If you’ve ever wondered how Santa Claus operates, here’s the answer. This illustration is taken from Flying Saucers Close Up, by John W. Dean, published in 1969 by Saucerian Books. Please click on it to see it better. Happy Holidays! (Posted by Doug Skinner)

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Winter is here, and the birds are flying south. This steel engraving by George Cruikshank is taken from The George Cruikshank Table-Book, Bell and Daldy, London, 1869. Please click to enlarge. (Posted by Doug Skinner)

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The apparently tireless Norman Conquest (aka Derek Pell) has started a new magazine. It’s called TYPO, which he describes as a “Journal of Lettrism, Surrealist Semantics, and Constrained Design.” He and farewell debut are the editors, and I’m on the masthead for “Special Collections.” I contributed a stereoscopic word ladder, as well as brief articles […]

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