"Confessions of a Book Fiend," 2010 by Grant Snider(click to enlarge)11"x17" color prints are available for $15 plus shipping. Ordering info hereThanks to @luxmentis for the lead
Digital Book Burning
click to enlargeRandall Monroe recently posted this comic strip over at xkcd. Hysterical and foreboding.
Hugh Hefner, Teen Cartoonist
The playboy of the Western World at age 16.Jane Sellers and Hugh Hefner, 1943.They dated each other’s best friend when they were in high school together in Chicago. When Jane Sellers moved to California in 1943 her sixteen year-old school pal, Hugh Hefner, began writing to her. Their friendship and correspondence endured for sixty years.July 2, 1943. "When I said I was a man of liesure(I still don't know whether I'm spelling this right)I wasn't kiddin." Many of Hef's letters toJane Sellers at this time were festoonedwith cartoons in the margins.“At 16, I knew he was destined to do amazing...