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Tag Archives: Monsters
1946: Beauty and the Beast
Jean Cocteau, director: La Belle et la Bête (1946)
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1901: Am I So Very Ugly?
Walter Crane: “Am I so very ugly?” —illustration for Beauty and the Beast (ca. 1901)
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12th Century: Monster
This illustration comes from a series of handscrolls telling the legends of the Shinto Kitano Tenjin Shrine, located in Kamakura, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, a 9th century scholar, poet, and statesman who came to be … Continue reading
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1921: Sweet Monsters
Rose O’Neill: Man and Earth (1921)—from a series entitled Sweet Monsters.
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1894: The Feeling of Dependence
Sascha Schneider: Das Gefühl der Abhängigkeit [The Feeling of Dependence] (1894)
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1970: Flaming Eyeballs from Space
Shonen Magazine, 1970 (source)
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17th Century: Werewolf on Trial
Sennertus [Daniel Sennert, 1572–1637], on the authority of a respectable man, informs us that a certain woman was apprehended on the suspicion that she was a werewolf; which she also acknowledged. The magistrate promised to spare her life, provided she … Continue reading
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