From Tufts University's 1954 yearbook.

From Peru State College's 1969 yearbook.

From our review of Hades Speaks! A Guide To the Underworld By the Greek God of the Dead, by Vicky Alvear Shecter and illustrated by J. E. Larson, in which we hail the illustrations for bringing the underworld to life (as it were).

From The New Comic Annual for 1831 by Thomas Hood, 1830.

From our review of Hades Speaks! A Guide To the Underworld By the Greek God of the Dead, by Vicky Alvear Shecter and illustrated by J. E. Larson, in which we hail the illustrations for bringing the underworld to life (as it were).

From National-Louis' 1940 yearbook.

"The coat of arms of Count Discount."  From Dry Goods Review, 1914.

From Fairy Stories My Children Love Best of All by Edgar Dubs Shimer and illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins, 1920.

From Current Sauce, 1965.

Not everyone knows the Cape of Good Hope is wearable.  Also, here's an entropy cloak if you could use one.  From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.

From our review of Hades Speaks! A Guide To the Underworld By the Greek God of the Dead, by Vicky Alvear Shecter and illustrated by J. E. Larson, in which we hail the illustrations for bringing the underworld to life (as it were).

From our review of Hades Speaks! A Guide To the Underworld By the Greek God of the Dead, by Vicky Alvear Shecter and illustrated by J. E. Larson, in which we hail the illustrations for bringing the underworld to life (as it were).  Though we love that the narrator is bitter and alienated, the anachronisms certainly rub us the wrong way.  We get that the author is striving to appeal to young readers with references to Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, modern sports, and the like, but (having ourselves dedicated years to studying the art of prosaic timelessness) we'd prefer this book (and any, for that matter) be unrooted in time.  A classical tone, ageless -- that's what a guide to the Greek underworld should possess.  Yet the spectacular illustrations make it easier to turn a blind eye to any narrative weaknesses.  Not since Gustave Doré have we seen such an engaging depiction of the other place.

Proof that angel wings don't prohibit the wearing of a cape.  From North Texas State Normal College's 1919 yearbook.

From The Cats' Arabian Nights by Abby Morton Diaz, 1881.

College fashion has changed so much since the 70s.  From Florida Southern's 1974 yearbook.

In case you're going out tonight, and in case a cape of jackal or darkness cloak fits your mood.  From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.

From The Gateway, 1977.

Always good to see a wampire lord who knows how to use his cape to best advantage.  From Wizardry Handbook.

From The Film Daily, 1945.

From Tulane's 1907 yearbook.