The Cartoonist

Sunday, October 31, 2004

Short Story of the week [22]. 12:53:02 PM   Short Stories | |

Those Brands Again. The Markenmuseum just gets bigger and bigger. 8:44:29 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Mind the Gap. The London Tube Map Archive. Via xq. Speaking of which, may I remind my dear readers of Mecca Ibrahim's book, One Stop Short of Barking, which of course features cartoons by yours truly? 8:26:04 AM   London | |

History of Fashion. 1900 - 1990. Just because I'm such a dedicated follower. Yeah, right. 7:53:19 AM    | |

Saturday, October 30, 2004

Extraterrestrial of the Month. A Blue. 5:24:57 PM   Extraterrestrials. | |

Frankenpaper. Frankenstein paper model kits. Great. Via Mike. 12:43:15 PM    | |

Welcome to the Handlebar Club. Do you have a handlebar moustache? Then the Handlebar Club is the club for you! The qualification for membership is: 'a hirsute appendage of the upper lip, with graspable extremities' and, in addition, we specify that beards are not allowed. 10:41:34 AM   London | |

The Scooter. Old Vespa ads, brochures, manuals. Fantastic website. 8:29:09 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Airline Stickers. 650 of them. 8:16:57 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Friday, October 29, 2004

Because it's a beautiful product shot. Glasses 'Smoke' by Joe Colombo. The large original image can be found here. And yes, these are the glasses used in Raumpatrouille. Looking at it again, I believe this is airbrushed. Strange picture. 7:58:26 PM   Orion Pics | |

The Y-Leg Organism. Simply fantastic. Via Eye of the Goof - Matt, this is fab. 7:20:37 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Hello, Mr. President. A little movie. Thanks to Michael for that. 7:11:14 PM    | |

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Just one more. I know, I should be in bed right now (And there's still 'Der Kommissar' to watch on 3Sat), but this is fab: 75 years of Tempo paper tissues. Ads, history, manufacture. Via the fabulous Robert. 9:14:14 PM   Art & Advertising | |

5 o'clock. That's when I have to get up tomorrow morning in order to catch the Eurostar towards Brussels. Please keep my weblog well entertained and feed it twice a day, chicken and tuna are fine. Don't forget a bowl of fresh water every day. Thank you. And keep the Lurchi campaign going. 7:16:01 PM    | |

Short Story of the week [21]. 1:32:56 PM   Short Stories | |

Read and Learn. Geography for Beginners, by Rev. K. J. Stewart, 1864. 12:07:19 PM   Literature | |

Strange. Some really strange book covers. 11:57:33 AM   Art & Advertising, Literature | |

Ann Bannon. The Queen of lesbian pulp fiction. 11:52:18 AM   Literature | |

More Lurchi. Many Lurchi Adventures can be found here. Via Simon, via IT&W. 11:34:48 AM   Cult | |

Jetzt erst recht. Lurchi's first adventure. Fab. 12:13:50 AM    | |

Saturday, October 23, 2004

The Mad One. Jean Claude Claeys. He's great. 11:54:18 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Cthulhu Calling. The downloadable Lovecraft props at the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society. 9:27:18 PM   Cult | |

For Lonesome Astronauts. The Raumpatrouille theme as sung by Virginie Rodin in 1967 [MP3, 1.1MB]. Here's the original by Peter Thomas [MP3, 416kb]. Glasses by Joe Colombo. Laser weapons by eBay. Design and photography by Marc Heinrichs (Marc, thanks!). 'Lonesome Astronaut' title by Hanns Kneifel (In fact, it's track 28 on the 'Raumpatrouille - The Complete Music' CD). 8:13:37 PM   MP3, Orion Pics | |

Yes! It's still Lurchi-Kampftag! More here, here (Banners!), here and there, where there is not there, because the website of Literaturcafe doesn't work. 4:13:02 PM    | |

This Weblog needs more Sex Content. The Plasmatics and Butcher Baby [MP3, 3.7MB]. And may I recommend Bumrocks anyway? Many thanks to Axel. 2:08:06 PM   Cult, MP3 | |

Jawohl. From Blognroll, via IT&W 1:36:15 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Lurchi Content. Salamander commercials from the 30's to the 60's. Fab. Via IT&W. Hey, Carlsen Verlag: Go and publish Lurchi's Adventures! Hardcover editions of course. 1:17:12 PM   Art & Advertising, Cult | |

Lurchi darf nicht sterben! Fight for Lurchi! Salamander lebe hoch! 11:49:46 AM   Art & Advertising, Blogs, Cult | |

The Workers. Opel employees in Bochum on strike. A photo gallery by Haiko Hebig. Thank you so much, General Motors. 11:07:28 AM    | |

Yes. This is definitely one for Mr Zeigermann: 100 Years of Illustration and Design. Thanks, Haiko! 10:59:00 AM   Art & Advertising, Blogs | |

And I missed it. Yesterday was official CAPS LOCK day. Damn. 10:41:44 AM    | |

Shuffle Alley. Coin Operated Bowling Alley and Shuffle Alley Evolution. Flyers. Ads. Instructions. Photos. Everything. 10:21:39 AM    | |

