Tumblr favorite #1874: The Bride wears white

My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 043 – The Bride Wears White.” Here is what Bacchus found.

Although the blogspot blog in the URL watermark on this image no longer exists, a version in the Internet Archives from 2014 advertises Dan Fabris, “freelance illustrator for hire.”

A version of the subject Bride of Frankenstein artwork also appears in a five-year-old web tee-shirt shop identifying the artist as Dan Fabris of Parkville, Australia.

Confusion in the provenance of this artwork arises from the source URL in the tumblr chain of attribution, which sources the work to “god-awful.deviantart.com” (note the single hyphen). In fact, the work appears in the gallery for DeviantArt artist god[hyphen][hyphen]awful.deviantart.com (that’s a double hyphen that’s impossible to render literally in both WordPress and Tumblr, both of which insist on converting it to an em-dash) where the art is indeed titled “The Bride.” The artist — who gives his name as “Damn Fabris” on DeviantArt — writes:

I recently saw Bride of Frankenstein.

Great movie! She’s such a rad looking character it’s a shame she does fuck all in the flick.

Anyways, here she is!!

Artist Fabris has in the same gallery a related artwork called simply Frankenstein’s Monster:

Tumblr favorite #1873: Cyborg perfection

My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 042 – Laser-Etched Cyborg Perfection. Here is what Bacchus found.

This sexy animation is the creation of Korean artist Kilart (KilartDev on DeviantArt and Kilart on ArtStation). It appears on the Kilart’s HP tumblr, along with two higher-resolution images ( 1 2 ) of the same character, titled Cyborg Girl in both images:

A page here gives Kilart’s full name as Choe Heon Hwa, but little additional information seems to be available on the English-language web.

Tumblr favorite #1872: Space A.S.F.R.

My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 041 – The Space Boobies Trap.” Here is what Bacchus found.

According to this blog post where the comic is reproduced in full, this artwork is from the bottom panel of the ninth (of ten) pages of the comic Selenia by Sergio Macedo, as the comic appeared in the first issue of Heavy Metal magazine in April 1977:

Brazilian and French comic artist Sergio Macedo is profiled briefly here. See also this slightly more detailed bio and some translated quotes from interviews with the artist.

Tumblr favorite #1871: The Creature with a heart of gold

My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “http://hedonix.org/2015/02/28/δ-040-frankie-with-a-heart-of-gold/”>Δ 040 – Frankie With A Heart Of Gold.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This artwork is titled There’s Gold In My Heart and is by Ukrainian artist alkonost-terrible on DeviantArt. No additional information about this artist or artwork seems to be available on the web. For interest, her name “alkonost” refers to a harpy-like Russian mythical beast with the body of bird and the head of a beautiful woman.

Tumblr favorite #1870: Heart of the Bride

My original tubmlr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 039 – The Bride’s Heart. Here is what Bacchus found.

This Bride of Frankenstein artwork is by Los Angeles artist Diana Levin, whose official web page is here, where the artwork appears in her online gallery. According to her bio, much of her artwork “consists of darker versions of well known fairy tale creatures as well as my own made up characters and stories.”

The artwork has been available in the artist’s Etsy store (currently not open for business), where the Diana Levin writes:

This adorable Bride of Frankenstein was originally painted in acrylics on wooden panel. I used mostly grays for that old classic movie style look. Splashes of red can be found in her eyes and the anatomical heart she is holding. Behind her lightning bolts are flashing.

The story with the heart? I will leave it to you to interpret for yourself.

A brief 2014 interview with the artist may be found here at FangirlNation.

Tumblr favorite #1869: Brinke Stevens, robot captive

My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 038 – Chained And Stripped By Robots.” Here is what Bacchus found.

The identification of this animation was made enormously easier by someone who reblogged it after its appearance at the Erotic Mad Science tumblr and appended this attribution when they did so: “Brinke Stevens – SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY.” The reference is to 1987’s Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity movie, which did indeed feature Brinke Stevens as a character named Shayla. The inevitably-too-detailed plot summary of the movie at Wikipedia describes a scene in which “Shala is seized and stripped by Zed and the robots”, which would seem to fit the action visible in the animation. A higher-resolution screenshot matching one of the animation frames, found at this Russian torrent site, confirms the attribution:

Tumblr favorite #1868: I’m my own monster

My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 037 – His Own Monster. Here is what Bacchus found.

This comic is drawn by Lee Gatlin (hence the visible “LG” signature) and is called “I’m My Own Monster.” It was published at Flagpole.com, which is the online web version of the free weekly print newspaper Flagpole serving Athens Georgia and the University of Georgia campus.

Gatlin has published more than 150 comics in that paper. He also has a tumblr and a daily sketch blog. According to this blog post, Gatlin has recently attained some Tumblr visibility for his cartoons in which he makes fun of superheros.

Tumblr favorite #1867: Gill-man back from the war

My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 035 Gill-Man Back From The War.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This image is a photoshopped alteration of the famous photograph from the end of World War II that was called V-J Day in Times Square, by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life magazine. The distinctive scales on the arms and the fringed ruff at the back of the neck identify the ‘shopped-in monster as the Gill-man creature in the 1954 movie The Creature From The Black Lagoon.

Here is the image from which the kissing Gill-man portion of the collage was taken:

This would certainly appear to be a photo of behind-the-scenes shenanigans from the making of Creature. A blog post at the Film Noir Photos blog is in accord, offering additional light-hearted images of the Gill-man dancing and mopping, and captioning a version of this photo “The Gill Man steals a kiss from an unsuspecting (but apparently unresisting) stunt woman.” It seems likely enough. (There is however one blog post that suggests without explanation that the image is actually from the production of the sequel Revenge Of The Creature.)

No information about the artist who photoshopped these two photographs together could be discovered.

Tumblr favorite #1866: Space hydra

My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as Δ 034 One-Headed Space Hydra.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This artwork is cropped from the cover of Planet Comics #42 from May, 1946:
A gallery of additional Planet Comics covers is here. According to Wikipedia, all but three of the Planet Comics covers after issue #25 were drawn by Joe Doolin. It thus seems likely that Doolin was the cover artist for this issue #42. The ComicVine entry is in accord.

Tumblr favorite #1865: Grimly reaping

This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 033 Grimly Reaping. Here is what Bacchus found.

This, obviously, is a promotional poster for a movie called The Living Dead. According to IMDB, the movie was originally released in the UK in 1934 as The Scotland Yard Mystery. It was released in 1935 in the United States, followed by a 1936 re-release as The Living Dead.

The text visible on the poster reads:

“The Living Dead, with Gerald du Maurier, George Curzon, Belle Christall. From a play by Wallace Geoffrey. Directed by Thomas Bentley. Alliance Films. A First Division release.”

The IMDB storyline summation is “A mad scientist devises a formula that puts people into a zombie-like trance to do his bidding.” An IMDB user review explains that the villain “has developed a serum that puts people in a death-like state. Once “dead”, they can collect their life insurance money and he gets his share.”

A high-quality gallery here includes a second poster by (seemingly) the same artist for this movie:

Sadly, no information about the artist who painted these posters seems to be available. The Wallace Geoffrey credited on the posters for writing the underlying play has 13 actor credits for movies between 1931 and 1938; he also is known to have written a play (with Basil Mitchell) called The Perfect Woman that was performed in London in 1949 and made into a BBC Sunday Night Theater episode in 1956.

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