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Down the rabbit hole of creative magic, one truly mad hatter at a time.

In the century and a half since Lewis Carroll met little Alice Liddell and imagined around her his Alice in Wonderland, the beloved tale has inspired a wealth of stunning artwork, ranging from John Tenniel’s original illustrations to Leonard Wisegard mid-century masterpieces to Salvador Dalí’s little-known heliogravures to Robert Sabuda’s pop-up magic. But among the most singular and weirdly wonderful is the 1973 gem Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland Illustrated by Ralph Steadman (public library; Abe Books). Barely in his mid-thirties at the time, the beloved British cartoonist — best-known today for his collaborations with Hunter S. Thompson and his unmistakable inkblot dog drawings — brings to Carroll’s classic the perfect kind of semi-sensical visual genius, blending the irreverent with the sublime.

(Because, you know, it’s not a tea party until somebody flips the bird.)

Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland Illustrated by Ralph Steadman is an absolute treat in its entirety. Wash it down with The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook.

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[I found this post on imgur but I just found out that it was created by elphabaoftheopera. Go there and check out the whole series.]

emojinalart:

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp - Rembrandt

prestonhymas:

"AHH, WALTER, GET THE BUG"

"I am TRYING, HELEN”

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Happy 2014!

"Waffles the Terrible fails a lot."

[via tastefullyoffensive]

OS X: Some games have gamepad and joystick controls functional out of the box. Some don't. For the latter, a little app called Joystick Mapper can allow you to use any compatible controller with any game—whether it supports your gamepad/joystick or not.

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horror-is-not-dead:

This is the prototype to humanity. Soon we will be integrated with those who lived before us.

Here are the ugly sides of celebrities, whose faces are morphed by putting eyes and mouth..(Read...)

logotv:

Twerk Your Turkey… Twerk it Riiiiiight!

So this is a thing now. You can try it at home, kids.

via acidcow.

sofapizza:

in the way lady has quite the adventures.

(p.s. here’s her cut-out)

WhatEVER mom.