Your favorite rock ‘n’ roll, country and R&B legends as marionettes
What have you been doing during the COVID-19 Lockdown? Binging on boxsets? Drinking too much? Self-medicating? Finding all your good clothes have shrunk from lack…
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It’s Murder on the Dancefloor: Incredible Expressionist dance costumes from the 1920s
Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt were a wife and husband partnership briefly famous in Germany during the early 1920s for their wild, expressionist dance performances…
Probably the most beautiful Hobo nickels in the world
Roman Booteen is a master of crafting hobo nickels. He carves intricate designs featuring icons from pop culture, literature, history and film onto American nickels…
Undead, Undead: John Coulthart’s beautiful illustrations for Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’
We all know what Dracula looks like. Bela Lugosi and innumerable Hammer horror movies starring Christopher Lee have fixed the Count in our imagination. He’s…
Some favorite record covers with one letter removed
A misplaced letter can make a whole lot of difference, as anyone who’s seen that classic episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm knows. In that particular…
The Fool: The Dutch artists who worked for the Beatles (and made their own freak folk masterpiece)
“It appears that some part of Slothrop ran into the AWOL Džabajev one night in the heart of downtown Niederschaumdorf. (Some believe that fragments of…
‘The Shining,’ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ and ‘Frankenstein’: Bags for Book Lovers
“If you go home with somebody,” John Waters once said, “and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ’em!” To save the bother of waiting until…
In their own write: Fonts made from the handwriting of David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon & more
For some, the first step towards a chosen career is imitation. Peter Capaldi is a fan of the great horror actor (and big screen Doctor…
Exquisite pages from the vintage design bible ‘The Inland Printer’
The Inland Printer was a trade magazine that showcased the best printing techniques and technology between 1883 until 2011. It has been described as a…
Strange Illustrations of Robots, Devils, Fire-Breathing Witches, and Weapons of War from 1420
The Devil and all his internal works. There’s an episode of South Park where Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny try out different routines only to…