Comic Reference

Reference images to inspire new design!

[fairytalemood]

The Secret of Kells art by Tomm Moore

[tsunderefaery]

[saturnina29-deactivated20130827]

MUST HAVE

アワーグラスジレセットジャケット

[hchamp-blog]

Summer. Oggl.

[qwi13]

2011 ドロヘアンソロジー「RAW HEAD」にて。

[somanyfuckingartreferences]

Timeline of Vietnamese Style

[omgthatdress]

Dress

Margit Fellegi, 1940s

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

[omgthatdress]

Sailor’s “Slops"

17th century

The Museum of London

[odditiesoflife]

Victorian-Era Prostitutes

‘Graben’ nymphs: Viennese prostitutes posing. Carte-de-visite-photography. About 1865.

[natgeofound]

Crowds engulf Broadway on New Year’s Eve, January 1964. Photograph by George F. Mobley, National Geographic

[natgeofound]

A redwood log splashes into the water near a mill in Caspar, California, Feburary 1939. Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

[natgeofound]

Ragtime piano player salutes audience as he stands near a grand piano in Durango, Colorado, August 1969. Photograph by James L. Amos, National Geographic

[natgeofound]

Three shafts of sunlight illuminate the basilica and its mosaic floor in the Vatican, December 1971. Photograph by Albert Moldvay, National Geographic

[natgeofound]

A natural swimming hole in Prairie Creek Park in California, June 1938. Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

[lostsplendor]

Moscow, July 26th, 1941.  

[lostsplendor]

Uniform of 10th Hussars, Prince of Wales Own [1878]

Background: My dad has collected antique militaria since before I was born.  History nerd-dom runs in the family.  He just offered to send me a couple of photos for the blog, so here one is.

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A crowd gathers to celebrate V-E Day at Piccadilly Circus in London, England, on May 8, 1945. The statute of Eros in the center of the square has been boarded up throughout the war for protection from bombing. Associated Press.

[lostsplendor]

Chinatown, New York c. 1910 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)