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they shall return

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes: TIME magazine October 30, 1944 issue Illustration: Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) Today is Memorial Day. Not merely a day to relax in the backyard and fire up the barbecue, but to remember those who gave service to … Continue reading

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boris the anthropomorphic

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i always thought that guys like basil wolverton were wholly unique weirdos slaving away in their damp basements (tape on glasses, giggling incoherently). i grew up carefully examining wolverton’s crazy insane disturbing drawings (on stickers … Continue reading

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tiny & the coasties

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have a theory that all the lunatics and radical thinkers who just can’t deal with living in the ‘normal’ american mainstream culture tend to run away from the center of the country. they run … Continue reading

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get inspired: spontaneous creationism

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) AFTER all these years of thrashing around in thrift stores looking for cool junk, i FINALLY started to look in the book section usually labeled “inspirational”. this is the section in the back (or in … Continue reading

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transform: altered states

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): I’m fascinated by how often advertising and design folks end up turning to crackpot extremist religions later in life. why is that? it seems to be a larger percentage than you’d expect. the beliefs they turn … Continue reading

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