Tracin’ trees for the ‘Cable of Tontents.’

Here’s an image from my thesis packet, “Native Thumbs.” The names of all the mini-comics included in the packet will go in the middle.
Created with Crayola “supertip” markers and pencils. Can you spot the 6 hidden characters? Click to view larger!

I first heard about Boris Artzybasheff in one of Steve Bissette’s lecture classes— Steve showed an image from Boris’ series “Machinalia” and I was immediately hooked. But I spelled the name wrong and forgot about the guy until this morning, when A Journey Around My Skull posted an illustration. ASIFA had a great post on the series which includes tons of images, information, and quotes about Artzybasheff, who is known for his fanciful Time magazine covers from 40s, 50s, and 60s. Luckily Google has an archive of his covers that you can access here, and I embedded a few of my favorites below:
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