Previously on Skandalon : Stéphane Massa-Bidal. Follow him on Tumblr.

The quote he’s using in this illustration is attributed to Tammy Faye Bakker. She’s also purportedly said “I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim”. Cheaper and maybe less effective, I would say. I’ll come back to it.

Metropolis: All New Restauration ― Behin The Scenes

Seldom has the rediscovery of a cache of lost footage ignited widespread curiosity as did the announcement, in July 2008, that an essentially complete copy of Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS had been found. (more)

“Comic Book Cartography’s dad would have been 12 when he acquired the copy we scanned, possibly at school. The comic wrestles atom splitting away from the bomb and slots it into the post-war parade of progress and prosperity. A black and white scan of the entire 16-page comic is available on the U.S. Department of Energy Website”

Comic Book Cartograhy is curated by Half Man|Half Static. He simply describes himself as “the curator of lost items”.

Retro-Dad photostream on Flickr : “Meat… You’re right liking it”

Nicholas Osborn is the founder of SquareAmerica.com: “Square America is a site dedicated to preserving and displaying vintage snapshots from the first 3/4s of the 20th Century. Not only do these photographs contain a wealth of primary source information on how life was lived they also constitute a shadow history of photography, one too often ignored by museums and art galleries. Or at least that’s what I tell people- more accurately, the site is a catalog of my obsession with vintage photographs. For the last eight years or so I’ve spent countless hours digging through boxes of old snapshots at flea markets (mostly here in Chicago and in NYC) and too much money buying photos on eBay.” (read more) Follow his blog. Consider buying his book.

Previously on Skandalon

“Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was a 20th century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades. (Wikipedia)

Read “The History Behind Norman Rockwell and the Saturday Evening Post Covers” over at the Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont website.

“Employes and bosses loosen up all over the place”

I first found the link to this issue of the LIFE Magazine via Retrospace. It has a great post on office Christmas parties, along with photos and quotes.

See the whole “web services covers therapy” set

Stéphane Massa-Bidal is “an illustrator and webdesigner”. See his portofolio on the Behance Network. Read his blog. He also has a page within the Cargo Collective (I wrote about the Cargo plateform before). You can buy some of his stuff over at Zazzle.

He writes about his “retrofuturs” concept and his artistic practice :

“My global concept is called “Retrofuturs”: mix the past, the present, the future and shake it! Before this concept has been contextualized with music (personal compilations with golden oldies, pop, electronic music etc…) with objects (lamps with retrofuturs graphics) and comics for my co-workers (it may be this which triggered the graphic concept). I don’t have training in graphics but have read extensively. It began in November 2008 during my daily time of the train. I started by collage and have evolved to a minimalist approach in information design. In this context, I work with a simple background and a helvetica new font (maybe I am influenced by that kind of graphic work). The other elements of my toolbox are repetition, dots and colors. The last two are very interesting in representing time in the poster space.” (read more).

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Joseph Sargent, 1974 [screen capture]

This particuliar illustration by Don Shank : “Mathturbation”, Acrylic on Panel, 18” x 24”.

Mrs. Deane (Happy Birthday by the way) / portrait (after Édouard Isidore Buguet) © beierle + keijser.