Monday, December 23, 2002

Pictures of the Dead. Very spooky site. MEMENTO MORI: DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA "A memento mori is a form of image that urged a European person of the late Middle Ages to "remember thy death." To do this, a memento mori might represent death as a human skeleton--perhaps as the Grim Reaper gathering his harvest--or it might depict human bodies in an advanced state of decay. Its purpose is to remind the viewer that death is an unavoidable part of life, something to be prepared for at all times. Memento mori images are graphic demonstrations of the fact that death was not only a more frequent, but a far more familiar occurrence in medieval Europe than it is today." Via Kosmonautentraum. 12:46:34 PM     |

Because it's Christmas. André Franquin's Idées Noires are here. In French. 9:56:58 AM     |

Lucky Luke. Good old Morris - I'm a fan of his stories. Sadly, he passed away last year. Here are a few Lucky Luke links: Svein Are Tjeldnes maintains a website with a list of the main characters, the authors and the stories; Giesbert Damaschke's pages haven't been updated for a long time but are still worth a look; and this page is about the albums and has a link to Suske en Wiske. 9:24:30 AM     |