So I was doing some more "PD art mining" at archive.org this week, and came across the book My own fairy book : namely certain Chr...

Long story short, I will be participating in this year's A-to-Z Blogging Challenge , just not officially. I do enjoy the challenge the e...

I know I'm a little late to the Year of the Snake party, seeing as it began this past Sunday, but I had originally intended for today...

The grand prize went to Ned Leffingwell for “Mayhem at the Manor." He'll be receiving a print copy of my Foundations of Modern Fant...

I originally talked about this illustration (at bottom, below) back at the end of January , but felt like the open gray areas were just a li...

And so we come to the conclusion of my week of " Really Old Old-School Artists ." Today's artist is Arthur Rackham , and it ma...

And so continues my week of " Really Old Old-School Artists ." Today's artist is Edmund Dulac . Though Dulac is best known for...