Rich La Bonté

Uncanny Tales Magazine (1941)

American Water Turtles by Joseph Fleischmann. Top to bottom: the common map turtle (Graptemys geographica), the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) and the Ornate slider (Trachemys ornata). From "Brehms Tierleben, Vol. 1" (second reprint) by Alfred Edmund Brehm (1920).

Till All The Hundred Summers Pass by John Douglas Woodward. Wood engraving by George T. Andrew from "The Day Dream" by Alfred Tennyson (1886).

Pirates! by Rich La Bonté (2024).

Beware Enchanted Ground by George Woolliscroft Rhead. "Do you not remember that one of the Shepherds bid us beware of the Inchanted ground?" From "The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan (1898). Colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023).

Hansel & Grethel Meet the Witch by Arthur Rackham. From "Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales" by The Brothers Grimm (1920)

The Cat Stole Away by Arthur Rackham. From "Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales" by The Brothers Grimm (1920)

Hathor by Rich La Bonté (2024) - Egyptian goddess, sky deity, sometimes a vengeful protector of Ra, who represented music, dance, joy, love, sexuality, and maternal care.

Nebet-hetepet by Rich La Bonté (2024) - Primordial Egyptian goddess, the female principle of creation.

Windy Day by Harry Clarke from "The Year's at the Spring" (1920)

Sobek by Rich La Bonté (2024) - ancient Egyptian crocodile god, associated with pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess, but served additionally as a protective deity with apotropaic qualities, invoked especially for protection against the dangers presented by the Nile.

Wosret by Rich La Bonté (2024) - Minor Egyptian goddess who was rarely depicted, and no temples to her have been identified, but her name means "the powerful female one".

Hatmehit by Rich La Bonté (2024) - an Ancient Egyptian goddess associated with the city in the Nile Delta known as Djedet. Her name is sometimes considered to mean "Foremost of the Inundation", with a connection drawn between the floodwaters and the fish that come with them.

Aker by Rich La Bonté (2024) - ancient Egyptian god Aker was an ancient Egyptian personification of the horizon, and an earth and underworld god, believed to guard the eastern (Bakhu) and western (Manu) horizons.

Amun by Rich La Bonté (2024) - A major ancient Egyptian deity, Amun acquired national importance, expressed in his fusion with the Sun god, Ra. Transcendental, self-created creator deity, champion of the poor or troubled and central to personal piety. Worshipped outside Egypt as Zeus Ammon and Jupiter Ammon, he came to be identified with Zeus in Greece and Jupiter in Rome.

Anubis by Rich La Bonté (2024) - Anpu or Inpu (Anubis is his Greek name) is the Egyptian god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld. Associated with mummification, the Jackal, and the patron god of embalmers.

The Owls Are Just What They Seem by Rich La Bonté (2024).

Adventures in Skitzland by Charles Henry Bennett. Wood engraving by the Dalziel brothers from "The Chicken Market and Other Fairy Tales" by Henry Morley (1877)

"Music is a dish best served undefined" Rich La Bonté (2023) - Illustration: "A Variety of Tunes" by William Strang from "The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen" by Rudolf Erich Raspe (1895)

Erin go Bragh by Rich La Bonté (2024). Leprechauns dance on Saint Patrick's Day, Ireland Forever, Welcome a Thousand Times Over!

Blarney continuously spoken here. An olde Irish saying that me dear mother taught me. (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!)

Kim In the Seventh Level of Hades by Rich La Bonté (2024). A rock star I once knew well descends.

What If Dalí Did Hamlet? by Rich La Bonté (2024). A surrealistic do-over for the Danish play?

Illustration: Dorothy and the Wizard by John R. Neill from "The Magic of Oz" by Lyman Frank Baum (1919). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023)

Have a cuppa?

Illustration by John R. Neill from "The Magic of Oz" by Lyman Frank Baum (1919). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023)

Illustration: Loo the former Unicorn by John R. Neill from "The Magic of Oz" by Lyman Frank Baum (1919). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023)

Illustration by John R. Neill from "The Magic of Oz" by Lyman Frank Baum (1919). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023)

Illustration by John R. Neill from "The Magic of Oz" by Lyman Frank Baum (1919). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023)

Watch This! Illustration by Alan Foster from American Boy Magazine (1931)

Illustration of The Tin Woodman by William Wallace Denslow from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by Lyman Frank Baum (1900). Restored by Rich La Bonté (2023).

Illustration: The Night in the Forest by Virginia Frances Sterrett from "Old French Fairy Tales" by Sophie, Comtesse de Ségur (1920)

Isis by Rich La Bonté (2024). The Egyptian goddess of the afterlife, receiver of healing spells to benefit ordinary people and considered the divine mother of the pharaoh, the mythological mother and wife of kings.

A hero of the early days of live television

Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley from "The Yellow Book, Vol. 1" (1894)

Illustration: Ligeia by Harry Clarke from "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by Edgar Allan Poe (1919)