The Cartoonist

Saturday, April 30, 2005

Literature, found in a Box. Lupo Modern, from about 1966. Came with a nice Raumpatrouille double page spread (Great layout!). 2:46:35 PM   Comics, out of a box, Orion Pics | |

Top Secret. The website of U.N.I.T. Remember, the password for 'Secure Login' is buffalo. And you can also try bison. Via Clive. 10:04:31 AM    | |

I Must be Doing Something Right. Or wrong. I don't know. Anyway, welcome, dear Playboy, to the wonderful world of the Cartoonist. 8:03:21 AM    | |

Friday, April 29, 2005

I'm busy Today. Have a nice day. 7:19:34 AM    | |

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Watch more often a family of foxes fool around in the garden. 9:44:55 PM   Basil Says | |

Blasts From The Past. A monument to misfortune, fiascos and failure. 4:53:26 PM    | |

Do The Grand Tour. EutoMobile - European Automobile History. 4:46:49 PM    | |

In Search of the Perfect Software. Vue 5 Infinite. 7:57:55 AM    | |

In Search of more Photo Realism. The 3D art of Patrick Merminod. 7:52:38 AM   Art & Advertising | |

In Search of Old Masters. The 3D art of Giutta Bertaud. 7:45:07 AM   Art & Advertising | |

In Search Of Photo Realism. The 3D-art of Jürgen Ziewe. 7:33:07 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

No fire without smoke. 7:46:39 PM   Basil Says | |

Andrew Bawidamann. Pin Ups. 8:47:55 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Mary Poppins. 8:42:15 AM    | |

Worship! Worship now, before it's too late. 12:08:36 AM   Basil Says | |

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Documenting the Decay. The Cartoonist on Oxford Street, 20.4.2005. Photo © by Joseph Emonts-Pohl. 5:34:50 PM   London | |

I'm Not Making this Up. Nagel's Encyclopaedia-Travel Guides. The Moon. ©1970 by Nagel Publishing Company, Geneva. Great book, by the way. And to the person, who did a Google Search for 'human sex with pig' and apparently came across my weblog: no Sir, you won't find any of that here. I am deeply sorry. 2:48:18 PM   Literature | |

Shiny Armour. The Knights of Avalon. 10:09:23 AM    | |

Knights, Vikings and Prince Valiant. Figurenmuseum. As fantastic as the one below. 9:52:13 AM    | |

Cowboys & Indians. At Wildwestfiguren. This is wonderful, amazing, fantastic. 9:37:02 AM    | |

Monday, April 25, 2005

Dedicated. An Ode to Benedict XVI. Heigh-Ho We pray pray pray pray pray pray pray in our chapel the whole day through To sing sing sing sing sing sing sing is what we really like to do It's all a trick to get rich quick If you swing swing swing with a bible or a cross In a chapel! In a chapel! In a chapel! In a chapel! Where a million bishops shine! We pray pray pray pray pray pray pray from early morn till night We sing sing sing sing sing sing sing for everyone in sight We doodle in bibles by the score Five Gutenbergs, sometimes more But we don't know what we read 'em for We pray pray pray a-pray-ee-oe Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho Heigh-ho [Chorus] Heigh-ho, Heigh-hope In Rome we've got a new pope [Whistle] 9:17:06 PM    | |

Work harder. Don't sleep. 7:58:38 PM   Basil Says | |

Nat Finkelstein. Photography. 9:06:38 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Type. Nice collection of typography-related articles. 8:46:34 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Expeditions to Mars. With Wernher von Braun in 1952, 1956, and 1969. From the fantastic Encylopaedia Astronautica website. 8:26:38 AM    | |

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Short Story of the week [46]. 8:45:41 AM   Short Stories | |

Friday, April 22, 2005

When on Mars, watch out for dust-devils. 8:56:19 PM   Basil Says | |

Cute. And sexy. The homepage of Mel Ramos. 9:28:18 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Graphic Design. I just happened to stumble upon a few issues of Gebrauchsgraphik from 1969/1970, which I found in a box on a book shelf. Gebrauchsgraphik used to be the leading German magazine for all things advertising/design/illustration at the time. I scanned in some of the ads, all of them directed towards designers. And here they are, this is fun. At the same time I opened up a flickr account, because I was too lazy setting up another gallery page and uploading it to my domain. I think everybody should have a flickr account these days. 12:58:17 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Always take the lens cap off first, then take a picture. 7:39:17 PM   Basil Says | |

