Category Archives: Art

Teahouse with Laserbeams

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

The Japanese artist who goes by the enigmatic name of Segawa Thirty Seven turns classic woodblock prints and paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries into amusing animated gifs. The addition of trains, spaceships, kites, lasers and flying objects bring … Continue reading →

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Offworld Vacations

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Chicago-based graphic designer Justin Van Genderen has created a wonderful series of minimalist posters that imagine Star Wars planets as travel destinations.

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Mapping the Wild Things

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

The late American artist and illustrator David McLimans published widely in periodicals as varied as The Atlantic, Washington Post and New York Times, and was awarded a Caldecott Medal for his children’s book Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet. I especially … Continue reading →

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Writing Lessons From William S. Burroughs

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Back in 1979, William S. Burroughs taught a writing course for Boulder Colorado’s Naropa University. Thanks to the magic of YouTube we can all learn the secrets of the Beat icon. The three part video series covers Burroughs’s views on writing … Continue reading →

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What Makes It Noir ?

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Melanie Patrick and Adam Frost have created this marvelous infographic to answer that question about film.

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Bookmark This

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

images © Case

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On The Road

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Brian D. Butler
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Wish You Were Here

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Brian D. Butler
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We Are All Typewriters

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Brian D. Butler
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Go Set A Watchman

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Now that the ridiculous hullabaloo surrounding Harper Lee’s newly “discovered” novel Go Set A Watchman has subsided a bit, Penguin has released some of the rejected submissions for cover art.

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