If you took all the stylistic tropes of the 1980s and refined them down into one glorious fever dream, I think what you'd be left with is something resembling the work of late 20th century French surrealist painter Jean Paul Avisse. There is something about his paintings that speaks to the aesthetic soul of my childhood in much the same way as ( Read more... )

I'm in the middle of watching Great Expectations (Alfonso Cuarón, what is it with you and pervvy kids?), but I had to sidetrack for a Barbie price check for the comic shop (come up with currant prices for the entire ten year run of Happy Holidays dolls? Right now? Sure...), and stopped by to check ye olde Friends List before returning to the ( Read more... )