Artist Gordon Henderson, who goes by the pen name Nib Geebles, has made a calendar with a cult following for 40 years.

The most recent editions capture Los Angeles’ “unknown landmarks.” Think quirky neighborhood monuments like the Chicken Boy statue in Highland Park and mom-and-pop taco shops, mechanics and liquor stores.

Henderson made the first calendar in 1985 as a last-minute Christmas gift for his then-girlfriend.

“It fell off the wall and it was lost, and by March of that year, it was gone and the relationship was on the rocks,” Henderson says. “But you know, the next year, I thought, 'Well, I have to do this again.'”

The calendars featured his predominantly pen-and-ink drawings, and every year had a different theme. They’ve included vacation, metamorphosis and glamour.

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