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Monthly Archives: February 2012
John William Godward
There is nothing that can take the real joy out of living so thoroughly as one’s loved ones. John William Godward was unlucky enough to be born into a family of blue-nosed fools, the kind of snooty cretins who live … Continue reading
George Herriman
Original drawing c.1940 from “The Comic Art of George Herriman” H.N. Abrams, Inc – New York 1986 (My kind thanks to the folks at http://www.george-herriman.com from which I borrowed many of the strips for this article.) George Herriman was … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Art, The Automat
Tagged Archie and Mehitabel, Berkeley Breathed, Bill Watterson, Bloom County, Bringing Up Father, Calvin and Hobbes, Charles Schultz, Dada, Don Marquis, Doonesbury, e.e.cummings, Gary Trudeau, George Herriman, George Seldes, Ignatz, John Alden Carpenter, Krazy kat, Little Nemo, Maggie and Jiggs, Mutt and Jeff, Officer Pup, Peanuts, Pogo, Ring Lardner, Surrealist, Walt Kelly, William Randolph Hearst, Winsor McCay, Yat
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The Danse Macabre
Pieter Breugel the Elder, The Triumph of Death, 1562, Oil on Canvas, Prado, Madrid, Spain There was no Automat last week because I was in the hospital being reminded by everyone that I could die. I didn’t have the heart … Continue reading
Brown Paper Bag
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