Illustrations From The LEGEND OF ZELDA Instruction Manual. 1986.

1930s-1960s bottlecaps

Al Posen comic in the Chicago Tribune, Illinois, August 14, 1926

Sergei Lodygin (1893-1961), 'Орхидея' (Orchid), 1917

1925 John Held, Jr. art for "College Humor" magazine

Akira Toriyama

Let’s start off with more Fleischer promotional art. Why do I find these so fascinating? Perhaps because they echo a time that is so definitely over, yet through these ads, it speaks, it winks, it’s going about its business, like the 1930s never ended.

I mean, place the ads in context: Marilyn Monroe is a little kid. World War II hasn’t started yet. Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland, Ca. The board game, Monopoly debuts.

These ads are like insects encased in amber.

More HERE, and HERE.

William Edward Frost, 1810-1877

A Siren, n/d, oil on panel, 23.5x17 cm

Private Collection

'the triumph of neptune & thetis' bartholomaeus spranger / jacob matham

Love the line in these works by Walter Einsel

From my last newsletter, letter number #33.

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Pete the Pooch is a gem