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"It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words." ~T. S. Eliot
"The mecha genre has fascinated me for decades, from Gundam Wing to Neon Genesis Evangelion to Pacific Rim. Not just because of the large, cool robots, but because of what they are made to represent: the outsized devastation humanity can wreak; the way we instrumentalize the innocent to perpetuate war; the fragility and resilience of the human body writ large."
editor Carl Engle-Laird on Emma Mieko Candon ‘s novel The Archive Undying
— 4 months ago with 2 notes
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Lenin Lives On, by Konstantin Rotov (1924)

Lenin Lives On, by Konstantin Rotov (1924)

— 6 months ago with 4 notes
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sovietpostcards:
““Exclamation Point” by A. Raskin and M. Slobodsky. Cover art by K. Rotov (USSR, 1939)
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Love the Herrimanesque vibe of this Soviet book cover by Konstantin Rotov. The flower print matches and yet contrasts perfectly.

sovietpostcards:

“Exclamation Point” by A. Raskin and M. Slobodsky. Cover art by K. Rotov (USSR, 1939)

Love the Herrimanesque vibe of this Soviet book cover by Konstantin Rotov. The flower print matches and yet contrasts perfectly. 

(Source: sovietpostcards, via mamotretos)

— 6 months ago with 236 notes
#artist  #illustration  #books covers  #design  #cartoonist  #russia 
Konstantin Rotov cover for The Naughty Doll, by F Lebedev (1923)

Konstantin Rotov cover for The Naughty Doll, by F Lebedev (1923)

— 6 months ago with 1 note