Colour Me In. An activity book by the nonist. This is fab. 2:33:01 PM    | |

Important Data. Always make a backup. Many thanks to Marc. 10:19:38 AM    | |

Oh. He's Back. Adolf, die Nazi-Sau. Via maledei. 9:59:08 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Whenever you cross a London road, watch out for oncoming vehicles. Especially watch out for red Routemaster busses and red Royal Mail vans. 7:46:41 PM   Basil Says | |

Literature, found in a Box. I've just noticed - there's so much more weird stuff going on in this issue, I might be tempted posting a few more pages. Stay tuned. 7:35:46 PM   Comics, out of a box | |

Some more Cards. Tons of old postcards. Thanks to Barbara for the link. 11:06:44 AM    | |

Blurred Art. Paintings by Chris Langstroth. 7:48:07 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Build a Radio Today. A collection of old cigarette cards. 7:39:57 AM    | |

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Do not install the MacOS 10.3.9 update. 6:05:17 PM   Basil Says | |

Wet in Wet. The world's finest guide to watercolor painting. Via Michelle. 9:14:36 AM   Art & Advertising | |

This could be Fun. Build your own paper rocket. 8:48:56 AM    | |

Monday, April 18, 2005

Every now and then you should open a can of worms. 6:21:00 PM   Basil Says | |

Virtual Mars. With Eventscope. And not bad either: the freeware tool GeoVirgil. And, Map-A-Planet. Mola data the easy way. 6:19:03 PM    | |

Flying Things. The Otto Lilienthal Museum. 12:17:10 PM    | |

Public Call. The history of a blue box. 10:38:51 AM    | |

Weird Tales. The unique magazine. Via Plep. 10:32:21 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Stereo. A nice collection of old record players. By the way, stereo: I was listening on Saturday night to Lonita's radio show, and it's great. 10:16:45 AM    | |

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Short Story of the week [45]. 2:06:47 PM   Short Stories | |

Serious CAT content here. 2:04:15 AM    | |

Why not. Raumpatrouille. A painting by Michael Mau, 1969. 1:05:09 AM   Art & Advertising, Orion Pics | |

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Under a full moon your body hair will grow. 10:52:44 PM   Basil Says | |

Photo, found in a Box [11]. I have absolutely no idea what's going on there. 9:09:42 PM   Found in a Box | |

Literature, found in a Box. The completed UFO trading cards album from 1972. Sample pages below. I can't help it, but I find the back page incredibly cute. Letter spacing +25, at least. Technical Data: the cards are all fixed to the album pages with either UHU Alleskleber or a PRITT Stift. And the album came without a CD or DVD ROM; there wasn't even a poster included. Yes, I was 12 years old at the time, and didn't even know about cow gum. Unfortunately. 4:45:00 PM   Comics, out of a box | |

Friday, April 15, 2005

You are much longer dead than you are alive. I'm an exception. 9:13:34 PM   Basil Says | |

The Landwalker. I bet it can't climb stairs. Via linkfilter. 7:16:42 PM    | |

In Between. A large version of the silly pic below can be found here; BeTuMaN, a weblog from Barcelona; and it's grey and rainy outside. And the web is terribly slow today. 6:44:32 PM    | |

Cigarette Cards, found in a Book. 12:38:34 PM   Literature | |

Really Psychedelic. Welcome to the domain of Terry Riley. 10:50:39 AM    | |

Fun. At NobodyHere. Via a comment at The Aardvark Speaks. 9:39:18 AM    | |

Thursday, April 14, 2005

I'm not Dead yet, am I? Looks as if a so-called friend of mine must have run into financial troubles. One of my books, which I apparently personally dedicated to someone, is being sold for an outrageous price in Switzerland. Wonder who that might be. Considering the number, which is 37 out of 999, it was certainly one of the samples I received from the publisher - and then gave away, scribbling something onto the title page. Dedicated to someone. And now that someone just sold it. I'm really hurt now. Bastards. Can't you wait with things like that until I'm dead, for Christ's sake? 9:07:28 PM   Literature | |

Ralf is very busy today. Do not disturb him. 4:59:00 PM   Basil Says | |

Been there, Done that. The Secret Nuclear Bunker Kelvedon Hatch. It's just half an hour's drive from where I live. There's an old Apple II computer rotting away in one of the staff rooms. 8:55:29 AM    | |

Art. In San Francisco. At Fecal Face. 8:38:23 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. 5:37:19 PM   Basil Says | |

At Last. Quickos is back. 3:41:32 PM   Blogs | |

Just Fooling Around Again. Drawn with my mouse. 7:30:15 AM    | |

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

The clouds on Venus may be green. 6:27:27 PM   Basil Says | |

About Time. A brand-new picture of The Face. Ah, the secrets of Cydonia ... 11:35:23 AM    | |

