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Jules Verne
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For Saul Bass’s birthday, the title sequence for the 1956 adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, which one brave Victorian female journalist set out to replicate in real life.

Happy birthday, Jules Verne.

Happy birthday, Jules Verne.

For Jules Verne’s birthday today, gorgeous vintage illustrations fro The Man Who Invented the Future.

For Jules Verne’s birthday today, gorgeous vintage illustrations fro The Man Who Invented the Future.

Poe + Verne = bros
Celebrate Jules Verne’s birthday with a delightful cartoon from Kate Beaton’s fantastic Hark!: A Vagrant.

Poe + Verne = bros

Celebrate Jules Verne’s birthday with a delightful cartoon from Kate Beaton’s fantastic Hark!: A Vagrant.

Gorgeous cover art for an audiobook version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by illustrator Carson Ellis, the loveliest Verne-related artwork since these 1964 illustrations by Peter P. Placencia.

Gorgeous cover art for an audiobook version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by illustrator Carson Ellis, the loveliest Verne-related artwork since these 1964 illustrations by Peter P. Placencia.