The Cartoonist

Sunday, November 28, 2004

Off to Brussels. But I'll be back. In about 2 weeks time. CU! 8:55:14 PM    | |

Oh. This could be interesting. 8:52:53 PM   Orion Pics | |

Old Stuff. The World's Largest Collection relating to British Nostalgia and Advertising Memorabilia. 6:24:15 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Joe Friday. The story you are about to see is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Dragnet. 3:17:41 PM    | |

Nostalgic Viewing. Reminisce This recalls the golden era of the late 20th century...namely the three decades that helped define our lingering memory of that period, the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. 3:10:44 PM    | |

Short Story of the week [26]. 12:47:49 PM   Short Stories | |

Saturday, November 27, 2004

One for the Night. Shane McGowan, the Pogues and Whiskey in the jar [MP3, 2.4MB]. And make sure to catch the Roper's latest adventure tomorrow. Ho. 8:07:43 PM   MP3 | |

Toys! The Toys! Wes Clark and his toys from the sixties. Fab. 8:00:46 PM    | |

Creepy. Der Hohnsteiner Kasper. And here we have an English website about the bizarre fellow. Scary. Check out the gallery. This thing is evil. 2:16:07 PM    | |

Etienne! Here's Guesch Patti. Thanks to Zoe for reminding me. Guesch Patti, Adieu [MP3, 2.7MB]. 12:37:21 PM   MP3 | |

This is almost Funny. Trouble is, it's not really: Armin is still being pestered by TV Licensing. And he hasn't got a telly. Believe me, the bureaucracy here in the UK is worse than it ever was in Germany. Or - well, at least at the same level. 10:30:37 AM    | |

Up t'north. History, Music and Crime in Liverpool 1960-1969. Fab. Via Kosmonautentraum. 9:55:18 AM    | |

Old Soap. Pears soap ads. In 1966, at the age of 16, I started work as an apprentice to a printing company in South East London called Gilbert Whitehead & Co Ltd. They had been in business during the late 1800's and had printed many of the Pear's soap advertisments and prints that were popular at that time. 8:32:07 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Eye Candy. The French designer Loic Normand. 8:17:53 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Friday, November 26, 2004

For Lonesome Astronauts [4]. The complete Raumpatrouille Soundtrack (and I mean complete) by Peter Thomas can be found on this website in MP3 format. Be quick - I can't imagine this will last for long. Marc, thanks. 9:15:30 PM   Orion Pics | |

Birds and Fashion. An archive of 1960s ladies' fashions at The Electric Swinging Pussycat Lounge. Groovy. Via Things. Which reminds me - when am I going to get my order? If you haven't cashed the cheque yet, there's a good chance it may bounce now - I'm a freelancer. And not really successful at that. Ha! Received things 17-18 in the post this morning. Great and highly recommended. 8:30:51 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Advertising's Hall of Fame. The biographies, quotes and ads of people like David Ogilvy, William Bernbach, Howard L. Gossage and many more. And it's all compiled and designed by students, which makes it even more interesting. Great website. 8:12:04 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Madness. I knew about the Sid Vicious Action Figure, but the Kray Twins Sculpture seems to be brand new. What a weird world this is. If you're really interested, here's more about the two charming monsters. 7:56:50 PM   London | |

Salsa Kraftwerk. Kraftwerk Salsa. Senor Coconut plays Salsa. Not any Salsa though - he covers songs by Kraftwerk, for example. Great music. Thanks to Quarsan for the CD, thanks to Zoe for the raclette and thanks to Todd for the Marzipan (Great night in Brussels, although Rocky misbehaved). Here's Senor Coconut and Showroom Dummies [MP3, 3.8MB]. 7:43:56 PM   MP3 | |

Sunday, November 21, 2004

And Again. Off to Brussels for the week. And yes, the sculpture on the left is Jeanneke Pis, right in the centre of town and usually surrounded by dirty old men in raincoats. Mind you, the Belgians do have a strange kind of humour. Picture pinched from this website. See you next weekend, God willing. 9:10:27 PM    | |

Learning Japanese. At the Japanese Classroom. Fabulous. Via Ionita. My first language is Japanese. On this page, I will explain the Japanese language. I am not a professional teacher of Japanese. So, I will do my best to explain the language, and hope that you understand. I will explain the basic outline of Japanese on these pages. The purpose of these pages is to increase your interest in Japanese. Also quite interesting: Traditional Custom in Japan. 2:01:52 PM    | |

Short Story of the week [25]. 12:09:19 PM   Short Stories | |

Amazing. The Fractal World Gallery. Via Keys Corner. 9:29:24 AM   Art & Advertising | |

For Lonesome Astronauts [3]. Commander McLane on space patrol [MP3, 2.3MB]. A podcast from mediaburn. 9:08:37 AM   Orion Pics | |

