Celluloid Skyline is an exploration of two cities, both called “New York.” The first is the real city, an urban agglomeration of millions on the East Atlantic Coast of the United States. The second is a mythic city, so rich in memory and association and sense of place that to people all over the world it ...

Welcome to The Gatehouse, visitor! This week, we featured, among other things, Art Deco-fied film posters, the cyberpunk cityscape and Lackadaisy: aristocats in the Roaring Twenties!...

This fine depiction comes from a French artist who goes by the handle of “Onyrium.” He doesn’t seem quite sure whether to label his characters “steampunk” or “dieselpunk” though considering that they look rather reminiscent of the neo-noir characters from Japanese manga as The Big O (1999-2000), we lean toward the latter. Click here for ...

Imagine The Aristocats in the Roaring Twenties, only with rather less aristocatic characters. Lackadaisy is an online comic created by Mr Tracy J. Butler “about a gang of tenacious (if not shady) characters running a St. Louis speakeasy in the era of Prohibition.” In other words: furry decodent fun....