One for the Anoraks. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad - Scenic Line of the World. 9:10:42 AM    | |

Friday, October 22, 2004

U-91035 Proteus. The Fantastic Voyage. And if this isn't enough, check out the Nanomedicine Art Gallery. 11:37:21 PM    | |

Creativity and such. Hugh MacLeod, the bloke who became more or less famous with drawing cartoons on the back of business cards, has published the manifesto How To Be Creative, with some interesting thoughts [PDF]. Nothing I didn't know already, but still a good piece of work. The usual thanks for a link like this go to Rocky, who still hasn't got his own website. Which might be a good thing. Because I know it'll be mega-weird. More - and other - manifestos at ChangeThis. 9:37:42 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Le Monde de Franquin. A fantastic Andre Franquin exhibition has just opened at Cité des Sciences in Paris and I've got to see it. Gaston's inventions retro-engineered; his Fiat; Spirou and Fantasio's Turbot (all in 1:1 scale) and lots more. And for those who can't find the time getting to Paris, there's always the official Franquin website. He was such a good one ... 8:07:19 PM   Art & Advertising, Cult, Literature | |

Specialised. Illustration Magazine is devoted to early pulp and advertising illustration and I haven't seen anything better. It's fab and I'm pretty sure I'll buy a subscription of their dead tree editions. Best thing is, the first 6 issues are online as downloadable PDFs. Free of charge. This is fantastic. 7:35:47 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Just to let you know. See this entry at IT&W. 7:26:27 PM   Cult | |

Lola. Tonight's entry for the Old Fart MP3 Competition: The Kinks and You really got me [MP3, 2.3MB]. 7:15:53 PM   MP3 | |

Sunday, October 17, 2004

Splitting the Atom. Up and away to Brussels. I wish you all a nice week, with probably lots of work and even more rain. Groan. Picture stolen from Clive Banks's Brussels gallery. 1:28:23 PM    | |

This is FAB. The Gallery of Comic Art at the Comic Art Community. My very special thanks go to PCL. 1:23:02 PM   Art & Advertising | |

The Call of Cthulhu. The trailer may be a fake, but it's great. Via Gravity Lens. 1:11:16 PM   Cult | |

Liebig Sammelbilder. This website is packed with old chocolate collectors' cards. Great. 1:04:24 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Short Story of the week [20]. 10:04:56 AM   Short Stories | |

Communication Arts. 50 years of advertising and graphic design at this Italian website. Fab. 9:28:13 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Fantastic Plastic. And here are the miniature astronauts for your Saturn V scale model. 9:12:44 AM    | |

Saturday, October 16, 2004

This Weblog needs more Sex Content. Learn all about bushes and no bushes at Election Erection. Via MacBitch. 11:25:57 PM    | |

It's Big. The Saturn V as a paper model kit. Fab. 12:44:01 PM    | |

The Land List. An ongoing project in cataloging Polaroid cameras. 12:13:57 PM    | |

Interesting. Citroen 2 CV manuals. 8:29:12 AM    | |

Fascinating. Malanda Art. I like it. 8:12:01 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Friday, October 15, 2004

Raumpatrouille Picture of the Month. The Orion Crew enjoying a Bavarian beer after saving the earth again. 9:30:59 PM   Orion Pics | |

This is Amazing. This is just unbelievably amazing. In fact, it's incredible. The zoomquilt [Flash]. Via the always fabulous thingsmagazine. I really need to order at least one of their dead tree issues. 9:03:14 PM   Art & Advertising | |

How very, very Odd. Presstube. I can't explain it. See for yourself. Thanks to Axel for the link. 8:37:33 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Coping with Clients. Jim Coudal is going to love this. Clientcopia: to cope with difficulties of a client attaining professional services and act to overcome them, despite that client's blatant stupidity. Many thanks to Quarsan for the link. 8:23:51 PM   Cult | |

The End is Nigh. Find out everything about the end of the world as we know it at End Times Report. Now this is über-weird. 7:38:56 PM    | |

The Things People Collect. The world's largest dice collection. 7:30:22 PM    | |

How to spot the Red Baron. Silhouettes of Aeroplanes. Comes more or less via Michelle, who linked to the Memories of the Space Age at the same site. 7:24:30 PM    | |

Sunday, October 10, 2004

As Usual. Off to Brussels for the week. Picture shamelessly stolen from Capzilla. 9:07:56 PM    | |

Cheesy Stuff. Camembert labels from France. Via paperholic. 6:13:12 PM   Art & Advertising | |

No Political Correctness there. Illustrated books from the time of the German colonies in Africa at Das Reichskolonialamt. 5:28:23 PM   Literature | |

Short Story of the week [19]. 2:30:08 PM   Short Stories | |

Those Gift Sets. Corgi Toys 1973 is online. 12:43:54 PM    | |

Peanuts. A gallery of comic book covers. Via Plep. I think. 9:48:49 AM   Art & Advertising | |

