Shigeru Mizuki's "Fifty-Three Stations of the Yokaido Road"



A few more Mizuki works are on display at Toad64's flickr page.

I'm very interested in seeing the rest of these in better detail, if anyone knows of any good links please share them in the comments, thanks!

Louis Chéron - Hercules Slaying the Hydra, 1690-1725


"Louis Chéron (1660-1725) was a French painter and illustrator who settled in England; his presence is first recorded in 1693, and he was naturalised in 1710. In Greek mythology Hercules slew several dangerous monsters, including, as his second labour, the nine-headed Hydra. Whenever he severed one of its heads, two grew in its place, until his nephew Iolaus seared the stumps with fire."

I think this is the first time I've posted artwork of dog headed serpents, hah. What an awesome pet that would be.

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Also, as of this post I noticed the average number of visitors per day here is 6 .. 6 ... 6!

Bronze Dragon, Italy 16th c.


Long before people were buying Kaiju toys off of ebay there were these sort of ...collectables.


"This statuette of a winged dragon is a development of a medieval tradition of casting representations of fabulous creatures in brass. It would have been made to order for a wealthy patron, as an ornament for the home."



Image and quote taken from the Victoria and Albert Museum website.

Webster Colcord - Mad Doctors Of Borneo




Found at Webster's own youtube page. Check out his website to see more of his work.

John Bauer
Svipdag transformed, illustrated by John Bauer in 1911 for Our Fathers' Godsaga by Viktor Rydberg
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More Spanish Pulp Covers










I found these excellent and crazy covers while browsing the awesome blog Pulpnivoria.

See more similar covers posted here last month.

And check flickr for additional Spanish pulp covers.