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Artist Alexis Trice "Wolf Dog"

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Brooch, 1930, New York City.

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3000年の春 by 松本零士/Leiji Matsumoto

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​​VESSEL​, 2022​ (detail) sun woo

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Baby Blood (Alain Robak, 1990)

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An awesome collection of vintage ads for classic Christian scare films (For more info and images, click here; For a related post, click here http://christiannightmares.tumblr.com/post/129403403156/vintage-ads-for-the-classic-rapture-films-a-thief)

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Thekla Kaischauri (Austrian, 1993) - Loser Wiener (2023)

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Rusudan Khizanishvili (Georgian, 1979) - Observatory (2023)

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So happy to be distroing these vintage metal trays made in the 70s & 60s here in Mexico City as merch for the Pascual soda brand, which was owned by the workers as a cooperative business-- and who did not give a fck to turn Donald into their mascot! These are a staple of Mexican design and a treasure for anyone who loves cartoons & good bootlegs!! Available right now at gatoshop.mx!!

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Schwermetall #195/196 (October 1996) cover by Milo Manara.

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Inuit carving of a tupilaq (spirit), from Argnagssalik, East Greenland, 1931–32. National Museum of Denmark.

In Greenlandic Inuit religion, a tupilaq (tupilak, tupilait, or ᑐᐱᓚᒃ in Inuktitut syllabics) was an avenging monster fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism by using various objects such as animal parts (bone, skin, hair, sinew, etc.) and even parts taken from the corpses of children. The creature was given life by ritualistic chants. It was then placed into the sea to seek and destroy a specific enemy.

The use of a tupilaq was considered risky, as if it was sent to destroy someone who had greater magical powers than the one who had formed it, it could be sent back to kill its maker instead, although the maker of the tupilaq could escape by public confession of their deed.

Because tupilaq were made in secret, in isolated places and from perishable materials, none have been preserved. Early European visitors to Greenland, fascinated by the native legend, were eager to see what tupilaq looked like, so the Inuit began to carve representations of them out of sperm whale teeth.

Today, tupilaq of many different shapes and sizes are carved from various materials such as narwhal and walrus tusk, wood and reindeer antler. They are an important part of Greenlandic Inuit art, and are highly prized as collectibles.

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Temelin Nuclear Plant with eye projections

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Chiho Aoshima, Strawberry Fields (2003)