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Re: FUR: a curious illustraton from "The Courageous Catamount"

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Kupok

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Aug 29, 2008, 11:41:24 AM8/29/08
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Joe Ekaitis wrote:
> This Horace Wackenbush illustration from the 1917 children's book The
> Courageous Catamount by Giles Smethington has art historians puzzled.
> The title character, a tea-sipping poetry-composing mountain lion, must
> reach into his primal past and find the fortitude to help a knight slay
> a menacing dragon. The Catamount's resemblance to a 1960s animated big
> cat is uncanny . . . and vividly illustrates what can happen when the
> wrong people get their hands on some clipart and GIMP.
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This is silly! :o

But hay, The blending in is kinda well done.

M. Mitchell Marmel

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Sep 14, 2008, 9:34:38 AM9/14/08
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In article <g97tkh$1l0o$1...@corvus.critter.net>,
Joe Ekaitis <JoeEk...@compuserve.com> wrote:

> This Horace Wackenbush illustration from the 1917 children's book The
> Courageous Catamount by Giles Smethington has art historians puzzled.
> The title character, a tea-sipping poetry-composing mountain lion, must
> reach into his primal past and find the fortitude to help a knight slay
> a menacing dragon. The Catamount's resemblance to a 1960s animated big
> cat is uncanny . . . and vividly illustrates what can happen when the
> wrong people get their hands on some clipart and GIMP.

(laughs)

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