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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

The book includes a foreword by Guillermo del Toro, a preface by Kevin J. Anderson, an introduction by Michael Dirda, and an interview with renowned contemporary illustration artist Michael Whelan.

D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

Alongside essays about famous illustrators such as Arthur Rackham and Aubrey Beardsley, contributors engage in a critical reassessment of understudied artists such as José Segrelles, Wladyslaw Benda, Margaret Brundage, and Hannes Bok.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

They accompany images of mischievous satyrs, ethereal mermaids, and spell-casting witches for texts ranging from The Tempest, Don Quixote, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to works by Edgar Allan Poe and H. G. Wells.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

The illustrations in the collection appeared on the covers of timeless novels such as the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and classic pulp magazines from the 1930s through 1960s, such as Amazing Stories and Weird Tales.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection

...features artwork by pioneering artists from over 160 years of published works of science fiction and fantasy.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

The book includes a foreword by Guillermo del Toro, a preface by Kevin J. Anderson, an introduction by Michael Dirda, and an interview with renowned contemporary illustration artist Michael Whelan.

D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

Alongside essays about famous illustrators such as Arthur Rackham and Aubrey Beardsley, contributors engage in a critical reassessment of understudied artists such as José Segrelles, Wladyslaw Benda, Margaret Brundage, and Hannes Bok.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

They accompany images of mischievous satyrs, ethereal mermaids, and spell-casting witches for texts ranging from The Tempest, Don Quixote, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to works by Edgar Allan Poe and H. G. Wells.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

These adventure and fantasy illustrations appeared on the covers of timeless novels such as the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and classic pulp magazines from the 1930s through 1960s, such as Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Fantastic Adventures, and Wonder Stories.

D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 9h

open.substack.com/pub/futureof...

The ceasefire is a lie. The real war has just begun.

For Israel and for the Jewish People, this is only the intermission.

open.substack.com

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 14h

And some for our gardens so she would always have a home that she never had during her long life.

Memorials are for the living.

She trusted us to do the appropriate things when she was no longer with us. She gave us an adventure that she would have done in life if she had the means. So it goes.

D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 14h

in places of personal meaning as well as our deep culture. Mingled with ancients who established an understanding of Time before the pyramids where a thing. And just some lovely places; beaches, the ocean, rivers, forests.

Ultimately, we joined her with our Father in his VA grave.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 14h

In theory, someone could have planted a tree for my Mom, based on the memorial page the funeral home maintains. Nothing there last time I checked. We did things in our own fashion,though, returning her to the homeland she left, and spreading her throughout the land and sea...

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 14h

Planted a tree* in memory of a friend's mother who made it just shy of a century. I guess it's nicer than the abundance of flowers that showed up, but I've never heard of anyone being notified about what specific tree it is.

*Well, paid a company that says they plant a tree for you.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 14h

Er... you get a couple of years *trying* to make a profit doing something and can deduct the losses, but eventually they tell you to just stop... it's an expensive hobby and you're not blessed with magic accountants.

D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 14h

Man, anything with consciousness is a step too far.

D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 14h

But do you still love her?

D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 15h

The Deep Magic is always appreciated! 😂

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 15h

Still a great destination, and since you're committing to all that travel, might was well make some time for the mainland, too. Lisbon is... magnificent. Proposed to spouse there! Hope you have a wonderful time wherever you end up! ☕🍷🖼️🏰

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 15h

I guess we're in the "Self Help/Actualization Gurus" phase of spam accounts now? Or at least that's what I've been drawing for the past week or so.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 15h

Very nice! My nerd stress is to see if there's somehow a *better* way to organize my bookshelves! 🤓📚

D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 15h

I won a half dozen brand new Runequest books from Chaosium at a convention raffle a few weeks ago. Sort of feel obligated to *finally* see what people have been talking about for decades! 🤓

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 15h

These are awesome! Sometimes folks just need a little Nudge to become more involved, and the momentum grows! Every protest I go to I bring extras of the signs I've printed up and I walk through the crowds handing them out to people who aren't holding anything. It let's them know "we want you here!"

Parking Signs

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

kieranhealy.org

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 15h

These are awesome! Sometimes folks just need a little Nudge to become more involved, and the momentum grows! Every protest I go to I bring extras of the signs I've printed up and I walk through the crowds handing them out to people who aren't holding anything. It let's them know "we want you here!"

D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 15h

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