John the Monkey

Being the outpourings of an small simian. Mostly music and pictures.

[myjetpack]

I’m very sorry to hear that John le Carré has died. Here are a couple of cartoons inspired by his wonderful books.

[myjetpack]

From my new postcard book ‘The Snooty Bookshop’, available in good bookshops and online: order at waterstones (UK) order at amazon.co.uk (UK) order at wordery (Worldwide) order at amazon.com (US) order at indiebound (US)

[myjetpack]

for yesterday’s @guardian review

#adventcalendar #samuelbeckett

[sovietpostcards]

Soviet Winnie the Pooh illustration

First Soviet edition of the Pooh books - illustrated by Alisa Poret (1960)

Lidia Shulgina

Eduard Nazarov

Viktor Chizhikov (1986)

Boris Diodorov (1989)

[gibier3000]

“I always felt more at home with the cyclos. The cutthroat competition of racing wasn’t to my liking.”

We recently learn that Lysiane “Lily” Herse had peacefully passed away a couple of days before her 90th birthday. Not only Jan Heine made a nice article about her life but also Natusko Hirose and french newspaper l’Equipe. Three languages, three countries (and continents !), but one common love for the cyclo-tourisme thing and all the stories that are written on the road.  Photo from the book René Herse: The Bikes • The Builder • The Riders -  reprinted with permission

[tozozozo]

scroll scroll scroll

(#42) (>NOT/BUT archive)

[johnthemonkey]

Love this series.

[antoniostella-deactivated202509]

Poster for “Black Narcissus” - 1947 by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

[rosscott]

Via my website (and my life).

[johnthemonkey]

Bike lanes.

[eatmorebikes]

[johnthemonkey]

The reboot we need, surely.

[johnthemonkey]

Panto Season II

Another 10ft x 5ft wingcloth completed – this is a quayside inn, and will be stage left, if I remember correctly, for Act 2 Scene 1.  As ever in this group, there have been a couple of setbacks in the run up to this production, and with slightly less than two weeks before opening, there seems like far too much left to do. As a result, the cloths become less ambitious – my design for this one had…

View On WordPress

[johnthemonkey]

Beer Advent Calendars

If, like me, you’ve looked at these Beery Advent Calendars from time to time but never been entirely sure about the idea, there are a couple of places where you can see a day by day report of this year’s calendar contents. The Beer Hawk Advent Calendar; Ouhouse Ale Be Seeing You Home Brew Forum Thread The Honest Brew Advent Calendar; Hop Pilot Not as good as enjoying your own, but it’s been…

View On WordPress

[eatmorebikes]

[discardingimages]

astronomer fox

Almagest, Paris ca. 1309-1316

BL, Burney 275, fol. 390v

[johnthemonkey]

Panto Season

It’s time, once again, for put upon scenic artists to gather their Caran d’Ache Blackwoods (excellent for marking cloths) and realise with horror the short time they have to put together five full sets of scenery. This year, the production is Dick Whittington, and the cloth above is the first to be finished this year, a doorway which will be opposite Fitzwarren’s Store in Act 1 Scene 1. Just nine…

View On WordPress

[riccardoguasco]

Illustrazione per AIL - Associazione italiana contro le leucemie-linfomi e mieloma ONLUS

Riccardo Guasco 2016

[bookworldau-blog]

There’s no such thing as having ’enough’ books.

[riverheadbooks]

It’s really that simple.

[pizza-party]

Gets me every time!

[jimpluff]

Heisei Godzilla’s true biology, as revealed by Kenpachiro Satsuma himself.

[mekagojira3k-deactivated2017120]

Why is an Angry Red Wario inside of Godzilla?

[monsters-conquer-the-world]

The first honest kaiju kutaway!  Isn’t there an Angry Red Wario inside all of us?