The Sun has Fallen into the Sack
Illustrations by Elzbieta Gaudasinska for The Sun has Fallen into the Sack by Jerzy Bieniecki (Poland, 1975). As you can see, the book was actually published in English translation —…
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Will Schofield
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Will Schofield is the editor of 50 Watts (original name: A Journey Round My Skull) and Writers No One Reads.
Wildlife Incursions into Modern Cover Design
Julian Montague is an artist and graphic designer living in Buffalo. I have long followed Julian’s Daily Book Graphics series, and I am excited to present here his own designs…
An Elizabethan Bestiary Retold
An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold was published by Horse & Buggy Press in 1999, in an edition of just 1000 copies. The book primarily consists of Jeffery Beam’s poems (reworkings of…
Myth Mad Adventures in the Print Trade
Neil Philip, the man behind Adventures in the Print Trade, is a writer who also runs the print gallery Idbury Prints. His blog is a visual feast and an important…
The Game of Marseille
Tarot playing cards by Andre Breton, Rene Char, Oscar Dominguez, Victor Brauner, Max Ernst, Jacques Herold, Wilfredo Lam, Andre Masson, Benjamin Peret. 1940-41. “In 1939 Breton was mobilized as a…
On Sawing Goethe
I received a wonderful email yesterday from illustrator Sophie Blackall. She kindly agreed to let me share that email, and her photos:
Riding the Roller Coaster with Ganga Devi
Works by Ganga Devi (1928 – 1991), found in the book Ganga Devi: Traditions and Expressions in Mithila Painting by Jyotindra Jain.
Dedicated to You but You Weren’t Glistening
Illustrations from the 1979 children’s book Your Name? Robot.
“The thumbtown toad laughed so hard that she burst into fire.”
George Mendoza and Monika Beisner’s Thumbtown Toad belongs on your bookshelf next to Struwwelpeter, and the brave, childless team at Prentice Hall which published it in 1971 belongs in the…
Old Man Winter Comes to Town
In attempt to cheer myself up about my city’s neverending thundersnow, I present here Beatrice Braun-Fock’s whimsical illustrations for Old Man Winter Comes to Town by Hilde Hoffmann. The German…