Top Hats and Flappers: The Art of Russell Patterson Nemo Academy to the gorgeous gals of

to the gorgeous gals of Guatemala

Aside from providing cover illustrations for the majority of his own books

plus enlargements of highlighted frames

and Tim Sale are fans

"The Mother" which was intended for the b&w Shock Illustrated #4

Top Hats and Flappers: The Art of Russell Patterson Nemo Academy to the gorgeous gals ofOver 200 illustrations compiled by co editor Shane Glines. The long biographical essay is by our pal, Armando Mendez. Out of print. From the publisher: Imagine America in the 1920s, a time of tremendous social change and the last stand of the Golden Age of Illustration. As nationally known illustrators Charles Dana Gibson, James Montgomery Flagg and J. C. Leyendecker upheld the old school tradition of a polished and fully rendered romanticism, the