Saturday, November 20, 2004

SF in Full Colour. The worlds of Kir Bulytschow; book covers. Also, a few Hans Dominik covers. And H. G. Wells. 7:42:59 PM   Art & Advertising, Literature | |

Welcome to Wonderland. Werbewunderland, a German weblog about all things advertising. Thanks to Arnfried for the link. 2:06:23 PM   Art & Advertising, Blogs | |

RGB. Colour Printing in the Nineteenth Century. 12:15:37 PM   Art & Advertising, Literature | |

Toyland. Some Retro Pedal Cars for your enjoyment. 10:06:45 AM    | |

The Springfields of this World. Wonder if there's a Simpson family in each one of them. And check out the main FTL Design page anyway - there's lots of good stuff to be found. Like the Timex Magnetic Disc Recorder for example. 8:46:44 AM    | |

Intimacy. A photo gallery. Definitely not safe for work, but great photography. 12:05:12 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Friday, November 19, 2004

The Contents of a Box. I can't help it, I like this sort of stuff: My Brother was left this box and its contents by our Great Uncle Arthur. This section of the site shows some of the items he found in it. More on time capsules here, and while we're at it, why not quickly generate your own time capsule (triple fab!). 9:48:39 PM   Cult | |

Verboten. Germany, October 2004. Ligne Claire is getting better and better. 9:14:13 PM    | |

This is the Dog's Bollocks. First there was art on cows, and now there is art on dogs. Fab. Thanks to Rocky. 7:54:05 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Historia. World War II Maps by Date. Great. 7:44:11 PM    | |

Them Moleskines. Call me a preposterous twat, but I like those little note and sketchbooks. And I've been using them for years now. 43 Folders has some nice Moleskine Hacks and there's more at moleskinerie. Actually not via Mark, but I just noticed he linked to those obscure objects of desire as well. So there you go. 7:24:06 PM   My Sketchbooks | |

Sunday, November 14, 2004

Whoopee. Off to Brussels. Have a nice week everybody. 3:15:37 PM    | |

Space Dreams. Long article (German language) about the Perry Rhodan artist Johnny Bruck. With lots of black and white illustrations. Fab. 2:47:26 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Short Story of the week [24]. 11:33:44 AM   Short Stories | |

Thank You for the Music. The fabulous Scopitone of the day archive. Here's Vivi Bach singing 'Das süsse Leben' [Quicktime, 13.6MB], for example. But there's lots more and it's all pretty groovy. Be surprised. Via Schockwellenreiter. 12:13:46 AM   MP3, Orion Pics | |

Saturday, November 13, 2004

A Quote. Overheard just now, in a German comedy show: 'The Americans in Iraq - this is for every Arab about the same feeling as it is for Catholics if the Taliban had occupied the Vatican.' 9:48:28 PM    | |

Get the Yashica out. Snapshots of the past. Fab. Via Coudal; via (in the first place) PCL. 6:49:53 PM    | |

This is the Modern World. The history of the pill. Nice exhibition at American Experience. 6:42:46 PM    | |

Völlig losgelöst. Major Tom (I'm Coming Home) [MP3, 6.4MB] by Peter Schilling. Via the excellent Bumrocks website. 4:14:48 PM   MP3 | |

Strictly for Artists only. Modelalisa. Compile your own collection of nudes. Found at linkfilter. 10:53:03 AM    | |

Fantastic! Sauerkraut recipes. Rocky is in for a treat next week - I'm sharing an apartment with him while in Brussels. And he hates Sauerkraut. Polish sausage and kraut sounds great. Many thanks go to !. Mhm...should I join the Sauerkraut Club then? 10:30:43 AM    | |

Friday, November 12, 2004

Those were the Days. I remember vividly always being beaten at Defender by Wolf. But then I managed to get to the evil core of Scramble, which was rather tricky. Here's the Arcade Flyer Archive. I think I'll download MacMame right now. 11:59:44 PM   Art & Advertising, Cult | |

How the Royals live. See for yourself [Quicktime VR]. Very funny. Via Horst. 5:19:48 PM    | |

Play some more. Hundreds of board games at Spielarchiv. 4:56:31 PM    | |

Play. A collection of old board games. Nice box art. 4:42:18 PM    | |

Masks. By Ed Roth (who else!). Via Snarky Spot. 10:54:51 AM    | |

The Seventh Voyage. A Journey into the imagination and world of Ray Harryhausen. Fab. 10:26:46 AM    | |

Mapping London. The real map of London as North Londoners know it [PDF, 192kb]. Fantastic. And may I recommend London Leben anyway? 9:46:43 AM   London | |

Just Weird. I have absolutely zero idea what this animation is about, but it's great. Just great. And very weird. Lots of thanks go to Morgan. 9:32:20 AM    | |

