Prof. Jas. G. Mundie - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am an artist best known for my series of drawings called Prodigies — which depict genuine sideshow performers blended into contexts borrowed from art history. They're all Alive on the Inside .

However, I am more than just a Celebrated Limner of Human Oddities. You can see my other artistic dabblings at MundieArt.com . Or, if you are so inclined, check out my photographs on Flickr .

Happy Jack Eckert as Drunken Silenus © 2006 James G. Mundie
(ink drawing on paper)

Three-eyed Man and Child © 2005 James G. Mundie
(ink drawing on paper)

Portrait of Frieda Pushnik and a Patron at a Casement © 2004 James G. Mundie
(ink drawing on paper)

By the way, if you wish to e-befriend me and I don't already know who you are but your profile is set to 'private', I'm probably not going to become your e-friend. Why? Because it's a big pain in the ass to accept you before I even know who you are. Call me picky, but seriously — what have you got to hide?

My Interests

Art history, anatomy, pathology, carny lore, hobos, human oddities, sideshows, burlesque

I'd like to meet:

Circus freaks, burlesque queens, art collectors with money to burn, whistlers of jaunty tunes, seekers of wisdom, rambling boys of pleasure, and ladies of easy leisure

Music:

The Pogues, Billy Bragg, The Tossers, The Animals, Kinks, The Who, The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, Yardbirds, Beastie Boys, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Neil Young, Django Reinhardt, Russell Simins, Van Morrison, Jellyroll Morton, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Muddy Waters, Filthy Thievin' Bastards, Flogging Molly, Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, The Specials, James Brown, Jurassic 5, Sammy Davis Jr., The Ramones, Ozomatli, White Stripes, English Beat, Uncle Tupelo, Blood or Whiskey, 7 Seconds of Love, Peggy Lee, De la Soul, Syd Barrett...

Movies:

Bringing up Baby, Pulp Fiction, Young Frankenstein, Killing Zöe, Snatch, Miller's Crossing, Shaun of the Dead, Ed Wood, My Neighbor Totoro...

Television:

The Simpsons, The Daily Show, Colbert Réport, Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster, classic Warner Brothers cartoons from the 1940's, Venture Brothers, nouveau Battlestar Galactica, Ghost Hunters, all the freaky documentaries on the Discovery Channel

Books:

Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation, Shocked and Amazed!, Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, etc.

Heroes:

Albrecht Dürer, P.T. Barnum, Hans Holbein, Ambroise Paré, Edward Gorey, Winsor McCay, Johnny Eck

My Blog

Holy smokes, Im a father now!

As of 2:09 PM on Thursday, 17 April 2008, I have officially produced an heir! Well, when I say "I", I mean that I contributed some chromozones to the process, but Kate did all the heavy work. Nevert...
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:41:00 PST

Photographs from European medical museums

In 2007, I received a travel grant in order to visit various medical and anatomy museums in Europe. In particular, I was interested in those museums with extensive teratology — the study of "mo...
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:54:00 PST

Back from across the briney sea

Kate and I have returned from a fabulous couple-two-t'ree week trip to London, Paris, Amsterdam and Dutch points beyond. Not only did we have a great time soaking up the atmosphere of those cities, b...
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:04:00 PST

Superabundance of sideshow in November 2007

November was a busy month for sideshow spectacles. It started in grand fashion with the Annual Sideshow Gathering. Previously held over Labor Day weekends at the Ramada in downtown Wilkes-Barre PA (...
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:46:00 PST

Classiest fart joke... ever: now in t-shirt form!

Direct from the pages of the new James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed! On & Off the Midway is a brand new illustration by James Mundie featuring the infamous French performer Joseph Pujol, better known a...
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:48:00 PST

weekend in Nashvegas

Last weekend I made the long long drive (13 hours, if you're interested) to Nashville, Tennessee, for the opening of Freeks and Geaks at Plowhaus which features artwork by yours truly, Col. J. D. Wi...
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:15:00 PST

Vanitas: cemetery photography

Okay, yeah - I admit it. I like cemeteries. I spend a great deal of time in them. Always have. I like spending time among the dead, because they ask very little, other than that you read their sto...
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:08:00 PST

A spectacle in freakery: 1st anniversary bash at the Palace of Wonders

On the weekend of June 30th, Washington DC's Palace of Wonders the world's only sideshow bar and dime museum celebrated it's first birthday. 365 days of freaky spectacle never went by so quickly....
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:44:00 PST

Medical Oddities: photos from National Museum of Health and Medicine

Last weekend I made my second visit to the National Museum of Health and Medicine on the grounds of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC. I had first visited with a friend sever...
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:55:00 PST

Mermaids and Freaks: Coney Island

June 23rd marked the 25th anniversary of Coney Island USA's Annual Mermaid Parade. Always up for a freaky good time, we hopped on the Jersey turnpike for day of aquatic amusement.Mermaid on the Half-...
Posted by Prof. Jas. G. Mundie on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:23:00 PST