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Banteay Samre, 12th century, Siem Reap temple

February 11, 2018 Bill Swislow

A Stroll Through Angkor: Banteay Samre

Visit the 12th century Banteay Samre temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Prasat Lolei, 9th century, Siem Reap temple

February 11, 2018 Bill Swislow

A Stroll Through Angkor: Prasat Lolei

Visit the 9th century Prasat Lolei temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Monks making the circuit of the tower, Bakong, 9th century, SIem Reap

February 11, 2018 Bill Swislow

A Stroll Through Angkor: Bakong

Visit the 9th century Bakong temple complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Ta Prohm, 12th-13th century, Siem Reap temple

February 11, 2018 Bill Swislow

A Stroll Through Angkor: Ta Prohm

Visit the 12th to 13th century Ta Prohm temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Angkor Wat, 12th century, Siem Reap temple

February 10, 2018 Bill Swislow

A Stroll Through Angkor: Angkor Wat

Visit Angkor Wat, the 12th century temple complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and the most famous.

The south entrance to Angkor Thom, 12th century, Siem Reap, Cambodia

February 10, 2018 Bill Swislow

A Stroll Through Angkor: Angkor Thom

Visit the monumental 12th century Angkor Thom temple complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

February 5, 2018 Bill Swislow

Artisanal Blockage — A Possible Thomasson

Someone brought real artisanal talent to blocking up these openings with mid-century-style stonework. It’s the AC units, I think, that might qualify these as actual Thomassons, especially if they came later. More about Thomassons.

How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels book cover

November 26, 2017 Bill Swislow

Ernie Bushmiller’s Comic Perfection: How to Read Nancy

I admit it. I love Nancy, and not ironically, at least not any longer. I grew up reading Nancy and Sluggo every day in the Chicago Sun-Times, which says something about my parent’s household (i.e., the Sun-Times, not the Republican Tribune). But it was in college that I became truly devoted to Nancy and her creator, Ernie Bushmiller.

October 21, 2017 Bill Swislow

A Denver Roadside Art Gallery: Creativity Abundant

Denver streets were lined with some real beauties when these pictures of roadside art were taken earlier in the decade. Also two nice places from Colorado Springs. Whether in muffler men or murals, vernacular creativity abounds.

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October 14, 2017 Bill Swislow

Mukwa Motel Vernacular Environment

The Mukwa Motel/Farmers Retirement Home is a vernacular art environment on Wisconsin Highway 54 west of New London. It’s on the northern edge of the Mukwa State Wildlife Area and was photographed before 1995. An artful bit of rural humor built by farmer John Kraske shortly before his retirement. According to the Post-Crescent newspaper, he assembled the site in 1991, two years before he retired from farming. Kraske, who died at 96 in 2016, told the paper in 2001, “It’s just something some crazy farmer did who didn’t have anything better to do with his time.” “Every year or so