Escape From Saigon

Scene at the death of King Henry VII at Richmond Palace, 1509. (British Library Additional MS 45131, folio 54. (From www.bl.uk/onlinegallery)). Drawn by Sir Thomas Wriothesley(d.1534), Garter King of Arms, a courtier who though not present on the day, shortly thereafter wrote an account of the proceedings, from discussions with those present. Attendees, clockwise from the King's L. hand: (1)Richard Foxe, Bp. of Winchester(d.1528). Arms: See of Winchester impaled with Foxe: Gules, 2 keys indorsed in bend the uppermost argent the other or, a sword interposed between (Winchester); Azure, a pelican in her piety or vulned proper (Foxe).(2)Tonsured cleric; (3)Tonsured cleric. (4)George Hastings(d.1544). Arms: Argent, a maunch (sleeve) sable. (5)Sir Richard Weston of Sutton Place, Surrey(d.1541). Arms: Quarterly 1st. & 4th. Ermine, on a chief azure 5 bezants (gold coins of Byzantium); 2nd. & 3rd. Argent, 3 camels sable. (both arms suggest a past crusading connection) (6)Richard Clement (of Ightham?)(d.1538); (7)Matthew Baker(d.1513); (8)John Sharpe. Arms: Argent, 3 rooks' heads erased sable a border azure bezantee. (9)Physician holding urine bottle; (10)William Tyler. Arms: Sable, on a fess or between 3 tigers passant guardant erminois a cross pattee between 2 crescents gules. (11)Hugh Denys of Osterley(d.1511). Arms: Quarterly 1st. & 4th. Gules, 3 leopards' faces or jessant-de-lis azure over all a bend engrailled azure (Denys). 3rd. & 4th. Argent, a raven proper within a bordure sable bezantee (Corbet of Caus & Siston); (12)Physician holding urine bottle; (13)?William FitzWilliam?(poss. too young, as born c. 1490, d.1542)(holds staff & closes King's eyes). Arms: 1st. Quarter, Lozengy, argent & gules (FitzWilliam). (14)Physician holding urine bottle. The armourials depicted for each attendee have allowed the above names to be assigned, using for reference Burkes Armorials (1884) together with Wriothesley's own text in the MS. The armourials are likely to be accurately blasoned in view of Wriothesley's standing as a Herald.

Do Ho Suh - Fallen Star (2012)

“Fallen Star reflects Suh’s on-going exploration of themes around the idea of home, cultural displacement, the perception of our surroundings, and how one constructs a memory of a space. His own feelings of displacement when he arrived in the U.S. from Seoul, Korea in 1991 to study led him to measure spaces in order to establish relationships with his new surroundings. He had to physically and mentally readjust.”

Riot Police

Each snowflake is algorithmically generated using some randomness to create infinitely many snowflakes where no two are exactly alike.

Mathematica code:

rr[n_] := (SeedRandom[n]; RandomReal[]) H = Table[{Cos[n*Pi/3], Sin[n*Pi/3]}, {n, 0, 5, 1}]; SnowFlake[Q_, x_, y_, R_, S_, k_, h_, o_, s_, N_, PR_, IS_] := Graphics[{ Rotate[ Translate[ Scale[ Table[ Table[ Rotate[ Translate[ Scale[ Table[ {AbsoluteThickness[k*h^(n - 1)], Opacity[o], White, Line[ {{0, 0}, H[[i]]}]}, {i, 1, 6, 1}], s^(n - 1)], {If[n == 1, 0, rr[Q*n]], 0}], If[n == 1, 0, (j + rr[Q*n])*Pi/3], {0, 0}], {j, 0, 5, 1}], {n, 1, N, 1}], S], {x, y}], R, {x, y}]}, PlotRange -> PR, ImageSize -> IS, Background -> Black] Manipulate[ SnowFlake[Q, 0, 0, rr[2 Q] Pi/3, 1, k, h, o, s, N, 2, 500], {Q, 1, 1000, 1}, {{k, 1}, 0, 2}, {{h, .9}, 1, 0}, {{o, .75}, 1, 0}, {{s, .75}, 1, 0}, {{N, 10}, 1, 20, 1}] Manipulate[ GraphicsGrid[ Table[ SnowFlake[Q*W, 0, 0, (-1)^(Round[rr[4 Q*W]]) (t + rr[2 Q*W]) Pi/3, 1, 1, .85, .8, .5 + .2 rr[3 Q*W], 15, 2, 100], {Q, q, q+6, 1}, {W, w, w+4, 1}],  Background -> Black, ImageSize -> {500, 700}, AspectRatio->7/5], {q, 1, 100, 1}, {w, 1, 100, 1}, {t, 0, 1 - 1/25, 1/25}]

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The Hep Cat Bob Clampett, 1942

John Byrne, cover of Spectacular Spiderman #101, April 1985

Spidey’s Symbiote debuted 30 years ago in Amazing Spider-Man #252. Share your favorite Symbiote pics with #Symbiote30. Ours comes from the cover of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #101 by John Byrne. What’s yours?