How Bizarre. 3D sculptures of Booty Babes. 9:24:34 AM    | |

Saturday, October 9, 2004

Bloggin'. A few new blogs that came to my attention: Bibi's Box, Kingdom of Love, and of course the already mentioned fab Radio: The Missing Manual. 1:44:28 PM   Blogs | |

Recommended Reading. Friedhelm Rathjen's new German translation of Moby Dick. It's simply fantastic. And it comes with the illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Ergänzt wird sie in einem umfangreichen Anhang von einem einführenden Essay des französischen Literaturwissenschaftlers Jean Pierre Lefebvre. Dazu gibt es eine Reihe von Texten aus dem Quellgebiet des Romans, die größtenteils hier zum ersten Mal auf Deutsch vorliegen: darunter Owen Chases Bericht vom Schiffbruch des Walfängers Essex (in Neuübersetzung), Melvilles Anmerkungen zu Chases Bericht, Melvilles "Skizzen einer Walreise", Melvilles berühmter Essay über Hawthorne, der als Freund und Kollege die Entstehung von Moby-Dick kritisch-fördernd begleitet hat (jeweils in deutscher Erstübersetzung). 1:21:57 PM   Literature | |

Dry Bones. Here's an alien skeleton for your enjoyment. 1:02:41 PM    | |

The Driver. Tazio Nuvolari. Many thanks to Fritz. 10:42:37 AM    | |

Sports Illustrated. Football and Basketball Program Cover Art, 1931-1972. 10:09:34 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Even better than the Batmobile. The Predicta. Via Eye of the Goof. 8:38:24 AM    | |

The Illustrator. Yuko Shimizu. Fantastic. 8:25:33 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Friday, October 8, 2004

Just a Reminder to myself. The exhibition Punk - A True And Dirty Tale is now open at The Hospital in Covent Garden. I don't wanna miss that. And it was quite funny seeing Steve Severin on television at the vernissage - he certainly looks older than me. Don't know if that's good or bad though. 9:49:30 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Vrop, Vrop ... Vrooom! A fabulous Racing Art gallery. 9:36:49 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Who needs the Titanic? Here's the Andrea Doria. Fascinating website. 7:43:23 PM    | |

Busy Weekend. Back from rainy Brussels for the weekend and it's going to be busy: First I want to try out the Technorati Macro for Radio, and then I want to see if I can implement Peter Breul's Comments System on my own server. Harry Schley was so kind sending me the scans of the 1973 Corgi Toys catalogue, so that one has to go up as well. And some good news: Kosmonautentraum is back at last! Lots of thanks for pointing this out go to Kellerkind, who is back as well (BTW, Anneke - how's your iBook doing?). Looks like a perfect world. 7:29:38 PM    | |

Sunday, October 3, 2004

Rain. Off to Brussels for another week. And here's more Rain in Brussels. 2:29:58 PM    | |

Short Story of the week [18]. Continued from #15. 8:08:27 AM   Short Stories | |

Saturday, October 2, 2004

Great. OZ magazine covers from 1967 onwards. Groovy. Via Coudal. 7:15:10 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Knowing Me, Knowing You. It's Alan Partridge! 5:50:54 PM   Cult | |

Mechanical Mirage. 3D art. Amazing. 5:47:17 PM   Art & Advertising | |

The Dalek Builder. Hank Trabold has updated his website. 5:39:39 PM   Cult | |

Absolutely Fantastic. The animal photography of Steve Bloom. 9:18:12 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Obsessed with Thunderball. Fantastic website dealing with all things Thunderball: brochures, programmes, posters, covers, cards, artworks, interviews - it's exhausting. And great. Update: I've removed the link. There's a weird script embedded in the site code. For further info, see the comments below. Update #2: Nobody seems to know exactly what's going on, the site seems to be ok, and I've relinked. 8:30:32 AM   Cult | |

CI. Because I'm working on Global Branding when I'm in Brussels. Lots of links to Corporate Identity Manuals at the excellent German CI Portal. 8:15:42 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Distant Portraits. Art Deco at its best: Tamara de Lempicka. More at Arterotismo. And her studio is/was just amazing. 8:04:19 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Friday, October 1, 2004

Typography Franco-Arabique. At Ligne Claire; where else. Fab. 10:13:20 PM    | |

French Raumpatrouille. Here comes a website dealing with the French version of Raumpatrouille. Needless to say, it's all in French. And if I'm lucky, I should be in the posession of the book (see cover on the left) by Monday morning. 8:24:49 PM   Orion Pics | |

Lost Friends. Autofab writes about Martin (German text). Very good. 7:58:02 PM    | |

One Week Brussels. Work was hell, but I'm not going to start writing about work here. Instead let's move on to the fantastic dinner we had at Piazza Navona, one of the very best Italian restaurants. Even more recommendable are Quarsan's steaks; Zoe, Rocky, Quarsan and I had lots of fun. The highlight of the week. More stuff later. I'm tired - Eurostar and London Tube together are just terrible. The picture is taken from this great site (if you're into books). 7:36:09 PM    | |