| Cacique Caribe | 29 May 2017 6:19 p.m. PST |
Is it supposed to avenge all the chickens we've eaten through the ages?
I wonder if the idea came about after eating bad chicken one night and then recalling one of these creepy old science illustrations:
Dan |
| Norman D Landings | 29 May 2017 7:18 p.m. PST |
All that and perky little bristols, too. (Is it bad that I noticed? It is kind of bad, isn't it?) |
| Cacique Caribe | 29 May 2017 7:26 p.m. PST |
OMG!!! My eyes, my eyes. Now I can't unsee what has been seen! Dan |
 Wolfshanza  | 29 May 2017 11:07 p.m. PST |
It's a new ad for TJs Fearless Flyer ? :0 |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 May 2017 2:29 a.m. PST |
Lol. Who knows! Now Norman has me wondering if this is perhaps supposed to be a succubus or something along those lines. Dan |
| Andoreth | 30 May 2017 2:31 a.m. PST |
I have a figure of one in my collection. I think it was a Barry Minot figure but I'm not sure. |
| Rich Bliss | 30 May 2017 4:44 a.m. PST |
I like the way the tail wraps around one of its legs. |
| Norman D Landings | 30 May 2017 6:58 a.m. PST |
It's the regional accounts data entry clerk. The Marquis du Lecherrie was just slipping his returns into her in-tray – couldn't help notice them jiggling about. "Who dares, wins!" he thought, and reached around for a cheeky squeeze. Now he's lying there looking at a week of mandatory Gender, Equality & Diversity sessions and she's remembering those tv ads that said: "Where there's blame – there's a claim." |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 30 May 2017 7:49 a.m. PST |
The illustration at the top is from my autobiography; specifically, Chapter 2, "Hafen Goes to School". |
| Who asked this joker | 30 May 2017 10:35 a.m. PST |
(Is it bad that I noticed? It is kind of bad, isn't it?) I suppose it should be bad but somehow I did not find it weird. ;) |
| Zeelow | 30 May 2017 12:24 p.m. PST |
It is a floppy eared Quetzalcoatlus that is featherless. |
| Zephyr1 | 30 May 2017 2:27 p.m. PST |
Not bad chicken, but perhaps he was drinking a bit too much Wild Turkey… ;-) |
| Cyrus the Great | 30 May 2017 9:55 p.m. PST |
Well that may account for these.
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| Cacique Caribe | 31 May 2017 3:20 p.m. PST |
Cyrus, Lol. You might have just made a very important connection there! Dan
PS. I'm still trying to find out who the illustrator was exactly (PERUELL?), what that beast is supposed to be, and what was the story being told in that drawing. Still no luck though.
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| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 31 May 2017 6:09 p.m. PST |
My first thought was Grandville:
But I see not. The P might be an initial. I've seen his work before. But where? |
| tkdguy | 01 Jun 2017 11:53 p.m. PST |
Cacique Caribe, Wasn't that image used in the Exorcist movie? I think that image appears in one of the Rolemaster books (Creatures & Treasures, IIRC). |
| Cacique Caribe | 02 Jun 2017 7:20 p.m. PST |
You might be right, because I just came across this other strangely similar artwork: link
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link LOL. I was hoping it was just a funny caricature of the lord of all poultry. Dan |
| RustyCyborg | 03 Jun 2017 5:41 p.m. PST |
CC. It could be from "Dictonnaire Infernal" by Collin de Plancy. Illustration by Louis Le Breton. link |
| Kropotkin303 | 04 Jun 2017 11:38 a.m. PST |
It was used by the band Skeletal Family back in the 80s, but I too cannot find the source.
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| Cacique Caribe | 13 Jun 2017 3:12 p.m. PST |
RustyCyborg, those are very interesting paintings. I'm gonna have to look through them one by one. Thanks. Kropotkin303, that is too cool!
skeletalfamily.com/shop.html Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 13 Jun 2017 3:26 p.m. PST |
Oh my God! Thanks to the lead from Kropotkin303, MYSTERY SOLVED!!! Guys, check this out: link
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link So, J.A.S. Collin de Plancy. Dictionnaire Infernal, Paris : E. Plon, 1863, apparently stole the exact design from Salvator Rosa's "The Temptations of Saint Anthony", 1645! And, in turn, the "Skeletal Family" changed it up slightly and made it into their logo. Dan
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| capncarp | 14 Jun 2017 10:08 p.m. PST |
Mighta been the result of eatin' one of those Fill-a-Bowl specials at the Colonel's. |
