A presentation and appreciation of illustrations from my book and magazine collection. A tribute to the talent and hard work of past and present illustrators and designers
Sunday, 19 February 2017
"Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever" By Richard Scarry (First published in 1970 by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, Third Impression 1972) Part 1
Alisa Yufa
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I recently came across the quirky illustrations by Russian artist Alisa
Yufa and immediately fell in love with her style and witty observation.
I’ve strugg...
Inside Looking Out: Myrna Loy
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*The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932)
Original content copyright 2008-2014 by Mark A Clark No rights are claimed
or implied for images shown herein. Individua...
BACKING AWAY FROM THE FASTIDIOUS
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Illustrator Chris Payne sometimes roughs up his drawing surface with a
brayer. He combines ultra matte medium and thinned acrylics, rolling out a
textur...
ETSY SHOP - jill mcdonald
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After a long hiatus Illustrator, Author and Designer Jill McDonald has
updated her Etsy shop in time for the Christmas season. Over the past few
years Jill...
A Bodacious Birthday -- the First Hillbilly Elegy
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BARNEY GOOGLE'S GOO-GOO-GOOGLY EYES... AND SNUFFY SMITH'S ASCENSION TO THE
THRONEby Rick MarschallThe current stars of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith,
draw...
Good
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Another short blog post, but this one is to direct you to a little
more to read. This month’s issue of *Friends Journal* includes my short
story...
Looking at Picture Books
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Two of my favorite children's book authors have started a Substack called,
aptly enough, Looking at Picture Books. Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett will be
exp...
Julian Assange is FREE!!!
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Dandelion Salad June 25, 2024 Guardian Australia on Jun 24, 2024 Stella
Assange, Julian Assange’s wife, has released a video statement on her
husband’s rel...
Donald Sutherland RIP
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*Twenty Best Donald Sutherland - in no particular order*:
1. Don't Look Now
2. Ordinary People
3. 1900
4. M*A*S*H
5. The Invasion of the Body Snatc...
Pavement Art
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I promised pictures from last weekend, and so-in no particular order, the
highlights (or lowlights) from what may just be my final street fair.
Below: The ...
Naoyuki Katoh SF Illustrations
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Images found in two 1980s books, Naoyuki Katoh SF Illustrations I and II
(there's also a volume III), which I occasionally have for sale at 50 Watts
Books....
Shannon Stirnweis, Part 4: Paperback Cover Art
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*My conversation with Shannon Stirnweis continues...* ~ *Leif Peng*
*Leif Peng:* I'm guessing around this time in the mid-1960s you started to
do paperback...
Whatever Happened to Adam?
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Dear Ones,
I'm sorry for the abrupt conclusion to this blog. 10 years of blogging is
a long time, and I thought I could keep it going after the hiatus,...
DENIS SIRE [1953-2019], HOMMAGE...
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*Denis Sire* [4/9/1953 – 16/1/2019]
[GR] Ο σπουδαίος Γάλλος καλλιτέχνης Denis Sire γεννήθηκε στις 4 Σεπτεμβρίου
του 1953 στο Σαιν-Ναζαίρ. Σ...
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The End 2010-2020
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Ten years and 3100 posts later, we're done. And on a Friday the 13th, yet.
I know I said that once before and I was only gone a few months but this
time, I...
The Pre-Impressionists: Camille Corot
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Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot was born in Paris in 1796; he died in Paris in
1875, the year after the First Impressionist Exhibition. The freedom and
sensiti...
Oxygen Antiqua (caterpillar/moth)
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A caterpillar of the moth called Oxygen Antiqua, also called Rusty Tussock
or Vapourer.
Found munching our raspberry leaves,
Au Revoir
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Ah, friends, it has been too long and I hope you are well!
I've had an interesting year filled with new discoveries, adventures,
a bit of sadness - but such...
Vintage Library Posters
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The kids are back in school and so begins the homework and carting of
backpacks bulging with books. I seriously question that - can't imagine
that there w...
2018 book - Early Struggles
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My latest book was produced in the largest ever run of 102 copies. It is
numbered and signed. 64 pages in two-colour tints throughout and each copy
comes w...
The Jim Flora blog has moved
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We're not here anymore. We're here.
*We upgraded JimFlora.com in October 2017, and our blog has been relocated
to that site. The entire contents of this b...
Έκθεση Κόμικς - THE VERY CLOSED CIRCLE
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*Έκθεση Κόμικς – THE VERY CLOSED CIRCLE*
*«Θα είναι σαν έκθεση, αλλά δεν θα είναι.»*
*15 - 22 Οκτωβρίου στο THE BOX*
Η ομάδα The Very Closed Circle (#T...
Bon Voyage
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Bon Voyage! Mrs. PJM and I will be spending some time traveling to see the
lovely Miss EAM. I will not have an internet connection for some time, so
this...
Viridarium Novum
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*A Little Book of Nature*
*'New little book of flowers, in it all kinds of beautiful flowers, also
fruits and little animals, which are very useful to pai...
Sherry Lee Short
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Sherry Lee Short
Sherry Lee Short is an artist, teacher, writer, and activist. She received
her Master of Fine Arts with Distinction from the...
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