Monthly Archives: November 2015

Tumblr favorite #1837: Sparkling Tokusatsu

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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 005 – Sparkling Tokusatsu.” Here is what Bacchus found.

In this animation’s earliest appearance in its current Tumblr chain of attribution, it is tagged “tokusatsu”, which is more of a description than an attribution. Tokusatsu, it turns out, is the name of a style or genre of Japanese movies (usually science fiction, monster, or horror movies) that rely heavily on special effects. (The word tokusatsu or 特撮 literally means “special filming”.)

The animation, which might be (but probably isn’t) an homage to a “beam me up” moment in classic Star Trek, has the letters “MOK” faintly visible in the lower right corner of all frames. Unfortunately these three letters so commonly serve both as an acronym (for various things) and as a common name that they do not much facilitate Google searching. Neither the artist nor the original source video for this animation could be determined.

Tumblr favorite #1836: Button from the future

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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 004 – Button From The Near Future.” Here is what Bacchus found.

The Tumblr chain of attribution for this image traces back to Signs From The Near Future, which is chillingly subtitled “We better get used to them…” This article from the Fast Company design blog identifies Signs From The Near Future as the project of designer Fernando Barbella. According to another article, he takes his inspiration for the work from articles he’s read on topics like nanomedicine, autonomous cars, and 3-D food printing, as well as classic books (Neuromancer, Fahrenheit 51), movies (Blade Runner, Gattaca), music (Rage Against The Machine), and TV shows (Fringe, Black Mirror).

“New materials, mashups between living organisms and nanotechnologies, improved capabilities for formerly ‘dumb’ and inanimate things . . . There’s lots of awesome things going on around us! And the fact is all these things are going to cease being just ‘projects’ to became part of our reality at any time soon.”

Tumblr favorite #1835: Mondo Bride

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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 003 – Mondo Bride.” Here is what Bacchus found.

According to this article at Entertainment Weekly, the artwork above is a newly-commissioned 2014 poster for the famous 1935 horror film The Bride Of Frankenstein. The poster was commissioned by Mondo (which is the merchandise arm of the acclaimed regional art-movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse) in honor of MondoCon, which seems to have been a gathering of horror artists and fans that took place in September 2014.

The poster was commissioned from artist Mike Mignola, a comic book artist perhaps most famous for Hellboy and related projects. There’s a considerable gallery of his work visible on the artist’s website.

Tumblr favorite #1834: Monster jalopy

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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 002 – Monster Jalopy.” Here is what Bacchus found.

According to this post at Comics Alliance, the apparently-untitled artwork seen here was drawn by George Webber for sale at a 2010 fundraiser called “The Monsters Project” for the benefit of the Comics Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF). This item at Sketchcollectors.com is in accord, attributing the art to “George Webber – NoCashComics.com” and calling it a “Sketch Card for Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, October 2010 Monsters fundraiser”.

The NoCashComics URL currently forwards to Storage 21 Arts, offering similar work by “gWebber”. The artist explains:

I’m a cartoonist, painter and illustrator working out of a 5 x 7 foot storage unit, number 21 to be exact (thus the name “Storage 21 Arts”) in the second most expensive city in the U.S (San Francisco).

I’ve been drawing and painting for over 40 years and my work often has elements of cartooning and illustration creating images that often have a “Story Telling” element to them.

And while my artworks have been featured in many national magazines and are proving to be popular among collectors of “Lowbrow” and “Kustom Culture” artworks, every day is a struggle to keep it moving forward and to continue making art.

But with enough fans and supporters I can keep creating the things you have come here to enjoy.

Tumblr favorite #1833: Monsters

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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 001 – Monsters.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This artwork is the blown-up upper-right quadrant of a work that appears on Flickr attributed as “Monsters by Michael Lark”. It’s unclear whether “Monsters” here is intended to serve as a title or as a description:

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Although the attribution on Flickr could not be specifically confirmed, it nonetheless seems highly plausible. Michael Lark is a prolific and long-serving comic book artist whose FaceBook photo albums contain a great deal of art that is quite similar in style to these Monsters. The one-word “Lark” attribution offered at the source Tumblr is in accord.

Tumblr favorite #1832: Rocket Man

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Original image here. This image was the subject of a pulp art re-creation by Lon Ryden and before that was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Γ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Γ 064 – Rocket Man.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This image is a cropped and cleaned portion of a painting by Alex Schomberg that appeared on the cover of the UK science fiction magazine Science Fiction Quarterly #24 in 1954, or perhaps 1952 per another source. There is an extremely high-resolution photo of the cover on Flickr:

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