Quincy the Calvinist Turtle (opens in new tab)

Richard Varma, the illustrator, draftsman, and muralist, died of natural causes earlier this year in Wichita, Kansas. Varma is perhaps most notable for his collaborations with Sirin Volokhonsky, better known as Professor Metzinger, the children’s author whose bizarre public appearances often overshadowed the sad, whimsical lyricism of his work. They began their collaboration in the early 1960s. The whereabouts of Metzinger’s final manuscript were unknown to most for nearly a quarter of a cent...