H.R Giger's Alien in 80's Japanese Pioneer Ad

I found this over at Pink Tentacle awhile back.

Printed Abominations





















School of Martin Schongauer, De verzoeking van Christus, 1491 - 1500.






















Allegory of Monsters, 1575 - 1618, artist unknown..






















Allegorical Show, 1490 to 1510, artist unknown..






















Alva assassinate the onschuldige inhabitants of the country, approx. 1572
The above is a butchered interpretation of the original Dutch text thanks to babelfish, so here is the original title - "Alva vermoordt de onschuldige inwoners van het land, ca. 1572" artist unknown..

Rick Berry - Mr Munshen





















To see more work by this artist visit the Rick Berry Studio.

Also, I got tired of the headache of writing html code directly into the blog so I finally upgraded this joint to the newer blogger format. I'll be tweaking this place over the rest of the weekend, I might do something with the background.

And high fives to anyone who recognizes the font I used for the newest MB logo!

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797-1861, Japan

Mitsukuni defying the skeleton spectre invoked by princess Takiyasha


See more works in this Visipix collection.


Raiko tormented by the earth spider


Tametomo rescued from the sea-monster by tengu






















Hanagami Danjo no jo Arakage fighting a giant salamander..























Kintaro And The Giant Spider






















Oki no Jiro Hiroari killing a monstrous tengu






















The poet Dainagon sees an apparition






















Takagi Toranosuke capturing a kappa underwater in the Tamura river

Toyohiro, 1773-1828, Utagawa, Japan

Shun-kan sima monogatari. Book 4.

"In the open sea of Hikishima, Ari-ou and his people see a monstrous octopus. Ari-ou cuts off one of the tentacles. Then he notices, that this tentacle holds a part of the clothes of Tsuruno-mae and an arm of Yasura-ko. The people understand, that Tsuruno-mae and Yasura-ko have thrown herselves in the sea and were eaten by this octopus."

More woodblock prints from this collection can be found here.

Cornelis Anthonisz
The Fight Between Good and Evil..






















Wine Devil..

No dates for these prints but they would have been made in the first half of the 1500's. Information and additional works related to this Printmaker, painter and cartographer of the Netherlands can be found at wwar.com

Peter Andrew Jones





A website for the artist can be seen here.

Conan The Barbarian Comic Panels






















I downloaded a huge pile of Conan comics awhile back and while skimming through the pages noticed a lot of insane creatures. Later this year I'll probably do a huge post with dozens of the more peculiar beasts from the comics, till then here's a handful of them.

Mythological and Fantastic Creatures Clip Art


Head over to the Rapid Library and click on the download link for a large collection of clip art depicting a wide range of weird creatures, many of which I've shown here in their original painted or drawn forms in past posts.

Some people are having trouble with the above url, this link should bypass a few steps, click on the free link at the bottom right.

Irving Norman


" Irving Norman's (1906–1989) highly detailed paintings are powerful critiques of contemporary life and times painted in the hope of promoting change. Norman believed that by pointing out the inequities, horrors, and foibles of human behavior he might somehow cause people to consider the consequences of their actions. He intended his canvases as public art, so he shunned private patronage and commercial viability. Instead, he wanted his work in public institutions, particularly museums, where “all people could come and study them and contemplate."

Norman saw everything in human terms. His paintings are monumental in scale, yet they teem with detail and are populated by swarming, clone-like figures. These figures are constricted by small urban spaces, caught in the crunch of the urban rush hour, and decimated by the pain of poverty and the horror of war. These themes manifest Norman’s perceptions of modern life and the society in which he lived, but this is relieved by the artist’s jewel-like color harmonies and sharp wit. Once the spectator is engaged, Norman’s unsettling visions cannot be ignored—or forgotten." - quote source from the official Irving Norman website with more works on display.

It could be coincidence but I think Norman's depiction of soldiers as anvil like inhuman creatures inspired Gerard Scarfe's hammer soldiers in Pink Floyd's The Wall.

And unrelated to Irving Norman, the hauntingly painted faces of the mob near the end of this clip from one of my favorite films from the seventies "The Day Of The Locust" is probably another influence on The Wall's imagery. Just a warning, this can be very disturbing for some people... see it here. And an amusing bit of trivia, Donald Sutherland's character in this is named Homer Simpson.

Mizuki Shigeru - Yokai
















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