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Illustrations 11-20 (of 20) by Mercer Mayer for “Favorite Tales from Grimm,” retold by Nancy Garden (Four Winds Press, 1982). Post 2 (of 2).

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Illustrations 1-10 (of 20) by Mercer Mayer for “Favorite Tales from Grimm,” retold by Nancy Garden (Four Winds Press, 1982). Post 1 (of 2).

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Wallace Polsom, Ask Me No Questions CLXXXVI (18 Aug 2025), paper collage, 26 x 33.8 cm.

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Wallace Polsom, Ask Me No Questions CLXXXV (12 Aug 2025), paper collage, 22.1 x 31.8 cm.

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1. Cartoon — “We have visual contact with the alien craft...” — by Touris published in Omni, vol. 1, no. 8 (May 1979), p. 69.

2-3. Dan O’Bannon (concept) and Thomas Warkentin (art), “Soft Landing,” Heavy Metal, vol. 3, no. 5 (September 1979), pp. 6-9.

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Anish Kapoor, “My Red Homeland” (2003), wax and oil-based paint, hydraulic motor, steel block 12m in diameter. Installation view at Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2003. Photos by Nic Tenwiggenhorn. Everything about this is absolutely chilling.

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Cartoon — “THE WORLD’S MOST PITIFUL CASES / The little boy who couldn’t get a seat at his mother’s divorce trial” — by Gardner Rea (1894-1966), published in Judge Magazine, March 15, 1927.

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Cartoon — “MAGICIAN—Now then, what did Papa tell you about playing with his bottles of magic?” — by Ralph Briggs Fuller (1890-1963), published in Judge Magazine, March 15, 1927.

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John Held, Jr., “Held’s Follies: Disclosing the American Girl — and the American Man!,” Judge Magazine, March 15, 1924.

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Judge Magazine, March 15, 1924, with cover art by Sam Brown.

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Cartoon — "Yes, Jack is letting his hair grow. He says wearing it short is too effeminate." — by Robert Patterson (1898-1981), published in Judge Magazine, February 26, 1917. Appears that Patterson was only 18 or 19 when he sold this cartoon to the magazine!

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Illustrations by Barry Moser for Virginia Hamilton, “In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World” (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988).

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It was 08 July when I last posted a drawing in my “fighting females” series, and I just noticed that today is 08 August. Where did the time go! Anyway, if you’re new here, every once in a while I post a female figure that I’ve made up without reference — obviously! — in Procreate. This is one of those.

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Fantasy art by Wes Benscoter.

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Cartoons by Ron Cobb.

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More illustrations by Barry Moser for Padraic Colum, “The Trojan War and the Adventures of Odysseus” (Morrow, 1997).

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Illustrations by Barry Moser for Padraic Colum, “The Trojan War and the Adventures of Odysseus” (Morrow, 1997).