Bookishgal

You know the two major Greek mythological epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey? They could take lessons in greatness and epic sweep from The Ramayana and the other, even more massive Hindu epic, The Mahabharata.

From the A Journey Round My Skull blog, a wonderful collection of illustrations from Soviet children’s books: Mummy Was A Robot, Daddy Was A Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil. Check them out! These particular ones are very robotic and mechanical, but so colourful and intriguing.
I’m especially delighted with these because I have a few of my [...]

This is just too lovely, and shows what a bookish geek I am.
1000 Fonts, published by Chronicle Books, Edited by Bob Gordon with text by Graham Davis, Robin Dodd, and Keith Martin, is just what it sounds like: a book that shows the complete alphabet and numerals in 1000 different fonts. It’s supposed to be [...]

I just discovered a really fascinating blog, which led me to an equally fascinating website. The blog itself is called Beyond the Covers, and features the book cover design work of Ian Shimkoviak. He shows not just the final covers he designs, but some of the alternate versions and the works in progress.
It’s not simply [...]