illustration

another cartoon from Alberto Montt

Taliban_montt.jpg
...and, because we are a nation that respects the highest laws but at the same time wants to respect human rights, we decided to begin using pumice for stonings. 

NOTE: I am going to practice my Spanish and I will subject you to translations of the cartoons I find amusing.  Deal?  Great.

Dutch Detective Covers

Dutch Detective Covers

More bookish goodness from A Journey Around My Skull.

More cartoons from Alberto Montt

Honguito by Alberto Montt
I am broccoli and I look like a little tree.
I am a nut and look like a brain.
I am a mushroom and I hate this game.  

Ninos-Aliens by Alberto Montt
How new borns look to their parents ....and how they look to the rest of us.

Raylambert illustrations

Les Noix by Raylambert
Les Noix

La Poul by Raylambert
La Poul

Fusil de Bois by Raylambert
Fusil de Bois

Cuisine by Raylambert
Cuisine

I just discovered the work of French painter and illustrator Raylambert.  His real name was Gabriel Raymond Lambert (b. 1889 - d. 1967). I love these nostalgic glimpes into French daily life and culture.  Thanks to Agence Eureka.

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French ephemera - Watch out for grandpere!

Famile Lahure grandpere
The pigs' expressions are pretty awesome. This is from a card game, 7 Familles, from around 1940-1955.  The families were based on occupation and you had to try and collect all the family member cards.

Agence Eureka has a ton of vintage French ephemera, illustrations, school books, etc.  Birds, anatomy, geography. colonialism, you name it, she's got it!

Cycling Board Games

JUEGO DE SALÓN VUELTA CICLISTA A ESPAÑA
Juego de Salón Vuelta Ciclista a España, Spain 1950s
Check out the hills and the command to SPRINT!  Fun times.

Cycling is much on my mind of late. I am concerned with gears, cadence, speed, and hills.  But I never once considered the existence of cycling board games. In my family we were Monopoly hounds trying to bankrupt one another with zeal and evil glee. And come to think of it, our household had one rusty bike in the shed.  Hmmm, it seems in our house entrepreneurial spirit trumped sports and exercise. But I digress.

Check out this interesting collection featuring games from the late 1800s to the present.

Russian Board Games

Russian Board Games

Russian board games from the 20s and 30s.  Including some creepy ones.

Russian Board games
Board games, children and lethal green gas= hours of fun!

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Endangered species?

book cover

Fun collection of (mostly) modern book covers at A Journey Round My Skull.  This one is from uk vintage on Flickr.

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Icons of Phoenix

Icons of Phoenix

Arcosanti / Circa 1972, by Jason Hill.  More here.

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