The Clairvoyant, 2001 by John Currin (b. 1962)
Amanda, 1987 by Peter Howson (b. 1958)
The Gloomy Day, 1565, by Pieter Bruegel (c. 1525–1530–1569)
Isola by Odd Nerdrum (b. 1944)
A Forced Duplicity Is the Beginning of Conventional Wisdom, 2020 by Jim Woodring (b. 1952)
Death-Bed, 1950 by Robin Ironside (1912-1965)
Connoisseur, 1969 by David Hockney (b. 1937)
A panel from Barry Windsor-Smith’s 2021 novel Monsters
Untitled, 1956 by Emilio Greco (1913–1995)
At the Dressing Table, 1909 by Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967)
Croc Boy series, 2012 by Rebecca Hastings
Portrait of Bianca degli Utili Maselli, Holding a Dog and Surrounded by Six of Her Children, c. 1603-1605 by Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614)
Lost, 1886 by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)
“Fun City in Ba’dan” was published in Arcade, vol. 1, no. 4 in the winter of 1975. The story is an excerpt from William S. Burroughs’ then-novel-in-progress, Cities of the Red Night and is illustrated by underground comix legend S. Clay Wilson. The front matter includes a portrait of Burroughs that doesn’t show up in the story.
The rest of the story (NSFW) is after the jump:
Clinic (Phase IV), 2021 by Eric White (b. 1968)
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