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Taedis The Librarian

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Metaphysical engineer (ok, writer) and curator of the Size Library and Museum (SLaM). Posts will range from rated G to X, so if you're under 18, please don't follow. I'm bigender. They/them.

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SolomonE ~ Half-demon, all reviewer! @solomong.bsky.social · 3d

Canadian Uncanny Tales also placed a tiny woman on the cover sometimes. Pictured here is the July 1942 issue.

Cover to July 1942 of Canadian publication Uncanny Tales which shows a tiny woman in a glass flask while a scientist heats up the flask.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

I'm just as surprised. The more I dig, the more of this sort of thing I find. There is so much Size thirst just simmering under the surface, but it only seems to boil over in a few of us.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

That last skeet was a bit of a downer, so I'm going to end this thread with a giant topless lady centaur leaping tall buildings in a single bound.

I love you all. Have a great week.

Vald'es 1930 04/10 Le Sourire

Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

Kouliamine was a regular column in Le Sourire for years. She rarely touched on Size and I can't read French, but I find myself drawn to her. She was once read by thousands and now she doesn't even come up on a Google search. There is so much in the Size community that feels as ephemeral as she was.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

"Well, he had a point. 'Course he carried it a bit too far. He thought that every windmill was a giant. That's insane. But, thinking that they might be, well ..."

I don't think the 1971 film that made that quote was referring to this 1935 illustration, but I can't rule it out.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

Suz. Meunier is one of the finest artists to submit to Le Sourire. Sadly, I haven't come across much of their Size work. Here's a cutie coming out of her shell.

1932 03/24 Le Sourire

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

These #shrunkenwomen by Sacha Zaliouk date from 1924-1929.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

A sweeter (and better clothed) example of Size.

Pierre Simon 1939 01/28 Le Sourire

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

Pem has other Size content and quiet a bit of gorgeous non-Size work in the pages of Le Sourire. I'm going to force myself to stop this love letter to Pem (but not this thread) with this fun little #giantwoman piece from 1933.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder what this gentleman is admiring on that #tinywoman.

Pem, 1932.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

I know that I could have four images a skeet and get through Pem a whole hell of a lot faster. You're just going to have to deal with me highlighting each of these.

1931 again.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

"We had designers back then."

We're up to 1931 at this point. Still on Pem.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

Dammit, 1928. Why do you have to be so Size thirsty.

Thank you, Pem.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

#shrunkenwomen as bookends are a well-trod trope. This isn't even the first time they've come up in this thread.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

I do have to admit a preference for his giant women, but I have to give his #shrunkenwomen love too.

1926

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

I have posted these before, but couldn't do an overview of Size in Le Sourire without revisiting these.

1926

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

I can't begin to tell you how much I love Pem's work. He's one of my favorite Size creators. Finding his work was worth the deep dive through Le Sourire.

Do you believe this kinky masterpiece hails from a hundred years ago?

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SolomonE ~ Half-demon, all reviewer! @solomong.bsky.social · 3d

Today's Halloween recommendations are "Uncanny Tales." They had a number of covers with size themes. Confusingly, there were a few different series, in Canada and the U.S., called Uncanny Tales. Shown here is the May 1940 issue from Chicago.
#Sizesky

Image is the May 1940 cover of Uncanny Tales. It shows a man threatening two tiny women with a hypodermic needle. This publication was based out of Chicago.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

M. Pepin 1923 and 1925 Le Sourire

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

Lorenzi 1932 04/14 Le Sourire

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

Leo Fontan samples from 1928-32.

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

Jaquelux 1925 03/26 Le Sourire

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

Jaquelux 1925 and 1929 Le Sourire

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

J. Leclerc

Le Sourire Oct, 1930

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Taedis The Librarian @taedis.bsky.social · 3d

Henry Sebastian was noted for his crowded pieces that fit more giant women per page than any other artist I've come across. The following examples (from 1932-1935) are some of his less crowded work.

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