Original post here. This turns out to be Pixie Normal by Verehin. Sourced on tumblr to darthpaul2003 via zbiorowisko.
Author Archives: faustus
Suddenly, tentacles!
Original post here. Attempts to find the original source or artist have been unavailing. Sourced on tumblr via xenozoophavs. Original text:
Suddenly tentacles
Infernal ecstasy
Original post here. Original text (mine) “A painting by Virgil Finlay for the first cover of Fantastic Novels.” Image source io9.com. The image in original context (from Wikipedia):
Man Beast
Original post here. Sourced via damsellover. Original text:
Man Beast 1956 http://flic.kr/p/pEcf6C
This appears to be promotional art for a little-known and little-regarded 1956 science fiction flim Man Beast. Here is the art in original context:
Found here.
The soft virgins of hell’s pit from which Satan takes a bride, etc.
Original post here. Sourced to damsellover via scottpvaughn. Image is a cover of Shock Mystery Tales from February 1963, and contains the text “Shock Mystery Tales. All new stories. Soft Virgins of Horror Island, by Jim Arthur. Hell’s Pit, by Mark Brand. Satan Claims a Bride, by Stuart Wood. Terror Gallery, by Andrew Blake. The Lovely Be Damned, by Steve Lawton.”
The imperious one
Lots of Elvifrance
Original post here. Images are series of Elvifrance covers, titles “(1) Maryko, (2) Le scarabée d’or, (3) Une voix d’or, (4) Le Baron Noir, (5) Le nez de Cléopatre, (6) Les yeux de la sorcière, (7) Les serviteurs de la mort, (8) La vengeance de Robespierre, (9) L’or du Rhin (10) Transmigration.” Sourced via notpulpcovers. Original text:
Série Rouge
Salammbo
Original post here. There is an article in the French-language version of Wikipedia on Alméry Lobel-Riche (1880-1950) here and a small gallery here. Sourced via divine-defilement. Original text:
Almery Lobel-Riche – Salammbo
Brain in a box
Original post here. Sourced on tumblr to lostpanels via jelloagogo. I have been unable to determine the provenance for this image, but it is a comics panel depicted a dissected brain (eyes attached) floating in fluid in a transparent box. The panel bears the caption “Then, Akers knows. He tries to scream, but there is no sound. Yet he knows. He wanted life…and he has it. That’s the most horrible part. He still…lives.”. There is an additional caption “The End” and an apparent footer page number “5” in the panel.
Principles of inheritance
Original post here. Sourced on tumblr to diabolical-malevolence via jelloagogo. Original tumblr text:
“The brain of my father, the heart of my mother.”
This is originally work by Marija Tiurina. As she describes the work on her own site:
An illustration I did for INDIE magazine’s anniversary issue. The theme was “The Ten Commandments” and the one I’ve picked was #4 – “Honour thy father and thy mother”. I took the subject of inheritance literally, which added… uhm.. some gore to the meaning. Did a couple of sketches, but the mag editors (godbless) decided that they are okay with going “as dark as possible”, which totally worked for me.
I used watercolour and ink for the actual piece, which was then scanned and slightly touched digitally before exporting for print.
That was good fun.