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Classy poster art for the Brazilian straight-to-video film "Ratatoing," widely seen as a low-budget rushed-to-market alternative to the Pixar film "Ratatouille."

Peter Jackson may not've put Middle Earth's #1 power couple into his movie adaptations, but you can put them on your torso (or coffee mug, etc). Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, art by Chris Schweizer

Jim Henson operating his most beloved creation

Author, illustrator, songwriter, and musician Shel Silverstein (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

19th century author and writer of FRANKENSTEIN, OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS Mary Shelley (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Author Jane Austen (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

William Tell, Swiss hero who fought against Hapsburg rule

The Minotaur, a half bull/half man who roamed the labyrinth of ancient Crete

Portrait of Penthesiliea, Queen of the Amazons and ally of Troy, whose battle with Achilles was featured in AETHIOPIS, the third installment in the Trojan Cycle/Epic Cycle (ILIAD being the second installment).

The Hydra, a serpent who grows two heads for every one lost in battle

Portrait of Aeneas carrying his elderly father Anchises to safety from Troy as it falls to the Greeks. Although a character in the Iliad, Aeneas received full narrative treatment in Virgil's epic poem AENEID, which follows his wanderings from Troy to Italy and casts him as an ancestor of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, as well as other adventure fiction and historical romances (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

20th century author John Steinbeck (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe

Fantasy author and linguist J.R.R. Tolkien (Portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Thomas Paine, American patriot and the author of COMMON SENSE, which helped to articulate the ideological foundations for American Independence and fired up the sentiment of liberty in the colonies. (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Portrait of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, the latter being based on one of the only verified photographs of Holliday as well as descriptions later recounted by Earp's wife

Author and essayist Toni Morrison (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Playwright William Shakespeare (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Author Oscar Wilde (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Ursula K. Le Guin (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Author and humorist Mark Twain (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Author L.M. Montgomery

Horror and weird fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Author J.D. Salinger

Geoffrey Chaucer, author of the Canterbury Tales

Author James Baldwin

The ancient poet Homer (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Author Flannery O'Connor

Author Harper Lee (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Fantasy author and theologian C.S. Lewis (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

Mystery novelist Agatha Christie

Their faces gaunt, the eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat They're ridin' hard to catch that heard but they ain't caught 'em yet For they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky On horses snortin' fire As they ride on hear their cry

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? T.R. Knows! When Theodore Roosevelt became police commissioner of New York in 1895, the NYPD was its most dangerous and powerful criminal enterprise. An organized brutal shakedown ring, the captains had a hand in most of the city’s illegal operations. Determined to clean up the corruption, Roosevelt did exactly what Commissioner Gordon did when he took over Gotham City’s corrupt police force: he put on a black cape, patrolled the most dangerous parts of the city at midnight, and used his great physical strength, expertise in martial arts, and detective skills to personally deliver wrongdoers to justice. Wait, no, Gordon didn’t do that. Batman did. And so did Theodore Roo...

Vintage style poster for the 1994 film THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION