Realist painter Lisa Melillo works in both oils and pastels – please don’t make her choose. “I love them both and enjoy bouncing back and forth between the two,” she explained. “There are many similarities between the approaches to painting in…
Andrés Jaque November 4, 2026 5 min What once looked like liberation can become an infrastructure of domination. Utopia did not simply fail. Its realization changed the politics of its promises. A utopia does not carry its politics intact into the future. We…
By Abraham Storer Nov 4, 2026 A strain of abstraction, championed most ardently around the middle of the last century by critic Clement Greenberg, sought to deemphasize external references, reducing the form of painting to its basic materials’ properties. Think minimalism or…
“Between Two Worlds” by Zsuzsanna Luciano. Entering through the often murky waters of Crystal River, braving water temperatures in the 50-degree range at 6 a.m. when she headed out, Luciano waited for the perfect moment when the sun would sparkle…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! The Leeds Comics Collective’s annual Thought Bubble anthology has become a welcome addition to the small press debut traditions in Harrogate every year. After their Cryptids of Leeds (2024) and Mixtape of Mystery (2025) editions this year’s anthology, Warriors…
In a recent episode of our YouTube show, SciFiPulse Now, we interviewed Northern Noir writer Anthony Riach. We also had the pleasure of speaking with the artist behind the comic, Adam Tomkins. Over the years, Tomkins has worked on a…
AnOther Magazine This story is taken from the Winter Spring 27 issue of AnOther Man: What, exactly, is a body for? Ask a doctor and they may tell you that, on paper at least, it houses the organs that work together…
As the artist likes to say: "You're a wild flower at heart." Meditation, color therapy, and Jungian therapy are the sources of inspiration for Alycia's intensely saturated abstract style. In order to improve emotional intelligence and mental health sensitivity, her…
Flowers appear alongside other elements from the natural world, including insects, crystals, shells, and marine life. The artist's interest in decorative art began during her childhood in rural Kentucky. Visits to auctions and estate sales with her grandmother introduced her…
Home › downthetubes News › Other Worlds › Art and Illustration › Auction Spotlight: Vintage cartoon art by Victorian Punch legend, John Leech By John Freeman on 4 November 2026 • ( 0 ) A 1868 Victorian cartoon by John Leech titled “Bits from the Mining Districts” (or “Further Illustration of…
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