Author Archive | Mark A. Rayner

Flying Nun: Mark I

Flying Nun, Mark IThe year is 1917 and the Imperial German Army Air Service has created a new terror weapon — flying nuns.

Sister Helga von Toungvip is picture here, shortly before the flight in which she caused the Canadian ace Donald MacLaren to ditch his Sopwith Camel out of guilt and self-loathing.

Alltop had Sister von Toungvip for math. Originally published March 2007.

More of Toulouse Le Grandfig’s work can be found in the Toulouse Le Grandfig category.

Now I’m impressed

pablo picasso fooling around

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor who lived most of his adult life in France. He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and worked in. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

Not mentioned: he longed to play the piano.

Alltop loves bread-sticks! Photo via Livejournal Vintage Photo group.

Looking for Dr. Manhattan

Sylvia and her best friend PatAfter seeing Watchmen, Sylvia and her best friend Pat were so excited by the film, they decided to become superheroes themselves.

Pat became “The Welder”, while Sylvia opted for a less constraining costume, styling herself simply: “The Blower”.

They didn’t fight much crime; instead, they spent most of their evening hours in a fruitless search for massive cerulean irradiated schlong. They did, however, acquire an arch-nemesis, they later called, “The Gonorreathor”.

Alltop likes anything irradiated. Blue is just a bonus. Thanks to Foxtongue for finding this photo. Originally published in April, 2009.