I rode my penny farthing to this strange village where everybody was known only by a number.

as a classic case of Kiwi ingenuity.

One of the pair is being treated for a broken hand

ingenuity, stupidity, I always get those two confused.

"I like the way she wags her tail. And her dog's not bad, either!"

"Today, almost as legendary is Florida's XANADU - world's largest private pleasure ground. Here, on the deserts of the Gulf Coast, a private mountain was commissioned, successfully built for its landlord, Charles Foster Kane!"

They just think it's a dining hall. It was actually an Indiana Jones-style trap mechanism (1 d6 damage).

A friend informs me the spiked, horned one is Anguirus, from the 2nd Godzilla movie, GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN (1955). Interesting that this book included Gamera, since Godzilla, Mothra, Anguirus are from Toho, and Gamera is from rival studio Daiei. This book must be on Big Man Japan's bookshelf!

Per Hunting Lodge (http://www.huntinglodge.no/blog/?p=1426) this is from:

An Anatomical Guide to Monsters, 1967. Text: Shoji Otomo. Illustrator: Shogo Endo.

I see Gamera, Mothra (larva stage), Godzilla, and...

..who's the fellow with the spikes on his head and the Rhino horn?

Soyuz TMA-16 launching founder of Cirque du Soleil into space. Well, it's a start!

I'm reminded of, in David Gerrold's book about the making of "The Trouble With Tribbles", or maybe in his WORLD OF STAR TREK book, he mentions telling the production designer his script only calls for 3 sets "and some corridor."

The production designer screams, "Corridor? Do you know how much corridor costs PER FOOT?!"

Maybe he can tie a bunch of balloons to his car and make his getaway UPwards...

Interesting image. But if the artist has to explain it...

The Zarn in LAND OF THE LOST!

"I think that - SQUIRREL!"

And here's an example of Batman saving baby ducks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4v1hAnfy1I

1:50 into the video.

Maybe this is more like a St. Bernard's barrel, meant to bring supplies to people trapped in the ruins?