Here's a series of four interior illustrations Robert Tinney did for Byte magazine's tenth anniversary issue in 1985. More lesser-known Tinney art over here: 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/robert-tinne...

No, that really was my top performing post on the old place before I deleted my account. Found a screenshot of it on Reddit.

"Welcome to the Pleasuregame..." (Source.)

Calling on my ancestors for guidance but the only one who answers is a weird eutherian rodent-mammal from the early cretaceous period. "EAT BERRY SLEEP UNDER ROCK" it says. Pretty good advice

Sea Raider Chewing Gum

Artist: Katie Shock

Artist: Maryam Fasaie

Don Quixote Against the Giants — Gustave Doré, 1868

what if i told you, through the power of forensic analysis, we are closer than ever to knowing the exact Far Side cartoon that is making Sting smile in this iconic photo. 🧵 👇

it’s always disappointing when i think i’ve found a good picture to caption but it doesn’t bear fruit

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1800

1970s/80s fantasy black light posters, artists uncredited

and ofc the athenians went on to get their shit rocked, not bc they were woke nerds but bc they alienated their former allies by indiscriminate use of force to get what they wanted. at long last, we are doing the melian dialogue from thucydides's classic historical work Don't Do The Melian Dialogue.

Art by US artist Richard Hescox (born 1949)

it's called american cheese because it doesn't have health insurance

CHOPLIFTER

Here are more of his covers. I could really keep posting dozens of them!

RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.

The ARMAGEDDON Man

I never noticed this either.

Watching football on a coin-operated TV in a Greyhound bus station in Los Angeles, 1969. Photo by John Malmin.

Why don’t any of the figure skaters use Herbie Hancock tunes? Break free from your paradigm, my sisters and brothers

Important news: Movie titles that begin with "I," in English are very funny in Spanish.

gom jabbar

"The electric lines represent the power of social injustices that I ache to destroy?" "No babe. You just fuck shit up."

James Avati

The Metal Emperor via https://pulpcovers.com/the-metal-emperor/ Covers, Imaginative Tales, Lloyd Rognan, Magazine, Robots, Sci-Fi

toshi's morm, type-in listing, magazine screenshot, title screen (1986) archive.org/details/mico...

[He-Man after doing some much needed redecorating] Welcome to Castle EarthtonesSkull

it's wee turtle wednesday

Relating to Spider-Man at 19: I too am underemployed, unsure how to pursue girls, and trying to find my place in the adult world. Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.

Repeat viewing of the berserk artwork of Chris Foss and John Blanche for Battlefleet Gothic, Warhammer 40K (1997 Foss, 1999 Blanche)

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

happy groundhog day (1993) to all who celebrate

Spiritual clown and progressive activist, Wavy Gravy, was known to bring a box of Groucho Marx glasses to board meetings of the different groups he was a part of. Anyone during the meeting who used the word "serious" ... had to wear a pair for the remainder of the meeting.

ME: whenever i make fried eggs the yolks break but when i make scrambled eggs they don’t ALANIS MORISSETTE: i’m sorry but the lyrics are already done

URBAN YETI!

"MX Missile," slide 1 of 29 [gallery]