Concept Drawings For Hanna-Barbera’s SCOOBY-DOO By Alvaro Arce And Others. 1969/70s.

Italian artist, Dino Buzzati (1906-1972). 1963.

HUMAN AFTER ALL. By artists, Jan Kriwol and Markos Kay.

Hospital de Bonecas, a doll hospital/store in Lisbon, Portugal.

Ronald McDonald weirdness.

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?

'She Kissed The Bear On Muzzle' - John Bauer

Animation art by Ken Anderson for Disney’s ROBIN HOOD (1973).

The 1933 KING KONG armature.

Abandoned Europe: photography by Christian Richter.

Behind the scenes of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984).