Check out some striking llustrations by John Augustus Knapp, taken from “Etidorhpa, or, the End of the Earth”, the title of an allegorical science fiction novel published in 1895…
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Webfinds and useful resources elsewhere on the web
WebFind: “Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes”, a stunning-looking bande dessineé
This bande dessinée featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective is surely one crying out for an English edition
WebFind: The Adventures of The Scarlet Pimpernel – “The Hostage”
Another archive gem explored by a terrific web site, classic TV adventure starring Marius Goring
WebFind: “Elza Poppin”, the “Hellzapoppin” musical-inspired newspaper strip, by Ving Fuller and George Swanson
Anyone remember the stage play and film, “Hellzapoppin”? There was a newspaper, strip too, some episodes just as barmy!
WebFind: Is this Dan Dare “Horlicks Spacemen’s Club” ad the Eagle hero’s first TV appearance?
A smashing Dan Dare find on the BFI Player web site
WebFind: The European Connection Book Covers Web Site
A great web site found after comic artist David Roach sent me down a web rabbit hole…
WebFind: Old Underground Comix – and the official Vaughn Bodé web site
This morning’s hopefully entertaining web rabbit hole, brought to my attention by Pete Doree, creator of “Stan & Jack”
Who remembers the Letraset Art Sheets of artist Aubrey Rix?
Letraset Art Sheets were once hugely popular alternatives to “clip art” – but not, perhaps, for their creator…
WebFind: The Modern Boy, a fantastic resource for Biggles fans and more
A fascinating guitar to the first title to publish the Biggles stories of W.E. Johns
WebFind: De_Ziners, and Zine Love
Two useful resources for Zine livers, with different approaches
Spaceships That Never Were: Space Gliders of the 1950s (and there’s an EAGLE comic connection, too)
Plans for a space glider, a precursor to the space shuttle, were being developed in the 1950s
WebFind: Ramayana, from Wonder House Books, adapted by Shubha Vilas and Ishan Trivedi
Discovered quite by chance, a beautiful-looking adaptation of this story from Indian mythology…
Power Comics: Lew Stringer’s Handy Guides to some of the best 1960s British weeklies
Nifty guides to WHAM!, SMASH!, POW!, FANTASTIC and TERRIFIC and early Marvel Comics reprints in the UK
WebFind: Artist in the Spotlight – Mike Mahle
Mike delights in creating new takes on superheroes, classic movies, and his own thought-provoking creations
WebFind: A Guide to NFTs – and why Artists may want to take note
A way of offering unique digital content is causing concern from publishers