The Legend of Shibashu by petera

We previously featured some of the artworks that were submitted last year in The Computer Graphics Society’s “Steampunk: Myths and Legends” challange: SteamOctopus by Alex Broeckel and the Steamnoccio by Fabricio Moraes, among others. Today, we bring this fine depiction of “The Legend of Shibashu” by an artist who goes by the handle ...

Sean Connery christmas

Merry Christmas, dear visitor of The Gatehouse! To get you in the proper holiday spirit, we bring you Sir Sean Connery, posing for a Jim Beam ad around the time he made You Only Live Twice....

Celestial Palace Hotel by Stefan

At first, when the Celestial Ltd. Company launched its vast project of resort hotels built on asteroids, it sounded like a good idea. But then again, the world and its surroundings were an orderly place, in those days. Shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, as everyone knows, the universe began to fall into pieces. ...

Playboy 1963

23Dec09
Playboy February 1963 cover

Back in the days, they made Playboy covers much more glamorous. Take this Feburary 1963 cover for instance: stylish yet quite seductive. Click here for an overview of all covers of the men’s magazine from that year. What’s special about the February issue though, is that it contained an interview with Frank Sinatra!...