How Wonderful. This comes straight from the homepage of the S. Fischer Verlag. Got rid of all your proofreaders, eh? Thanks to Peter Zillig for pointing this out. 9:50:58 AM   Literature | |

Books. I foolishly decided to participate in Armin's Literary Meme, without realizing all the work involved, but with the help of Basil I finally managed to sort it out. Here you go: You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451; which book do you want to be? That's an easy one: Adrian Tinniswood, By Permission of Heaven. The story of the great fire of London. Haven't read it yet, but it's on my list. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? Oh, absolutely. What are you currently reading? Arno Schmidt, Zur angelsächsischen Literatur, Bd.3 - James Joyce, Stanislaus Joyce. This is only because I'm working on some new Finnegans Wake illustrations. And no link here, because the book is long out of print, and the website of Schmidt's new publisher is a complete mess. I mean, this is terrible - one of Germany's leading publishing companies has a website with broken links, a terrible layout and a non-existing navigation. Unbelievable. The last book you bought is: Josef Hilger, Raumpatrouille. The last book you read is: Christian Wolmar, Subterranean Railway. A social history of the tube. A great book. Five books you would take to a desert island: 1. Arno Schmidt, The Stony Heart. 2. Hanns Kneifel, Raumpatrouille Orion (Haffmans edition). 3. Patrick Marnham, The Man Who Wasn't Maigret. A portrait of Georges Simenon. 4. Friedhelm Rathjen, Kuckuckseier und Nestbeschmutzer. 5. Ralf Zeigermann, Antarktis Expedition 1931/32. Who are you going to pass this stick to, and why? Ha! I think I found at least 3 unfortunate people who might grab the stick and pass it on further: The nice guys at paperholic, because in real life they deal with books; steff, because I assume he actually reads books; Matt, because I'm interested in his selection. That was work! I'm exhausted now. 8:37:28 AM   Literature | |

Monday, April 11, 2005

Eat more fish. 4:36:47 PM   Basil Says | |

450 Years of Cartooning. 20 strips. No, the other way round, of course. 20 years of cartooning, and - anyway, Karl Bihlmeier's Herrmann der User is finally online. 12:11:52 PM   Art & Advertising | |

And now for some Healthy Advertising. I'm pretty sure that either Sebastian or Matt must have blogged this already, or even myself, but there you go: hundreds of old car brochures, ads, press-photos. Via Anke Gröner. 10:11:58 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Ok. I'll join in. But not today. 9:39:56 AM   Literature | |

Creepy-Crawlies. Massive website about beetles and coleopterists. 9:01:22 AM    | |

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Short Story of the week [44]. 10:48:25 AM   Short Stories | |

Saturday, April 9, 2005

Always take good care of your tobacco. 8:59:23 PM   Basil Says | |

Another 3 Hours. Then it's Dr. Who time again. 4:01:51 PM    | |

Githead. HeadGit. Another Colin Newman project. Fab. 2:42:27 PM    | |

Lovely. The Royal Wedding Webcam. Thanks to IT&W. 10:33:04 AM    | |

Friday, April 8, 2005

Basil Says. Spare Ribs, anyone? 5:39:28 PM   Basil Says | |

How Nice. Many thanks to Wolf for this sparkling gem, this diamond of internal office communications. 2:13:17 PM    | |

Calligraphy. Made by Brause. Via niblog. 1:31:27 PM   Art & Advertising | |

A Fistful of Weblogs. The Polish Ooops!; A&D Plus of the University of Michigan School of Art & Design; Scott Moschella's Plastic Bugs (check out his Illustrator Tips); Look at this ...; Blogaholics. That's about a fistful, isn't it? 1:22:19 PM   Blogs | |

Always Nice. London's Transport Museum. Here: From omnibus to ecobus. 8:21:54 AM   London | |

In Red. Japanese ex-libris stamps. 8:11:31 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Thursday, April 7, 2005

Always carry a slip of paper with you. This is important. 9:33:22 PM   Basil Says | |

Inside a Bottle. I dream of Jeannie. 10:17:17 AM   Cult | |

The Historic Tale Construction Kit. Create your own stories. Or create your own Hokusai artwork with the Hokusai Manga Construction Kit. Thanks to Peter Zillig. 8:38:47 AM    | |

Paint a Cow. And win 300 Dollars. 8:15:32 AM    | |

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

If you keep your ear to the ground, it will get dirty. 6:31:07 PM   Basil Says | |

Oh Dear. The disturbing photography of Frederik Ödman. Amazing. Via linkfilter. 4:33:01 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Just a Reminder. I'm still available, by the way. 3:30:32 PM    | |

Literature, found in a Box. I still ca