I Am Thankful

When I sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, I will be thankful that I didn't have to

feed it,

milk it,

kill it,

or pull it from the ground.

I'll also be very grateful to everyone who did, and hope they get to enjoy the fruits of their labor as much as the rest of us will. Happy Thanksgiving!

O What a Flu Am I

It's the most exhausting, tenacious bout of flu I've ever experienced, and it's really screwed up my plans. Until I'm better, have some spooky vintage art.

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It's June

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Rats

"Rats!" is my favorite clean curseword. My favorite dirty curseword is - well, who can pick just one. But "Rats!" is what I said when I realized I won't be able to do much photoshopping for a while. New stuff will still be coming along, but at a trickle instead of a flood. Till production picks up, enjoy these 100-year-old illustrations for the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Lotsa rats.

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Year of the Dragon 2012

I don't have much in the way of Chinese dragons, and it's hard to find a western dragon illustration that doesn't show it being slain. But here's a beauty by Virginia Sterrett that is the first of several dragons I will post for the coming year. Hope you like it.

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Tis the Season

When the corn is as high as an elephant's eye, you know it's time for Canada Day! Or it was. I guess. I read about it on Twitter. They take it pretty seriously. As an American, I don't have to care. I'm exempt from caring. But I still do. They had Beaver Wars! Ha. Gotta love em. Canadians, I mean. And they're easy to love, at least the ones I've met. I've been to Toronto a couple of times and really enjoyed it. But that was a long time ago. They've probably moved it since then.

In honor of Canada Day, here is a lovely old print that depicts a natural treasure our two countries share. And just in case there are any other beloved national holidays taking place this weekend, here's a Maxfield Parrish illustration of a couple kids with flags.

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