An illustration from an 1896 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "They meet under death's shadow."

"Call it a hunch.  But I know you got something."
—Tom Maremaa, Imagined (2000), as if recalling two scenes from Young Frankenstein




Two stills from the perennially hilarious Young Frankenstein.

"[Harold] Bloom answers the rhetorical question, can we conceive of ourselves without Shakespeare? with a resounding no." —Dominic Pettman, Human Error (2011)

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

Our friend Teresa at Frog Blog noted that "In the future, everyone will be famous for $15.00," and it's a worthy addition to our ongoing contention that:

Perhaps Andy Warhol Was Wrong, For a Fascinating Variety of Reasons

(Click the title above for our surprising research.)

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "Fairly radiating a charming aura of malice, she sat back, nursing one knee, distractingly pretty and defiant, saying, 'I will call you a god if I like!'"

"A rose is a rose is a rose, but what is a rhinocer-rose?"
—Thom Jones, Sonny Liston was a Friend of Mine

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "To-night her mind was too full of personal things to permit of strict attention to the text."

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

An illustration from an 1872 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Yet still she's looking toward the shore beyond the waters black in night."

"As we have said, and it bears repeating, the commitment to closing an exit is not a specific event that occurs at a particular moment.  It is a process that may take considerable time, sometimes several months."
—Harville Hendrix, Getting the Love You Want

An illustration from an 1844 issue of Graham's magazine.

A ghostly illustration from an 1896 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "An irresistible force compelled me to follow."

"Don't take this the wrong way but your primary thrust as an artist is hardly in getting guffaws."
—Richard Lewis, The Other Great Depression

"The Questioner of the Sphinx":  an illustration from an 1880 issue of Scribner's magazine.

An illustration from an 1890 issue of Illustrated American magazine.

An illustration from an 1861 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The lightning goblin."