Idle Doodles by Famous Authors

February 3, 2011 7:32 AM

Idle Doodles by Famous Authors.
posted by stbalbach (11 comments total)

this makes me very happy. plath's hotdog/marshmallow dream doodle in amazing. now her poems make more sense to me.
posted by anya32 at 7:36 AM on February 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Borges self-portrait packs quite a punch.
posted by The Mouthchew at 7:47 AM on February 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

I once made my little brother dream about being chased by a giant M&M by whispering at him in his sleep. He got real fretful and then told us about it when he woke up.

So what I'm saying is maybe Sylvia Plath had a mean older sister.
posted by phunniemee at 7:49 AM on February 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

These are very cool. Thanks for posting.
posted by wittgenstein at 7:58 AM on February 3, 2011

Ginsberg's are my favorite, particularly that cute little skull under Buddha. Nice post.
posted by theodolite at 8:31 AM on February 3, 2011

I love seeing Nabokov clean up the translation of The Metamorphosis--I fully expect from memory--in addition to his views of the insect.
posted by gladly at 9:22 AM on February 3, 2011

You know who else used the initials AH?
posted by chavenet at 9:43 AM on February 3, 2011

These are great. Of course, Victor Hugo's idle sketches were actual masterpieces.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 11:25 AM on February 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Borges portrait and the Plath doodles are fantastic.
posted by kenko at 11:56 AM on February 3, 2011

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posted by chococat at 8:19 PM on February 3, 2011

I'd add Stanislaw Lem, who was an inspired sketch cartoonist.
posted by ovvl at 8:44 PM on February 3, 2011