The gas mask has a history that dates back thousands of years, though it wasn’t until World War I that it became nightmare fodder for Doctor Who and countless other stories. Here is a sometimes terrifying history of the gas mask, from its beginnings through the present day. VIA: –PRESURFER–
Beautiful Portraits of 18th Century “Monstrosities”
The illustrations from this 18th century text are both beautiful and intensely disturbing. They come from a time when science was separating superstition from medical practice with the development of teratology, the study of deformities — but retained the unfortunate word “monster” as a medical term.
Who would win in a fight between Superman and Nietzsche’s Übermensch?
Superman or Nietzschean Superman? José Quintero‘s Allegorical Superheroes series places costumed superheroes in philosophical or mythological scenes.
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Photographic Dreams of Africa and Space Travel
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