The Cartoonist

Thursday, June 30, 2005

Basil Says. When someone calls you from behind, turn around twice in three perfect 360 degree circles, then answer. Just looking over your shoulder is considered as being rude. 9:52:44 PM   Basil Says | |

15 Minutes. From 'A+I' (whatever that is/was), December 22, 1986. Found in a box, as usual. 6:50:13 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Teardrop Shape. The Tatra. Here and here, brochures there. 5:24:08 PM   This & That | |

What the ... is wrong with Haloscan again? 2:17:01 PM   This & That | |

Weird Wide World. As I just went topping up my Oyster Card, I happened to come across a man who was shouting at his bicycle: Bad bike! Bad, bad bike!! Don't you ever do that again!! Are you listening, bike?! Bad bike!! 10:03:49 AM   London | |

Paintings by Wolf [8]. A work in progress. 8:19:16 AM   Paintings by Wolf | |

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Where there's a way, there's a will. Or the other way round. I can't remember right now. I can't even remember if it's about 'wills' and 'ways' altogether. I need a nuclear bone enhancement right now, I'm getting too old for this. Thanks for listening, see you tomorrow. Has anybody seen my sunglasses? I had them just right here, and now they're gone. Ah, nevermind. There's a Gucci's just up the road, thank you. 8:30:35 PM   Basil Says | |

Again, this is Art. Exportweltmeister. Trinkhallen in Dortmund. I wonder when the book's coming out. 5:20:25 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Graphis Annual '59. At The Nonist [Graphis '59 part 1, Graphis '59 part 2]. 2:32:23 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Heroes of German Television. Maxl Graf & Beppo Brehm. 1:26:08 PM   Cult | |

Literature, found in a Box. 11:47:00 AM   Literature | |

Airbrushing a Rainbow. In one go, with one of these devices at the wonderful Airbrush Museum. 11:32:19 AM   Designer's Tools | |

Ten Years. And still going strong. Argon Zark, the World's first comic on the web. 11:10:56 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Nelson's Column. Full story over at London Leben. 9:23:10 PM   London | |

Monday, June 27, 2005

Basil Says. Space is relative. Try harder. 8:09:13 PM   Basil Says | |

What a Strange Website. Reproducts. Das Fernsehmuseum. 7:55:10 PM   Cult | |

Boldly. Star Trek 35mm film clips. Via recordbrother. 7:44:18 PM   This & That | |

Sunday, June 26, 2005

When you're alone in the desert and the sun is at 12 o'clock, look for some shadows or an olympic-size swimming pool. 10:42:23 PM   Basil Says | |

Paintings by Wolf [7]. Dead Justice. 2:56:26 PM   Paintings by Wolf | |

Brush & Ink. The strange illustrations of Dirk Geiling, who apparently doesn't draw anymore these days, but instead works as a croupier for a casino somewhere in the town of Hagen, Germany. He was only 18 when he did those illustrations. What a shame, and what a loss. And what a tosser, I am inclined to add. 2:49:06 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Roper [52]. 1:18:26 PM   Short Stories | |

Saturday, June 25, 2005

Free Porn. Porno Joe's free hardcore gallery. Thanks to Paul for the link. How strange. The above link doesn't seem to work for some people. In that case, try the main page. 3:21:37 PM   This & That | |

Badge, found in a Box. Does anyone know what that might be worth? 3:07:12 PM   Comics, out of a box | |

The Circus is in Town. Hundreds of fabulous circus posters. Many thanks to Slim for the link. 2:57:32 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Two Dogs and Two Cats. Michelle has moved. 8:47:17 AM   Blogs | |

Things, found in Boxes. Peter Zillig's new weblog museum museorum. Fab. «museum-museorum» oder eine notorisch im Umbau befindliche Schauseite unterschiedlichster Künste, Künstlichkeiten und Eigenarten, Kuriositäten und Artverwandtschaften sowie Abbildungen von schönen Gedanken und Dinglichkeiten, gelegentlich monströsem sowie alltäglichem. 8:40:03 AM   Blogs | |

