Groteskology

I have recently noticed that many of the challenges involved in writing a PhD can be adequately expressed using scenes from the Madagascar ...

I recently discovered the work of Roberto Osti , and was struck by how much he seems to draw on the style of the early grotesque. The painti...

It can be difficult to relax sometimes. So many niceties to observe. And we don't all enjoy the same things. When stressed, I highly rec...

For those with a hankering to see more composite bodies on this ye olde web log (mostly me, I suspect). Behold... the Amalga-Beast. [ Via ] ...

Not only does this image feature acrobats who look like Mr B. Natural , it just might have the best title ever. [ Via ] And it's going i...

One of my favourite books as a child was The Sword in the Stone . Not the original by T. H. White, but a little book based on the 1963 Dis...

Following up on my previous post about the Grotesques in Hellgate: London , here is another distinct yet overlapping example of 'grotes...