A Leap in the Dark

Nowhere to go but up.

Paris, France - 1960 - LA BOITE VERTE

Students of the Past Future

The rubber boots make it.

England - 1960s - Philip Howard

The Medieval Knight

This is why cameras were invented.

Pittsburgh, PA - 1978 - The Selvedge Yard

Death to worlds' imperialism

Have I posted this before? Imperialism is one ugly beast, y'all.

USSR - 1919 - Dmitry Moor - Soviet Posters

Snowshoes

He has dressed himself impeccably to go fuck someone up.

East of the Sun and West of the Moon - 1914 - Kay Nielson - 50 Watt

Hunt Bowman in Lost World

Whole lot to chew on in this cover, from the one woman jet tank to the skeleton armed sword fighter. And check out that castle behind them, squirting purple goo as it collapses. A lost world, indeed.

Planet Comics No. 58 - 1949 - Pulp Covers

Bal de l'Internat 1912

The dog carrying the arm is the perfect grace note. Where did I leave my time machine?

France - 1912 - @ Kinky Delight

The Liberation of Andromeda

A story in three parts: with winged feet, Perseus flies in to kill the monster Cetus and rescue his future bride, to the celebration of the crowd. My sister is in Rome, a bride herself, honeymooning. They sent me this postcard and said it reminded her of my dreams. And here it is for you.

Piero di Cosimo - 1515 - @ Wisdom Portal

Mosquitos

This is what it was like in Florida this summer. Horrifying.

"Little Nemo in Slumberland" 

1914, illustrator Winsor McCay 

from docarelle

Mardi Gras

I think he can see us. 

New Orleans

1967

from sidewaysglances

Untamed Women

Damn, I love that beast. That's some beastly beasting.

1952

from Golden Age Comic Book Stories

in the moment

This isn't a photo, it's a fucking time capsule.

Clovis, NM

1973

from C Simpson

Astounding Surprises on the Frontiers of Tomorrow

I feel like one person saw this and came up with Terminator and another saw it and came up with Mad Men. Also, I want that wallpaper.

Fantastic Universe

1955

from Retrospace

Planet of the Knob Heads

Why? Why do they want human women so very badly? Robots, aliens, creatures from black lagoons, they all want those Earthly babes.

Cover of Science Fiction Magazine

1939, illustrator Frank R. Paul

from Ski-Ffy

Lost Boys

The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out; but at this time there were six of them, counting the twins as two... They are forbidden by Peter to look in the least like him, and they wear the skins of the bears slain by themselves, in which they are so round and furry that when they fall they roll. They have therefore become very sure-footed.

Peter Pan, by JM Barrie

1980, illustrator Trina Schart Hyman

from kidpix

Married By Satan

Russian artwork is something else. This is amazing and horrible. Oh, the glaring eyes!

Russian Movie Poster

1917

from Wrong Side of the Art

Said Chocolate Drop the barber...

This is how I like children's book. Slightly offputting and surreal.

Fun and Nonsense

1904, illustrator Willard Bonte

from Project Gutenburg

Early Life in LA

I love this kind of additional history stuff, and this artist's work is especially seamless. I remember thinking, as a little kid, that dragons were just another extinct animal. That's the part of this appeals to.

Print

2011, artist Matthew Buchholz

from alternativehistories on etsy

Skeleton

And the skeleton, ever the frail and solelmn philosopher, hung quietly inside, saying not a word, suspended like a delicate insect within a chrysalis, waiting and waiting. 

This illustration scared me as a kid, but not as much as the story itself. 

October Country by Ray Bradbury 

1955, illustrator Joe Mugnaini 

from and everything else too

Book of Job

The little details on this one make it fascinating to me. Giant cricket?

Illustrations of The Book of Job

1826, illustrator William Blake

from Project Gutenberg