Friday, June 24, 2005

Literature, found in a box. Sonja Eisold, Wiedersehen mit Dortmund, Krüger Verlag, Dortmund, 1. Auflage 1962. 7:32:41 PM   Literature | |

Thursday, June 23, 2005

About Time. 10:26:23 PM   London | |

Solar flares can cause sickness when taken with ibuprofen. 9:17:07 PM   Basil Says | |

I Want One Of Those. The Orion as a highly expensive model kit. 9:14:03 PM   Cult, Orion Pics | |

Worried Shoes. The art of Daniel Johnston; his official homepage; the devil and Daniel Johnston, a film by Jeff Feuerzeig. 7:23:22 AM   Art & Advertising, Cult | |

Open Daily. Belle Vue - the Manchester Zoological Gardens. Part of the excellent Manchester History Portal. 7:09:18 AM   This & That | |

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Heroes of German Television. Eduard Zimmermann. 7:50:57 PM   Cult | |

Monday, June 20, 2005

Your lungs grow bigger when you swim a lot. 8:49:37 PM   Basil Says | |

Topper. All about the author Thorne Smith. And his books are online here. 7:52:12 PM   Literature | |

Molly Crabapple. Illustration. 7:45:31 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Boys don't Cry. Uli Schmidt-Salm, aka Megick Dick, aka Natty U, 20.02.1956 - 25.03.2005. As usual I was completely unaware of the fact that he actually became a famous Reggae musician after The Neat. Amazing. Here's one of his songs, performed by the Neat, 'Er kriegt ihn nicht hoch'. I should point out that due to the content and the explicit lyrics this is NSFW. At least for my German readers. 7:36:35 PM   Cult | |

Sunday, June 19, 2005

Paintings by Wolf [6]. Wolf's desk. Which is perfectly normal for an artist. 9:47:36 PM   Cult, Paintings by Wolf | |

Weiß nicht, frag was anderes. The Neat. 9:05:52 PM   MP3 | |

Too Hot. Got a sunburn and feeling sick. Blogging continues when I feel better. 6:21:20 PM   This & That | |

Saturday, June 18, 2005

When you turn right, then turn left - and then straight ahead. 10:10:20 PM   Basil Says | |

Literature, found in a Box. Oh yes, I like it. 9:32:50 PM   Literature | |

Time Is Up. Tonight, 7pm, BBC1. Barcelona it is! 12:40:51 PM   This & That | |

Out & About. If anybody wants me, I'm in the garden, reading this. With a whisky soda. 10:52:03 AM   Literature | |

Reklame. A huge archive of advertising in Holland: 150 Jaar Nederlandse Reclame. Fab. With many thanks to Patrícia. 9:09:38 AM   Art & Advertising | |

The Designer's Tools [12]. Nibs. 8:49:16 AM   Designer's Tools | |

Friday, June 17, 2005

When the Cartoonist works hard on Friday, he'll be back on Saturday. 10:34:05 PM   Basil Says | |

Thursday, June 16, 2005

When you get lost in a cave, try to find a way out. 7:44:10 PM   Basil Says | |

Heroes of German Television. Fantastic: Zuschauerpost. Viewers' letters to the German magazine HörZu from 1946 - 2005. Nach Ihrem Bericht über meine Show habe ich etwa 2000 Briefe bekommen. Vielen Dank, daß Sie einem in Deutschland bisher unbekannten Künstler eine Chance einräumen. -Rudi Carrell, Bremen- 5:03:16 PM   Cult | |

Albert. I like the little fellow. 4:51:16 PM   This & That | |

Paintings by Wolf [5]. Wilder Hintern, acrylics on canvas? cardboard? paper tissue? I should file this under 'Cat picture of the month'. 7:44:43 AM   Paintings by Wolf | |

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

The moon contains sunshine. 9:14:12 PM   Basil Says | |

Better than Marvin. Robots. By the fabulous Jad Fair. 8:36:44 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Heroes of German Television. Wim Thoelke. 7:17:19 PM   Cult | |

Monday, June 13, 2005

Roper [51]. 7:57:52 PM   Short Stories | |

Sunday, June 12, 2005

In Circles. With the fearless Armin Grewe through the Magic Roundabout in Swindon. 4:04:27 PM   This & That | |

