Series, THE LONESOME DOLL By Photographer, Aline Smithson.

New York in 1976-8. Photos by Manel Armengol.

The Horned King animatronic in Disneyland, Tokyo. Part of the finale to the Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour, the attraction was one of the few instances of Disney acknowledging THE BLACK CAULDRON it seems.

The attraction lasted from 1986 to 2006.

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE by Berni Wrightson. 1975.

Designs by Bernie Wrightson for creatures from Stephen King’s The Mist (2007).

Nighttime in the city. A faint drizzle dampens the alleys. Splashes of candy-colored neon imitate daylight. Ghostly silhouettes roam the streets, followed by their own reflections.

Tokyo (and Osaka) through the eyes of photographer and video game designer, Liam Wong. From his book, TO:KY:OO.

Illustrations by Chica for a 1976 French edition of THE HOBBIT. Love that Gollum.

I’ve featured several foreign editions of the book (and LOTR in general) now. It’s interesting to compare the different versions and styles, the literal and the faithful, and the wild and the weird. Illustrations that differ too much from the descriptions in the book can be jarring, whereas illustrations that too literally depict what’s already vividly described in prose can make you wonder, Why even bother with illustrations?

The 1933 KING KONG armature.

SOIR BLEU (1914), by Edward Hopper; and his last work—a final bow—TWO COMEDIANS (1965).

British artist, Paul Rumsey.

Photography by Kahn and Selesnick.