A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
Gay
Yes, there’s something attractive about the proposition if the clones in question look like Ben Lamberty’s duplicated models from this fashion shoot. For earlier variations on the theme there’s a series by Toxicboy (although his site now seems to be defunct), and Anthony Goicolea, of course. Via Homotography, as usual.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• The art of Anthony Goicolea
• Toxicboy
Shades of Toho: the city of San Francisco encounters its octopoid nemesis on this gig poster from DKNG. Via OMG Posters!
• Related to the above: Godzilla Haiku.
• View from Another Shore: a fantastic (so to speak) and overdue interview with Franz Rottensteiner, writer and editor of landmark studies of fantasy and science fiction.
• Ronald Searle: a life in pictures: an appreciation by Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell.
• 832 masks: The Maskatorium at Flickr.
• The Cult of the Theremin: lots of theremin links including this page of scans from a beautiful Art Deco theremin brochure. (Thanks to Kara for the tip!) Related: the DIY IKEA lamp theremin.
• Music & Science Fiction, an exhibition at Maison d’Ailleurs.
• Nathalie found a stoned angel in Rome.
• EVB’s Boy of the Week is a Spanish guy in his underwear drawn by Jacobo Labella.
• Film of the month: Sally Potter’s Orlando on DVD, featuring the luminous enigma of Tilda Swinton.
Kenneth Anger: ‘No, I am not a Satanist’ | Anger interviewed.
Awful Shy (2010) by Philip Gladstone.
A more self-reflexive version of the Flandrin pose than usual from American artist Philip Gladstone. (His main site is here.) Among other works he also quotes Thomas Eakins’ homoerotic classic, The Swimming Hole (1885).
Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The recurrent pose archive
• The gay artists archive
A poster design by Yusaku Kamekura. More here, via A Journey Round My Skull.
First of all this week, there’s a new interview posted which I gave last year to Crows ’n’ Bones magazine. The replies skate around the usual subjects (Cthulhu et al) and you also find out why I don’t think design and illustration for music is going to vanish as soon as some people think.
• A Journey Round My Skull has announced The Raymond Roussel Illustration Contest which is open to all.
• Cover designs: David Pearson on redesigning Cormac McCarthy’s UK covers, a huge improvement on the previous Picador series. Also, The Robert Lesser Pulp Art Collection.
• Last year I discussed Teleny, Or the Reverse of the Medal, the novel of gay erotica attributed to Oscar Wilde, giving a mention in passing to Jon Macy’s comic strip adaptation of the book. That adaptation has now been published and is available via his website.
The Kiss (1896) by Will Bradley.
• More Art Nouveau (because too much is never enough): Will Bradley’s work at Golden Age Comic Book Stories. Can’t understand how I missed this one.
• A discussion: The Magic Mystery and Melancholy of Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake.
• Sandi Vincent’s Flickr pages overflow with Graphis Annual goodness.
• A new edition of the Arthur Radio Voyage is available to download. And Trunk Records’ Jonny Trunk has a mix of obscure vinyl for you.
• Song of the week: We Want War by These New Puritans. Slow motion shots in the video are a plus.