A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
More Poe-etry and a work of my own this time, one of three pages illustrating Poe’s poem produced for the a Graphics Classics collection in 2004. These aren’t showcased anywhere on this site since I’ve never thought I did a very good job with the commission, it was a poor attempt to imitate Sätty’s collage … Continue reading “The Haunted Palace”
Poe by Harry Clarke. Happy birthday Edgar Allan Poe, born two hundred years ago today. I nearly missed this anniversary after a busy weekend. Rather than add to the mountain of praise for the writer, I thought I’d list some favourites among the numerous Poe-derived works in different media. Illustrated books For me the Harry … Continue reading “Poe at 200”
Previous posts about fantastic, surreal or visionary artists. • Sibylle Ruppert: Frenzy of the Visible • The sublimities of John Harris • Michel Henricot, 1936–2022 • The art of Pinckney Marcius-Simons, 1867–1909 • Jorgen Boberg’s Teresas • Beksinski at Mnémos • The Execution of the Testament of the Marquis de Sade by Jean Benoît • … Continue reading “The fantastic art archive”
Previous posts about illustrators. • Valentine Hugo’s Contes Bizarres • The Parade and Baron Verdigris • Alastair’s Manon Lescaut • More Harry Clarke online • Ian Miller album covers • Worlds Beyond Time • Franz von Bayros’s Inferno • Fender guitar catalogue, 1976 • Parapsychology by Moebius • The Poster: An Illustrated Monthly Chronicle • … Continue reading “The illustrators archive”
James Campbell in The Guardian this weekend writes about the arrest fifty years ago of Lawrence Ferlinghetti for his publishing Allen Ginsberg’s paean to ecstatic drug use and gay sex, Howl and Other Poems. Ferlinghetti was arrested on charges of selling (or “peddling”, as these prissy turns of phrase always have it) literature likely to … Continue reading “Ginsberg’s Howl and the view from the street”