Monster Brains
Shigeru Mizuki (1922 - 2015)
Previous Monster Brains posts sharing the work of Mizuki can be found below
Yokai / Mythological Creature Illustrations, 2002Illustrated Guide To Yokai Monsters, 2004 God of Pestilence Yokai, 1974 Yokai Illustrations
And finally, the first post on Monster Brains sharing the work of Mizuki in 2006.
Shigeru Mizuki - Yokai / Mythological Creature Illustrations, 2002
Chon Chon Leviathan Tengu of China Cholt Melusine Buer Hippogriff Harpy Balor Griffen Garuda The Death Basilisk Polyphemus Salamander Phorkys Dragon Giant Newt
"This is an artbook/encyclopedia that came included with a set of Tarot Cards centered around Shigeru Mizuki's artwork. There are 80 Yokai/Mythical Creatures in total, and each one comes with their own entry that gives a little more information about the creature. Shigeru Mizuki himself considered mythical monsters/beasts outside of Japan types of Yokai, so these entries contain creatures from all around the world."
The complete book, including many more of Mizuki's illustrations of Yokai and other various mythological creatures can be viewed at Archive.org
Previous Monster Brains posts sharing the work of Mizuki can be found below.. Shigeru Mizuki - Illustrated Guide To Yokai Monsters, 2004 Shigeru Mizuki - God of Pestilence Shigeru Mizuki's Yokai, 1974 Shigeru Mizuki - Yokai Illustrations And finally, the first post on Monster Brains sharing the work of Mizuki in 2006..
Ichiro Ijima
Hajime Yamano
Kiyoji Kurosu
Kazuo Umezu
Kazuo Umezu - The Exorcist Comic, 1974
Umezu previously posted in 2008.
Marina Shirakawa
Shinichi Koga (1936 - 2018)
Shintaro Goto
Noboru Yoshimi (1924 - 1996)
Koji Sugito (1942-1989)
Ilna Caroline Wunderwald-Ewers - Aquarius, 1910-14
Howard Petty - Dragon, 1926
Julius Moessel (1871 - 1957)
Symphony in Hell, No. 2, 1940's
Symphony in Hell, No.3, 1940's
Once upon a time...! "The European Balance"
Artist found thanks to The Cabinet of the Solar Plexus.
Manuel Orazi - Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," 1893
The Cloisters Apocalypse, 1330
The Dragon and the Beasts Cast into Hell
The Beast Wages War against the Saints
Saint Michael Defeating the Beasts
The Opening of the Fourth Seal, Pestilence
An Image of the Beast of the Sea Fashioned
The Beast of the Sea and the Dragon Worshiped
The Worshipers of the Beast Receive His Mark
The Fifth Trumpet Sounded, The First Woe
A Storm; The Woman and the Dragon
"The Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation, was, according to European medieval tradition, written by John the Evangelist during his exile on the Greek island of Patmos. The opening chapters recount God’s instructions to the bishops of the seven churches in Asia Minor. The following chapters describe John’s extraordinary account of events to come at the end of time. The colorful illustrations of this manuscript bring these dream-like prophecies to life."
Art and quotation taken from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Manuel Orazi - (Magic Calendar) Mil DCCCXCVI, 1895
Astrological & lunar chart / Sorciere
Intro / Witch Within Magic Circle
Solar system / January 1896 - Sabbat
Once upon a time, I was promised a beautiful / June
Transmutation, the Alchemist / July
The Harvest of Herbs / September?
The Sorcerer / October; Evocation
Judgment of Sorcerers / December; End of Wizards
All things good or bad for each day
O You who leafed through these pages / MDCCCXC
"An occultist calendar illustrated by Manuel Orazi and printed in an symbolic edition of 777 copies to commemorate magic for the coming year of 1896. Each double page emulates the Christian calendar (name days, iconography). The document presents itself as a type of pagan-style almanac to chart the year of magic. The illustrations by Manuel Orazi combine nouveau art imagery with references to occult ceremonies, horoscopes, and tarot. The accompanying text is by Austin de Croze, a French food writer, who was also fascinated by esotericism." - quote source
Artworks found at the Cornell University Library.