tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post6992977693834371663..comments2024-01-27T01:51:07.872-08:00Comments on Jot101: Arthur Wragg 'These Thy Gods' (1949)Jot101http://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-29374980087276016742015-03-19T15:47:09.696-07:002015-03-19T15:47:09.696-07:00Thank you! Having learned two new things today, I ...Thank you! Having learned two new things today, I can take tomorrow off.<br />Mumpsimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03105924003974189699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-2980450828761728392015-03-19T10:57:55.018-07:002015-03-19T10:57:55.018-07:00Many thanks Mumpsimus. Actually that is a football...Many thanks Mumpsimus. Actually that is a football, that's the way they looked then. The greyhound almost certainly represents gambling, as did football (soccer) then with the Pools. The thumbs are enigmatic, I take them as referring to the grind of work or being kept under the thumb. This Illustration is like Artzybasheff, others by Wragg are rather different. I will try to post another. N<br />Jot101https://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-57225769951076662722015-03-19T08:52:09.209-07:002015-03-19T08:52:09.209-07:001. 1949 seems quite early for the "TV-As-Opia...1. 1949 seems quite early for the "TV-As-Opiate-Of-The-Masses" trope.<br /><br />2. Why a volleyball (and not, say, a soccer ball)?<br /><br />3. I'd love to know the significance of the greyhound. And, of course, the thumbs.<br /><br />I'd never heard of Wragg before. The illustration shown reminds me strongly of Boris Artzybasheff,<br />Mumpsimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03105924003974189699noreply@blogger.com