Monthly Archives: November 2015

Tumblr favorite #1857: Do me with your ray gun!

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My original tumblr post here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 025 – ‘Do me with your phallic ray-gun!’.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This image is striking in the impracticality of the space attire on display, even in a pulp art genre that is almost defined by space suits made impractical by the need to be sexy. An above-the-knee spacesuit seems impractical enough to be sure, but perhaps not so impractical as those rocket nose cones masquerading as bra cups?

Of course, no real publication in the true pulp era would have used the word “sluts” on a cover, which is our first clue that this is a tongue-in-cheek interpretation of pulp memes by a modern artist. Indeed, this image can be found at Thumbtack Press, identified as Space Sluts by Candykiller.

The artist Candykiller in turn is identified thusly:

Candykiller is a brand created by Scottish artist Brian Taylor. Brian started out as a graphic designer and illustrator in the design and advertising industry, working in various studios around Scotland. He now works from his home studio in Dundee.

Most of his work is influenced by imagery from his childhood. A collection of illustrations, design ideas, and assorted visual ramblings, inspired by cheap novelties, vintage cartoons, pop art, trading cards and underground comix, to name a few of the wonders that sparked his imagination as a child. Candykiller projects range from books, toys, original art and limited edition prints.

Artist Brian Taylor maintains (or at least maintained) a Google+ presence here.

Tumblr favorite #1856: This won’t hurt much

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My original tumblr post here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 024 – This Won’t Hurt Much.” Here is what Bacchus found.

Q [from Faustus]: Almost certainly young Dr. Herbert West, but who drew it?

A [from Bacchus]: The earliest source in this image’s current Tumblr chain of provenances is this post at Uncanny And Slightly Spooky. The tags found there include #herbert west, #re-animator, and #jeffrey combs, confirming that this is indeed an image of Dr. Herbert West, the character played by Jeffrey Combs in the 1985 sci-fi horror comedy Re-Animator. According to Wikipedia, Re-Animator was a film adaptation of a 1922 H.P. Lovecraft short story called Herbert West — Reanimator.

Although the artwork as found at Uncanny And Slightly Spooky appears unsigned, additional tags at that source include #i recently discovered jeffrey combs films, #and now i’m completely hooked, #expect lots of nerdy horror boy fanart in the near future, and #fanart. Taken together, these tags strongly suggest that the artist is the operator of that Tumblr blog. A quick look starting at the front page currently shows additional work in the same style with tags that are clearly by the artist.

The Tumblr itself offers just a few clues to the artist’s identity, but they are sufficient. The url prefix is “eckses” and a theme element says “Maltese. Does art stuff.” There’s a DeviantArt artist called eckses whose art appears similar and whose profile identifies him as from Malta. It appears near-certain that “eckses” is the artist who created this image.

Tumblr favorite #1855: Seven tube girls

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Original post here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as Here is what Bacchus found.

This artwork is cropped from a screenshot from the 1992 Japanese computer role-playing game Dragon Pink: The Zero Castle which ran on the PC-98 platform:

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The game was based on Dragon Pink, a 1990 erotic manga by Itoyoko that was later made into a three-part erotic anime series. A central character (not shown) was a cat-girl slave named Pink.

Tumblr favorite #1854: You feel…itchy…

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Original post here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 022 – ‘Your Clothes Feel Intolerably Itchy…’ .”Here is what Bacchus found.

It is a sad commentary on the current sorry state of image search engines that despite being having been (as of the time of writing of this attribution [Faustus — probably January 2015]) “liked” and “reblogged” by 3750 different people on Tumblr since being originally posted there, the search engines are collectively aware of only one instance of this animation, and that is here.

No attribution for this animation could be discovered. However, it is clearly made from (or created as an homage to) the extensive schlock line-art advertising that has surrounded the entertaining flim-flam enterprise that is commercial hypnosis or mesmerisation, as first pioneered by Franz Mesmer and subsequently promoted by James Braid, vaudeville performers, hucksters at fairs the world over, small ads in the back of comic books and pulp magazines, and modernly, on blogs.

Tumblr favorite #1853: The reason for the season

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Original post here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 021 – Frankenbaby Jesus.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This Frankenstein family nativity scene is cropped from the 2013 Christmas card posted at German artist Rainer F. Engel’s blog, where the post, and perhaps the artwork, is titled “The Holy Family”:

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Some additional German-language artist information is available here.

Tumblr favorite #1852: Is anyone there?

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Original post here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 020 – Is Anybody Out There? Here is what Bacchus found.

This image is cropped from the cover of a 1985 edition of a 1979 French-language science fiction novel by Phillipe Curval, titled Y a quelqu’un?, which title means, roughly, “Is anybody there?”

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The Internet Speculative Fiction Database has a detailed bibliography and brief biographical information for Phillipe Curval. The same source identifies the artist for this cover as French artist Philippe Caza. That seems to match the thinly-drawn signature under the small male figure lower left in the artwork.