Eyes Only. The Pinhole Spy Camera. 3:25:29 PM   This & That | |

Sustainable Creativity. Michael Nobbs draws (a lot) and also runs the drawing club. 3:15:47 PM   Art & Advertising, Blogs | |

Saturday, June 11, 2005

Waiting in a queue can be an experience. 6:47:01 PM   Basil Says | |

Friday, June 10, 2005

Waiting in a queue can be a very surreal experience. 11:50:34 PM   Basil Says | |

The Neat. Remember this? Remember that? There's now a Yahoo Group dedicated to The Neat. I'm amazed what sound engineers can do these days. And there might even be a proper CD recording coming out of this. Be patient. 10:16:21 PM   Cult, MP3 | |

Great Name For a Product. And a somewhat clunky, but still good label design. Well, that's Sainsbury's. For everybody. 6:53:54 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Thursday, June 9, 2005

Waiting in a queue can be a very relaxing, zen-like experience. 8:57:27 PM   Basil Says | |

The Designer's Tools [11]. Almost obsolete now. 2:43:24 PM   Designer's Tools | |

Paintings by Wolf [4]. Pitbull Surfer, acrylics on something. More of this can be found on his website. 9:22:13 AM   Paintings by Wolf | |

Wednesday, June 8, 2005

Liebe GGK [6]. Stickers. By the late Manfred Schwarzer. 9:27:57 PM   Liebe GGK | |

More ? on Clothing. A shirt. With thanks to Peter Zillig. 7:27:07 AM   This & That | |

Tuesday, June 7, 2005

Translation Services. If any of my Russian readers can translate this, please leave a comment over at Paperholic. Thank you. 9:12:48 PM   This & That | |

Fantastic. Robby's Super-8 Homepage. Via Coudal. 9:08:14 PM   Art & Advertising, Cult | |

Monday, June 6, 2005

Always sing a happy tune when showering. 8:53:27 PM   Basil Says | |

Paintings by Wolf [3]. Manfred, acrylics on canvas. 4:23:23 PM   Paintings by Wolf | |

The Quine Tapes. Can be found here in their entirety. Many thanks to Dirk. 4:00:09 PM   MP3 | |

I don't Believe this. Schumiletten. 9:51:09 AM   This & That | |

Sunday, June 5, 2005

The Underground. Is Velvet. And soft. And New York. Here's the soundtrack. [MP3, 4.9MB]. 10:23:08 PM   Art & Advertising, MP3 | |

Bad. Here. BBC is fab. 8:39:03 PM   Cult | |

No way. The Roper has to fill in his timesheets and write invoices, so he won't be back for another week. Sorry about that. 5:28:55 PM   This & That | |

Become intelligent. Superbrain. Swallow more exceptional omega oils. Omega is good for you. 5:23:06 PM   Basil Says | |

Paintings by Wolf [2]. Gas Attack. A cheerful desktop wallpaper in the size 1280 x 600, manufactured by Wolf. 11:40:19 AM   Paintings by Wolf | |

Basil Says. Buy me. New at the Cartoonist's shop: the exclusive Basil collection. Order now and make me rich. 9:53:26 AM   Basil Says | |

Saturday, June 4, 2005

Basil Says. This is so embarrassing. 11:21:52 PM   Basil Says, Cult | |

Questions are a burden to others. And answers a prison for oneself. The Village rules. 9:28:37 PM   Basil Says | |

Housekeeping. Many thanks to David Phillips, the Tweezer Man, for this macro. It works! 8:33:19 PM   Blogs | |

How Did You Get the Outside around the Inside? Tonight's episode was the best so far. And I'm already looking forward to the reappearence of the Daleks next weekend. Oh, this is so incredibly exciting. And the TARDIS being alive - fantastic! Triple hundreds of Fabs to the new Dr. Who series. 8:06:36 PM   Cult | |

The Designer's Tools [10]. No longer in use, but I just love'em. 1:20:44 PM   Designer's Tools | |

Paintings by Wolf [1]. Uzi Angel War, acrylics on canvas. Wolf's (old) website can be found here. 9:30:25 AM   Art & