Edmond Kiraz, Jours De France

Chic and unique Rossy Mendoza, whose name has become synonymous with beauty.

Gloomy Karl Arnold cover art for Simplicissimus (January 1931).

“Appalling! This beast steals the limelight from all of our stars!”

Karl Arnold (1883-1953) illustration for German magazine, Simplicissimus (January 1931).

Antonio Rubino (1911)

Anime and the Economic Miracle Documentary

Please enjoy

John Held Jr, Life, A Simple Hook-Up, November 25, 1926

Let’s start off with more Fleischer promotional art. Why do I find these so fascinating? Perhaps because they echo a time that is so definitely over, yet through these ads, it speaks, it winks, it’s going about its business, like the 1930s never ended.

I mean, place the ads in context: Marilyn Monroe is a little kid. World War II hasn’t started yet. Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland, Ca. The board game, Monopoly debuts.

These ads are like insects encased in amber.

More HERE, and HERE.

THE NEW YORKER, November 3, 1956

Really Cool and Interesting Comic Panels by French Cartoonist Alain Saint-Ogan from the 1920’s I’m in love with this cityscape he’s drawn! I’ve heard this artist was a big influence on Herge(creator of Tin Tin) which makes sense I can see how the styles blend over.

Ernesto Garcia Cabral