Tag Archives: 1980’s

1984: Try Again Jack

Posted on November 25, 2021 by corvusfugit

“Blind workers on strike; A guide dog leads employees of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and supporters in a picket at the organization’s offices on Bayview Ave.; south of Lawrence Ave. yesterday. They are members of Local 204 … Continue reading →

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1982: Press Operators

Posted on June 25, 2021 by corvusfugit

Russ Marshall: Press Operators, GM Fisher Body Trim Plant, Fort Street, Detroit, Michigan (1982, printed 1997)

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1980: Burnt House

Posted on March 4, 2021 by corvusfugit

Robert Gober: Burnt House (1980)

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1941: FDR and Captain America’s Shield

Posted on June 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Captain America recieving his trademark circular shield from FDR in June, 1941. From Captain America #255 (March, 1981) (Roger Stern, writer; John Byrne, artist). The shield’s history developed slowly. Originally, in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), Cap carried … Continue reading →

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1987: Basebenzi Masimanyane

Posted on May 11, 2019 by corvusfugit

Congress of South African Trade Unions: 1987 Calendar In 1987, COSATU conducted a two-day strike during the general elections in May as part of its Living Wage Campaign. More than 2.5 million workers took part. Later that month, their headquarters … Continue reading →

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1989: Inferno Joe

Posted on February 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Robert Sikoryak’s version of Dante’s Inferno as a series of “Bazooka Joe” comics (1989). Sikoryak has also done a version of The Scarlet Letter as a series of “Little Lulu” strips, a “Peanuts” version of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Crime and Punishment … Continue reading →

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1986: Lower Manhattan

Posted on January 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

Yvonne Jacquette: A Glimpse of Lower Manhattan (Night) (1986)

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1989: Walking House

Posted on June 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

Laurie Simmons: Walking House (1989)

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1989: Drain

Posted on May 9, 2018 by corvusfugit

Robert Gober: Drain (1989)

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1973: Self-Translation

Posted on January 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Born in Ireland, Samuel Beckett wrote almost exclusively in French after moving to Paris in 1939. He would then translate his novels and plays into English. He wrote the following sentence in his 1946 short story “Premier amour”: Personnellement je … Continue reading →

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