Image from the "Dark Book" in the 1987 film The Gate
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Virgil Finlay's illustration for H. P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space"
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Jason Rainville's cover for The Magnificent Joop van Ooms
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Adoplh Menzel's "Studio Wall"
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A panel from the Artesia comic
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This painting of Salome by Gustave Moreau
I LOVE when artists do this, but admittedly it drives me crazy when I know there is an allusion I'm not catching or quite remembering. Case in point, I had to ask Jason Rainville about the Menzel painting. (And he made my day by responding with the answer to my question. Super nice guy.)
