D E M O N S . . . by different artists, part 1

a demon is an evil being occurring in the mythical stories of all cultures,
an externalization of humanity's own evils . . . illustration by Joseph Clement Coll

      

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children's comic book character Hot Stuff the Little Devil

     

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early demons were humanoid,  mixed with nature as animal, vegetation or the elements

      

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a 1905 Ivar Arosenius cartoon of happy demons at Christmas

see full size

      

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"Devil"    an 1895 party costume

      

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Erich Schilling 1933,  for Simplicissimus       see full size

      

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the 1863 demon of pestilence in France

      

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a Frank Frazetta illustration,  1966

      

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a Louis Moe illustration for a literary publication, 1897

      

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a Franz Wacik illustration       see full size
     

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Wikipedia:  A PRINTER'S DEVIL was an apprentice in a printing establishment
who performed a number of tasks,  such as mixing tubs of ink and fetching type.

      

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a Mike Hinge illustration

      

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a Gustave Dore book illustration

      

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a Buddhist image

      

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a 1931 lighting fixture

      

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a Stefan Żechowski painting,  1947       see full size

      

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a Fritz Eichenberg illustration       see full size

      

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a Richard Powers book cover illustration, with room for the writer's title and credits

      

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a John Dickson Batten illustration

            

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a wrathful god in Bhutan,  1800s
      

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a Gordon Browne book illustration:  the demon mask was intended to
frighten away intruders,  but they knew that demons don't exist
      

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a Bruno Paul cartoon of a humor magazine's mascot dog
      

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a J.J. Grandville illustration       see full size     

        
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"food bills"  from a print advertisement, 1940s?
      

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a 1902 Toronto mirror-maze of Hell,  possibly at the Canadian National Exhibition
      

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by cartoonist Jack Davis
    

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the demon television,  by A. Paul Weber       see full size
    

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a 1913 Artus Scheiner illustration

        
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a Norman Lindsay illustration
      

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from a Tex Avery animation       see full size
                    

see Demons 2