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Doctorin' the Tardis. One for us anoraks: The Doctor Who Restoration Team. In 1992, a small group of Doctor Who fans within the television industry approached the BBC's Television Archivist with a view to securing funding for a unique project:- the experimental restoration of a monochrome Jon Pertwee story back to its original colour form. So successful were the test results that the BBC Archives and BBC Video co-funded the restoration of three complete stories for transmission and video release. 3:23:39 PM    | |

It's Beer o'clock again. The Inns and Taverns of Old London. Part of the excellent Sources for Building History website. Update: the link to the Inns and Taverns has changed. Sorted now - thanks to Jean. And his website is now called Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles. Just to let you know. 12:12:30 PM   London | |

Maschinen. A collection. 10:45:05 AM    | |

Broadcasting Memories. The history of the BBC Broadcasting House. Fantastic website with lots of pictures. 9:48:19 AM   London | |

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Raumpatrouille Picture of the Month. Atan Shubashi doing things with an ordinary iron only Atan Shubashis can do. Mhm. Somehow his right arm doesn't seem to be attached to his body. Strange. 11:01:28 PM   Orion Pics | |

Astro Art. David A. Hardy. Great. Thanks to Reimund for the link. 10:32:54 PM   Art & Advertising | |

How It Works. The Computer. Great. Via Coudal; via Presurfer. This book was published in 1971, and the revised edition was published in 1979. 9:38:59 PM    | |

Wonderfabtastic. The Treasure Box. A somewhat different 'Flash-Game'. Wonderful, just wonderful. Via Stylegala. 9:31:35 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Hammer into Anvil. This all surfaced during the week, because of the Horta Museum link below: Fritz, one of my readers, actually produces art noveau iron works. Like the sun dial on the left. And here's more: the gallery of The Artist Blacksmith's Association of North America. And the mad railings of Vintage Studios. Fritz, how much is such a sun dial? I want one of those! 9:21:40 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Sunday, November 7, 2004

The Good News. I'm off to Brussels. The bad news, I'll be back on Wednesday to harass you again. In the meantime check out the Horta Museum in Brussels. It's worth it. 6:25:42 PM    | |

Flying is Fun. Some more Unusual Aviation Pics. 4:55:10 PM    | |

Short Story of the week [23]. 10:35:27 AM   Short Stories | |

Original Art. At Graphic Collectibles: children's book art, comic art, illustration art. 9:17:47 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Fabulous. Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium. Via Eye of the Goof. 8:44:55 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Saturday, November 6, 2004

Peter Cushing is Holmes. Lots of film, TV, radio and theatre related Sherlock Holmes articles at Baker Street Dozen. 6:32:54 PM   Literature, London | |

Humberonia. Everything about Humber motor cars. 1:34:07 PM    | |

The Starfleet Museum. The Starfleet Museum was established in 2213 with the goal of preserving historically important Starfleet ships for future generations. Our Orbital Annex currently houses more than 50 historically important vessels. In addition, hundreds of historical artifacts tracing the history of manned space flight are on display at the Main Museum Complex. The Starfleet Museum invites you to pay a visit now that you are in the Sol system. 8:27:17 AM    | |

I'm Thrilled. Thrilling Adventures is a fab comic strip weblog. Via PCL. 8:05:13 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Friday, November 5, 2004

I still owe her a Lunch. The wonderful world of Celia Johnson. Picture taken from Margarethe Hubauer's website. 11:12:31 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Simulating Colour Blindness. So this is how Schockwellenreiter sees my website. Interesting. 10:39:11 PM    | |

For Lonesome Astronauts [2]. One for a starry night: a very strange version of Piccicato in Heaven [Midi, 8kb]. Doesn't sound like Peter Thomas to me - if anyone has any information about this version, please leave a comment below. Many thanks go to Karlos for this little gem. 8:42:42 PM   MP3, Orion Pics | |

Cartooning Cartoons. Dan Collins is a cartoonist. And a very good one too. 8:15:21 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Dear America. This was very foolish of you. Yours sincerely, The Cartoonist 8:06:31 PM    | |

Monday, November 1, 2004

And Again. Time to board the Eurostar towards Brussels. But first I'm going to meet my mate Wolfgang at the Princess Louise Pub for a beer and some fish'n chips. 9:57:36 AM    | |

Roland Topor. He certainly was another one of those giants: actor, author (do I really have to mention The Tenant here?), cartoonist, illustrator, painter. The official website seems to be under construction, but a few parts are working; a Polish website with lots of his etchings can be found here. And a short profile in English is here. 8:35:34 AM   Art & Advertising | |

The Unmutual. Still one of the better Prisoner and Portmeirion websites around. 7:59:05 AM   Cult | |

People With Broken Umbrellas. A photo gallery. Of course it's from Dublin. Via Mark. 7:42:47 AM    | |