Sources of inspiration thread

[Ian Snyder]

[ Nick Fury battles the existential terrors of surrealism. ]

Really cool! Is that an actual cover?

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Watched Metropolis with some friends last night after realizing the recently restored version was on Netflix instant. Highly recommended if you haven't already seen it.






Some bigger images:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qa-wn60e4es/T ... 27-5-g.jpg
http://katherinehenderson.files.wordpre ... abriel.jpg

[mcc]

[ Nick Fury battles the existential terrors of surrealism. ]

Really cool! Is that an actual cover?

Yeah, that's "Jim Steranko" and apparently his entire run on Nick Fury was just like that









EDIT: That first image got kinda cropped by SFC but OMG it's worth looking at on its own

[mcc]

http://pulpcovers.com (following images from what is currently page 2)
http://www.strangesisters.com/ (SATAN WAS A LESBIAN)









It's hard to see in these scaled versions, but the first three have 1934-1935 printing dates and National Recovery Act logos.

[NiallM]

Some of Harry Smith's abstract films:



(alternate versions of the pieces which make up that last one here and here; I prefer the music in the above version)

[NiallM]

Roxette by way of Alvin Lucier. Gorgeous video about the loss between multiple VHS copies.

[NiallM]

Books from the British Library's amazing database of bookbindings.

[S.Laser]

Kurt vonnegut on how to write a good short story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VyQ1wEBx1V0

Ira Glass on storytelling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxJ3FtCJJA