Free Art Books!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made 502 art books free and available online for your enjoyment!
“Catsuits, Boilersuits, and Racing Suits”
At the Vintagent, Paul D’Orléans writes about the history of one-piece utility suits from boilersuits to Catwoman and Girl On A Motorcycle (1968). “The story of the ‘boilersuit’ and its (super)heroic descendants is a curious tale; a purely functional clothing item historically laden with a mix of Utopian […]
“The Addams Family Secret”
Paul Karasik writes about a painting Charles Addams painted for a beachside hotel bar, which ended up in a university library. “In 1952, Charles Addams, at the height of his skills as a cartoonist, painted a lush, monochromatic mural on canvas for a bar at the Dune Deck, […]
Some Sweet Moby-Dick Covers
Enjoy these excellent covers for Moby-Dick!
“That Serbian Book in Santa Clarita Diet”
Brandon Hawks considers the fictional Sixteenth Century Serbian book that puts the Santa Clarita Diet‘s zombie disease in historical context. (And he teaches everyone more about mixed media manuscript-print books). “While the book is a plot device, pointing to the mysteries of the disease’s origins centuries before, its […]
Gloria Stoll Karn’s Pulp Covers
Hey, it’s a collection of Gloria Stoll Karn’s pulp magazine covers. See her work for magazines including Black Mask, Detective Tales and Thrilling Love!
The Cultural Gutter 