Rick Schindler

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Award-winning headline writer, obscure novelist.

The New York Times Spelling Bee header, featuring a stylized bumblebee.
Cover of Ultra Klutz #32 (July 1988 issue) parodying the cover of Justice League International #7.
Sketch of Dark Phoenix signed by artist Dave Cockrum.
Late actress Ann Blyth in a 1970s TV commercial for Hostess snacks.
Cover art for the 1967 rock album "Disraeli Gears" by Cream, comprised of (from left) Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton
Poster from the 1969 film "Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?"
Marrtial artist turned podcaster Joe Rogan at the UFC event on the White House lawn.
Marrtial artist turned podcaster Joe Rogan at the UFC event on the White House lawn.
An edited image from the cover of SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #13 (November 1959 issue) shows Superman unsuccessful in using his X-ray vision to see through the lead box on Lois Lane's head. (Pencil arr by Curt Swan; inking by Stan Kaye)
Cover of the DVD of the 1978 film "Eyes of Laura Mars,' starring Faye Dunaway.
The titular Thunderdome in the 1985 film "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome."
Jacket to the 1968 rock hit "Shape of Things to Come" by Max Frost and the Troopers, a fictional band from the 1968 film "Wild in the Streets." The art depicts Christopher Jones, a fictional rock singer who is elected president of the United States in the film. The B side of the single is "Fifty Two Per Cent."
Satirical superhero Wonder Wart-Hog, aka Philbert DeSanex, hero of underground comix by Gilbert Shelton.
Cover of Mystery in Space #54 (September 1959) featuring Adam Strange.
The cover of The Spectacular Spider-Man #246 (May 1997 issue), introducing the Spider-Man Revenge Squad, unofficially known as the Legion of Losers: Grizzly, The Spot, Gibbon and The Kangaroo.
An edited version of the cover of Superman #144 (April 1961 issue) shows Superman, Supergirl and Krypto looking on from space as Earth explodes. The story is titled "The Orphans of Space!"
Zzzax, a supervillain composed of electrical energy, confronts the Hulk.
"Las Meninas" ("The Ladies-in-waiting"), an 1865 painting by Diego Velázquez depicting 5-year-old Infanta Margaret Theresa surrounded by her entourage as well as Velázquez himself.
Tom Terrific with Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, heroes of an early animated series from Terrytoons shown on "Captain Kangaroo."
A Hasbro Think-a-Tron, a toy computer from the 1960s.
In the season 9 finale of the prime-time soap opera "Dallas," which aired May 16, 1986, Bobby Ewing (played by Patrick Duffy) appeared in the show after supposedly dying, indicating that the entire previous season of the show had been merely a dream.
Roger Ramjet, hero of a 1960s animated TV series, wearing a banner that says HERO
Wraparound cover of Justice League of America #200 (March 1982 issue), portraying the League members battling each other.
Mentalist Oz Pearlman will perform at the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner before President Trump and an audience of complicit journalists.
Philosopher Friedrich Engels, co-author (with Karl Marx) of "The Communist Manifesto"
Edited cover detail from Superman #139 (August 1960 issue): Transformed into a merman, Superman cavorts with his mermaid sweetheart Lori Lemaris while Lois Lane stands nearby, weeping.
Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle (1872) by Arnold Böcklin
Singer Barry McGuire on the cover of his 1965 single "Eve of Destruction."
In a scene from "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), Dr. Heywood Floyd (William Sylvester) pores over the lengthy instructions for using a zero gravity toilet.
Still from the 1971 horror film "Octaman" of a humanoid octopus. The costume was designed by future Oscar winner Rick Baker.
Caricature of artist Jack Kirby, "the King of Comics"
The cover of Detective Comics #275 (January 1960 issue) featuring "The Zebra Batman!" Batman, covered in zebra stripes, repels objects while Robin warns: "G-get back everybody! Batman has become a menace!"
Prince Planet, hero of a Japanese anime series that ran on American TV in the 1960s.
The cover of the comic book ANTHRO #2 (October 1968 issue) shows apes throwing rocks at the caveman hero and his sidekick, with the caption APES OR MEN?
Artwork for the Dutch single of the Pretenders' 1979 song "Precious."
On the cover of "The Red Iceberg," a vintage anti-communist comic book, a giant Uncle Sam rides a ship labeled "USA" toward a red iceberg beating a hammer and sickle. It is littered with gravestones labeled EAST GERMANY, NORTH KOREA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND, HUNGARY and CHINA.
Detail from the cover of "How to Tell Time," a vintage children's book, showing the face of a wristwatch surrounded by children performing various activities.
In a reference to the Led Zeppelin song "The Crunge," in which singer Robert Plant wonders aloud "Where's the confounded bridge?", a man models a T-shirt that says "WHERE'S THAT CONFOUNDED BRIDGE?"
A giant figure of the Joker menaces Batman and Robin. Illustration by Jerry Robinson.
Cover detail from "Tom Swift and His Giant Robot," a 1954 novel featuring Tom Swift, Jr.
An antique game board for "The Wonderful Game of Oz," featuring elements of "The Wizard of Oz" and its sequels.
Will Ferrell in the title role of the 2003 film "Elf."
Country Joe McDonald (1942-2026), whose protest song "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" was a highlight of Woodstock.
Cover of "River of Crime," a 2006 album by avant-garde band The Residents. Knives and other deady projectiles zero in on a shadowy figure whose hands cover his face.
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in "Son of Frankenstein."
The cover of Adventure Comics 322 (July 1964 issue) featuring the Legion of Super-Pets: from left, Super-Horse, Streaky, Krypto, Super-Monkey and Proty II, who is changing his shape into that of Superboy.
A worn copy of Infinite Jest.
Alligator man from the 1959 sci-fi horror film "The Alligator People."
The Animaniacs: From left, Dot, Yakko and Wakko Warner.
From left, Judy Strangis as Dyna Girl and Deidre Hall as Electra Woman in the 1976 children's TV series "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl."
The Golden Age superhero team the Seven Soldiers of Victory. From left, Vigilante, Green Arrow, Stripesy, Star-Spangled Kid, Shining Knight, Speedy and Crimson Avenger.
Sports Illustrated’s “Miracle on Ice” cover, with a photograph by Heinz Kluetmeier, needed no words.
Spider-Man foe Hypno-Hustler: "With everybody under my spell, I just BOOGIED into the locker room and took back my possessions."
The Legion of Doom, a supre-villain team that includes Solomon Grundy, Sinestro, Captain Cold, Black Manta, Bizarro, Joker, Cheetah and others.
Hellcow (aka Bessie), a vampire cow, menaces an unsuspecting farmer. Created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Frank Brunner as a foil for Howard the Duck, the character first appeared in Giant-Size Man-Thing #5 in 1975. (And yes, there once was a comic book called Giant-Size Man-Thing, and comics fans still snigger about it fifty years later.)
A dancing jester in motley
Poster from the 1975 science-fiction film "Rollerball" shows a man in a spiiked helmet raising a spiked gauntlet under the words: IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, WARS WILL NO LONGER EXIST. BUT THERE WILL BE ROLLERBALL.
Janet Leigh in the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho."
The giant face of the Joker blasts Batman and Robin with red eyebeams, gloating: "Batman and Robin! The Joker is giving you the honor... ...of being the first men killed on the moon!"