= I feel impelled to contribute to Cavegirl's Harry Clarke Project using this fabulous fellow (Bluebeard?) who has sat on my hard dri...

If you doubt the value of art, look upon the creatures in the AD&D Monster Manual that have no illustration. When you leave out the ...

The richest place in my formative years was the lending library in my well-funded, open-minded suburban hometown. It was there I laid hands ...

Junji Ito is a manga artist you may know through the widespread dissemination of his horror piece, Enigma of Amigara Fault ; the one where ...

There is one use of "appears" language, which I mostly panned in a previous post , that actually can be appropriate -- when the ch...

Put together unicorns, rainbow colors, pixies, moonlight and mountains and sparkles and mystery. Art by PristineDream on Deviantart.com ...

Last time, I introduced the concepts of kitsch and overload. Although kitsch-criticism was developed by members and satellites of the Frankf...

I am going to argue that much of the aesthetic of adventure gaming has evolved toward a form of kitsch. That sounds pretty harsh. I don'...

You know Zak's Thogs , AKA hand centaurs? They play jazz. I don't like the look of the "George" one. The Mirv Toad....

Yeah, I know, I should finish the 52 Pages ... and the d20 table series ... and the wilderness encounter series ... But I've been nurs...

And now, a few pages from our player Lui's sketchbook (creator of the wonderful T omb of the Iron God maps ). These illustrate sights a...

Before I conclude the Naked Harpies series with a grand analysis of sociopolitical forces in conflict, I want to draw attention to one more ...