Tag Archives: Anthony Howell

Busts on Black

Posted on April 1, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x x x x x x x x x x x x Drawn with 4B pencil on a Musou Black ground.

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Nero Explains

Posted on March 27, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Let me count the ways crime actually pays Big time. Once you’re handed the microphone, You can make manifest future realities: Hyperstition obtains by the telling of compelling stories, x Thus it is that prophecies become self-fulfilling. Engineered through media … Continue reading →

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Bomb Bait

Posted on March 25, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

The state is a child. Imagine the worst case scenario Ticking away. She has swallowed some nuclear thing. She is bundled up in the sort of net that lifts a cargo x Onto a boat. Of course you want to … Continue reading →

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Pleasure and Destruction

Posted on March 12, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

A new slideshow on YOUTUBE. The hyper-real becomes more intense than reality. The click-bait goes both ways. War or porn. Which is which? Can they be drawn at the same time?

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Anger: A new slide-show on Youtube

Posted on February 14, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click on ANGER – my new video on Youtube. But maybe open a vigorous track before you press play on my link. Almost all my slide-shows can be found on Youtube @theanthonyhowell here There is also STENCIL ART – which … Continue reading →

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Imaginary Illustrations

Posted on February 9, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x x x x x x x What if one reversed illustration? If the picture came first, and it was up to the viewer to give it a story? A friend points out that this is nothing new. As this … Continue reading →

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NOUVEAU RÉGIME

Posted on February 1, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x The children keep disappearing. They vanish, into thin air. From Little Saint James, Khan Unis or Khartoum, Tampa, Columbus, Baton Rouge, the children keep disappearing, Just as they did from the view of Théophile de Viau And Rétif de … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of Emptiness

Posted on January 28, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x It is not easy to create emptiness. What should you tip it into? A deserted square, Possibly by moonlight? Time is the perspective Lending it a depth. Here, in an abstracted way, Melancholy toys with metaphysics. Emptiness recalls all … Continue reading →

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Snap

Posted on January 22, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x I was a war widow’s only child. Her mother was a frightful tease. She would say anything to get a rise Out of my mother or me. A war widow herself, She lived with her house-keeper As my mother … Continue reading →

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Dinghy

Posted on January 15, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal
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