the hunting of the snark

Happy Boxing Day from the management of Snark Island.

Yet another  shameless Magritte pastiche,  and not the last one to grace these pages, I'll wager. Shameless — the 10th Muse of Protosu...

The original illustration by Holiday  of this Universal Map is, to be honest, a bit trite. It's obvious that the poor man was trying t...

There are some who might say this artist's conception of the Bellman is a base and underhanded attack upon the same, suggesting as it ...

The Bellman's speech is of that particular British provenance yclept "fruity". Not so much "plummy" but rather … ...

What is surrealism? The simultaneous memory of  everything . What is  protosurrealism?   The same as above with the added frisson of remem...

Declaimed by a drowsy Beaver at the stern of the HMS Snark as it drifts through the somnambulant equatorial swamps … simian caterwaulings an...

Words, words, words! There's not going to be any of 'em in this drawing and besides, the Beaver seldom knows what to say anyway. T...

The aversion of the Beaver's eyes is motivated by the primitive belief that whatever cannot be seen by oneself, cannot itself see you....

The illustration of this stanzel (stanza-cum-panel) has completely exhausted my remaining brain-worker abilities. Purchasing insurance fo...

The provenance of this image is, I confess, is a hopelessly adulterated concoction of all the flotsam & jetsam which churns up my head...

Alberto Savinio had this to say about animals such as the Beaver who are always trying to draw attention to themselves:   "Totemism...

It's a fair cop, guv'nor! The Bellman, assisted by the Fellowship of the Snark, brandishes his clochetic truncheon at this wallah...

Immigration and Customs Officer:  Have you any personal articles of clothing? A Baker resembling Lewis Carroll:  I don't know. Immigra...

A nautical though nice bit of ink-stained gallimaufry in which we see the Baker's character (still anonymous though!) in a better ligh...

The penultimate crew member, the Baker, AKA Lewis Carroll, the man with the foolish grin keeping perfectly still with the eyes shut tight ...