Something Vast and Dragon-Like
November 12, 2015 1:07 PM Subscribe
At least half of these look like something that should be in a D&D book.
posted by fings at 1:25 PM on November 12, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by fings at 1:25 PM on November 12, 2015 [4 favorites]
The "Victorian schoolboy encounters bizarre grotesqueries" genre is something I really need more of in my life.
posted by naju at 1:27 PM on November 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by naju at 1:27 PM on November 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
One of my favorite picture books as a kid was Graeme Base's Jabberwocky and I wonder if the resemblance isn't entirely coincidental.
posted by theodolite at 1:32 PM on November 12, 2015
posted by theodolite at 1:32 PM on November 12, 2015
They remind me of Jim Woodring.
posted by Gentlemanhog at 1:39 PM on November 12, 2015
posted by Gentlemanhog at 1:39 PM on November 12, 2015
That MonsterBrains blog is new to me. Thanks.
posted by benito.strauss at 1:51 PM on November 12, 2015
posted by benito.strauss at 1:51 PM on November 12, 2015
McDougall has the distinction of having the first cartoon printed in color in an American newspaper in 1893.
Walt McDougall drew the pictures for L. Frank Baum's comic strip Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, which has been republished in book form.
This collection at Ohio State University includes 1,354 McDougall tearsheets.
posted by larrybob at 1:51 PM on November 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
Walt McDougall drew the pictures for L. Frank Baum's comic strip Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, which has been republished in book form.
This collection at Ohio State University includes 1,354 McDougall tearsheets.
posted by larrybob at 1:51 PM on November 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
The Panjandrum Taking His Midnight Drink
Is that what he's doing?
posted by magstheaxe at 2:19 PM on November 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
Is that what he's doing?
posted by magstheaxe at 2:19 PM on November 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
The "Victorian schoolboy encounters bizarre grotesqueries" genre is something I really need more of in my life.
Go to a Public School?
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:29 PM on November 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
Go to a Public School?
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:29 PM on November 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
If any lurkers out there are just waiting on the perfect username before signing up, may I suggest that you will not do better than "Poet Jimplecute, the Smartest Boy in Town"
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:17 PM on November 12, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:17 PM on November 12, 2015 [5 favorites]
Little Howard Mergargee Finds The Strange Land Where All Queer Names Originate
As they say, Life in Bohemia Never Changes.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:26 PM on November 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
As they say, Life in Bohemia Never Changes.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:26 PM on November 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
Douglas Conquers the Awful Glossary
As a librarian, I have had this problem myself.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:30 PM on November 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
As a librarian, I have had this problem myself.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:30 PM on November 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
I like the one with the genie where the genie appears to be wearing a t-shirt, just chillin' on the beach.
This is marvelous stuff. Is there a name for the turn of the century aesthetic, where fantastic creatures had giant staring eyes? I assume that's where the first animated cartoons took their look from. The feet of these beasts are like those early characters too, undifferentiated paws.
posted by emjaybee at 4:31 PM on November 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
This is marvelous stuff. Is there a name for the turn of the century aesthetic, where fantastic creatures had giant staring eyes? I assume that's where the first animated cartoons took their look from. The feet of these beasts are like those early characters too, undifferentiated paws.
posted by emjaybee at 4:31 PM on November 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
The "Victorian schoolboy encounters bizarre grotesqueries" genre is something I really need more of in my life.
Edwardian, surely. Also, little boys had long hair and little suits then partly due to the popularity of Little Lord Fauntleroy:
The Fauntleroy suit appeared in Europe as well, but nowhere was it as popular as in America. The classic Fauntleroy suit was a velvet cut-away jacket and matching knee pants worn with a fancy blouse with a large lace or ruffled collar. These suits appear right after the publication of Mrs. Burnett's story (1885) and were a major fashion until after the turn of the 20th century. Many boys who did not wear an actual Fauntleroy suit wore suits with Fauntleroy elements such as a fancy blouse or floppy bow. Only a minority of boys wore ringlet curls with these suits, but the photographic record confirms that many boys did. It was most popular for boys about 3–8 years of age, but some older boys wore them as well. It has been speculated that the popularity of the style encouraged many mothers to breech their boys earlier than before and was a factor in the decline of the fashion of dressing small boys in dresses and other skirted garments.
****the more you know*****
posted by emjaybee at 4:45 PM on November 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
Edwardian, surely. Also, little boys had long hair and little suits then partly due to the popularity of Little Lord Fauntleroy:
The Fauntleroy suit appeared in Europe as well, but nowhere was it as popular as in America. The classic Fauntleroy suit was a velvet cut-away jacket and matching knee pants worn with a fancy blouse with a large lace or ruffled collar. These suits appear right after the publication of Mrs. Burnett's story (1885) and were a major fashion until after the turn of the 20th century. Many boys who did not wear an actual Fauntleroy suit wore suits with Fauntleroy elements such as a fancy blouse or floppy bow. Only a minority of boys wore ringlet curls with these suits, but the photographic record confirms that many boys did. It was most popular for boys about 3–8 years of age, but some older boys wore them as well. It has been speculated that the popularity of the style encouraged many mothers to breech their boys earlier than before and was a factor in the decline of the fashion of dressing small boys in dresses and other skirted garments.
****the more you know*****
posted by emjaybee at 4:45 PM on November 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
Theodolite I had the same jabberwock book and these illustrations took me right back there too.
My three-year old is scared of the gruffalo so I'm not sure he's ready for the likes of this quite yet...
posted by Naib at 5:27 PM on November 12, 2015
My three-year old is scared of the gruffalo so I'm not sure he's ready for the likes of this quite yet...
posted by Naib at 5:27 PM on November 12, 2015
So good. Thanks.
posted by jeff-o-matic at 7:03 PM on November 12, 2015
posted by jeff-o-matic at 7:03 PM on November 12, 2015
HuronBob, This also reminds me of This (was Tenniel an even earlier influence?)
posted by Hardcore Poser at 9:51 PM on November 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Hardcore Poser at 9:51 PM on November 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
Perfect for bedtime reading.
posted by mazola at 12:14 PM on November 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by mazola at 12:14 PM on November 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
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posted by louche mustachio at 1:13 PM on November 12, 2015 [2 favorites]