire range of her work, and she could put down some dark spooky scenes with the best of them. Her work on the 1899 Andersen's Tales is intense—There are probably 400 pieces of line art in the 320 page volume. She mastered working in line, one job this size might have been enough to develop a whole new grasp of a medium. To the right are some of my favorites. For some time, the only other work I'd found by her was from Heroic Legends, by Agnes Herbertson, no date. I like her color work here, her line is still present, and she still uses value well to separate (or combine) different planes within an image. Recently I found a third volume with her work, A Book of Myths, 1914. Again, a slightly different style, the color work here is almost without any line, very sensitive, and perhaps more personal. Not as strong, for my money. Like many of the day, I think her best work was her line art, the demand for color work in the teens and twenties led her in a direction she was not as well-suited for. If you can catch a look at that work in Andersen's Tales, I'd highly recommend it. Afterward- Don't get me wrong, I think her color work has some really nice qualities. I particularly like her palette. But in comparison to her line work, I'd prefer the line. JM
Runaway Home: The Alice And Jerry Books (Reading Foundation Series) by Elizabeth Coatsworth and Mabel O'Donnell, illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren (1949) От http://myvintagebookcollectioninblogform.blogspot.ru/ Jeff Jones ~ I am A Barbarian by Edgar Rice Burroughs От…
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