Matt Fraction's Blog, page 167
August 30, 2016
August 29, 2016
npr:
We’re not going to bury the lead here: Bob Ross’ hair was...
In the 1980s and 1990s, Ross was a fixture on PBS. The Joy of Painting invited viewers to watch over Ross' shoulder as he created small masterpieces in under 30 minutes.
After Bob Ross left the Air Force, he was struggling to make it as a full-time artist. Tight on cash, he got a perm, figuring he'd no longer need to pay for frequent haircuts.
Ross filmed more than 400 episodes of The Joy of Painting. He actually painted three different versions of each work for every show — but viewers on...
mydarktv:
NEON NOIR a comic by Johnathon O. Lyon and Michael...
NEON NOIR a comic by Johnathon O. Lyon and Michael Kennedy
read it here: http://johnathonolyon.tumblr.com/post/98555124774/neon-noir-by-michael-kennedy-and-johnathon-o
August 28, 2016
poetryfoundation:
–Gwendolyn Brooks, Poetry, September 1959The...
–Gwendolyn Brooks, Poetry, September 1959
The University of Illinois has acquired Brooks’s archives. “Gwendolyn Brooks was very keen on getting poetry into the schools,“ said Valerie Hotchkiss, the director of U of I’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library, “And we’re very keen on getting Gwendolyn Brooks and her creative process into the schools.”
intrapanel:
intrapanel:
THING FROM THE SKY (6)
Happy...
THING FROM THE SKY (6)
Happy birthday, King. And if I had to pick a favorite double page splash, it would be this one, in which the King proves that he can do abstraction as well as anyone else out there.
This, of course, from DEVIL DINOSAUR.
The original art on display in last year’s COMIC BOOK APOCALYPSE gallery showing at Cal State Northridge, which I was lucky enough to catch in person.
And here’s every single Jack Kirby posting at Intrapanel:
tcm:
Remembering Donald O'Connor on his birthday, here with...
tcm:
Remembering Donald O'Connor on his birthday, here with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (‘52)
coolartefact:
Firefighter’s French early masks, this pair of...
Firefighter’s French early masks, this pair of early rescue masks, shown above, dates from between the mid-1800s and World War I
Source: https://imgur.com/PISRljT
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