Fantasy
Barbarian Men’s Fashions
The famous painter Boris Vallejo once did a series of ads for the clothing chain Chess King. What's your opinion? Does sword and sorcery imagery sell men's clothing?Here's a neat small essay on this campaign.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 22, 2022 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Fashion, Advertising, Fantasy, 1980s
Dougal and the Blue Cat
Everything was extra trippy in the 1970s.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 18, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, Fantasy, Stop-motion Animation, Psychedelic, 1970s
The Wonderland of Doo
The history of newspaper comic strips is replete with many oddities.An excellent blog on the topic, with almost daily posts, is STRIPPER'S GUIDE.
Here's one creation that has received very little attention, based on its scarcity of Google hits. Its creator was Arch Dale.
Each instance featured a big block of text, which I am omitting, save for one sample.
This survey is by no means complete, just a taste.
The strips were also collected in book form.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 07, 2022 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Newspapers, Comics, Surrealism, Fantasy, Twentieth Century
A History of Mechanical Horses
Read the piece here.
There should be a separate article on mechanical horses in literature. My favorite one occurs in these two novels by Roger Zelazny.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 30, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Inventions, Literature, Fantasy, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Italian Hobbit Village
Their home page.
Video below in Italian only.
Super Hobbit from simone zuccarini on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 08, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Real Estate, Fantasy, Europe
The Bear Facts
Anti-communist fable presented as a kid's book.More pictures and discussion here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 02, 2021 -
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Category: Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Children, Books, Fantasy, 1940s, Russia
Double King
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 09, 2021 -
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Category: Royalty, Surrealism, Fantasy, Cartoons, Fictional Monsters
Mary & Gretel
Motto: existence is short and capricious, leavened only by booze.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 16, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Games, Fantasy, Stop-motion Animation, 1910s, Alcohol
The Wizard of Speed and Time
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 29, 2020 -
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Category: Movies, Stop-motion Animation, Special Effects, Fantasy, 1970s
Vincent Price’s WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 24, 2019 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Horror, Fantasy, Myths and Fairytales, 1960s, Actors
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