Bonus: Kelly Link recommends Lynda Barry’s Cruddy for the holiday, a book I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never read, even though my wife recommended it to me years ago when we first started dating. I might give it a try tonight. Why am I more willing to take advice from a stranger on the Internet …
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Frankenstein: A Cultural History
Happy Halloween, y’all. Buy this book from Amazon.comFrankenstein: A Cultural History
ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 14
This beautiful drawing was done in 1915 by Rudolph Schindler, an architect in Taos, New Mexico. It was part of a proposal for an adobe home for a local doctor, Paul Martin. This is a museum quality drawing, but it was far too useful to hang in a museum. .ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 14
3 from Seven Hundred Penguins
For book design geeks like us, it doesn’t get any better than the recently published Seven Hundred Penguins. I won’t turn this into the Seven Hundred Penguins blog, but I will occasionally take some photos and post them here (yes, scans would be nicer, but this book is *not* getting smushed onto my scanner). I …
Academy of the Sword
Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death!a braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic![Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet – III, i] Between the 16th and 18th centuries swordplay experienced an evolution in technology and technique. The heavier broadswords which were often just used …
This Day in Arf History: Bad Code.
Today in 1954 The Comics Code Authority was born. Boo! Hiss! (click for a closer look) I found the above vintage ad for the Code for my introductory chapter for “Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings”. The seal, which we’re urged to protect so that it can continue to protect us, was designed by the brilliant Ira …
Thor #108
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Penguin Great Journeys series
Design by David PearsonIllustrations by Victoria Sawdon Jessa at Bookslut interviewed the illustrator of this series. Among other interesting comments: “The mirror image style was already set… The problem was making what was an awkward, tall and thin area feel natural in the space and not end up looking like a totem pole.” Read the …
Overheard
By my son, in a computer lab: “Our PowerPoint says a lot more than the other PowerPoints.” Related postsThe Cognitive Style of PowerPointPowerPoint and the war All “Overheard” posts (via del.icio.us) (Thanks, Ben!) Tagsoverheard, PowerPointOverheard
Toying With Japan
Akita Prefectural Library in Japan have a series of six toy design illustration books produced between 1891 and 1913 by (I think) Yamada from Kyoto. All the images above have been cleaned up to one extent or another. There is a further set of eight images which I cleaned but didn’t post in this webshots …
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