NEON ROT

James Cherry, ''Heavy Metal'', Vol. 8, #3, June 1984

My collection of vintage fish imagery is swimming along.

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Here’s my seasonal collection of vintage (mostly weird) fashion.

Le poisson Steve, the 259th Known One.

Strega by Pia Valentinis

by Q Hayashida 

Dark blue-ground festival kimono decorated with sea creatures, first half 20th century. Cloth: cotton; tsutsugaki (freehand resist) The John R. Van Derlip Fund and the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation.

(blog-post about her creation)

🪡 Gemeinnüzzige Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs bd. 4 plates Berlin ;bei Gottlieb August Lange, 1780-1789. The largely nocturnal spot-fin porcupine fish spends most of its time in caves or underneath coral & is poisonous 2 eat Original source Image description: Illustration of a spot-fin porcupine fish viewed from above, showing its rounded, spiky body covered in large, sharp spines. The fish has prominent, bulging eyes and an open mouth. Its fins are spotted with reddish markings. This nocturnal species typically inhabits caves or coral shelters and is poisonous to eat. The image is a detailed, historical print labeled “Diodon Hystrix, Linn. Der Igelfisch,” from an 18th-century natural history volume.

Who will win in these vintage animal fights?.

The Gurumess from Flashman