Yeah, let’s keep thing scary. More from Francis Bacon.

Left panel “Three Studies for Self-Portrait,” By Francis Bacon (1974)

Man Ray

“The Gulf Stream,” By Winslow Homer (1899)

I remember looking at this picture as a boy. I wondered how the man on the boat could appear calm, sharks around him, a storm in the distance. The picture, which is part of the permanent collection at the MET, didn’t make me anxious so much as me aware that death is unavoidable. I tried to think what I would do in that situation. And I admired the resolve or the acceptance of the man on the boat.

Photographs by Andreas Heumann.

Photography by Cassoday Harder.

Herge (encore une fois)

The most incredible Gary Larson.

David Park

“Still Life with Letter,” By Richard Diebenkorn (1961)

“World 19,” By Rudd Van Empel (2006)

By Andres Franquin.

This picture is from a Gaston Lafaffe comic strip. Gaston was like the Dude from “The Big Lebowski,” a professional goldbricker. He was an early hero of mine. Here, Gaston’s co-workers find him in a cave of paperwork. When I was little I used to think this was the ideal fantasy–safe, content, and protected from the world.

[Picture via Under Consideration]

“La Duree Poignardee,” By Rene Magritte (1938)

Bob Dylan:  Painter.

Hugo Pratt.

Checking out Rothko at the MET.

[Photo Credit: The Painter’s Keys]

Bernice Abbott (1954)

New York in the Sixties, by James Jowers.

Retronaut wins again (and so do we).

“Room in Brooklyn,” By Edward Hopper (1932)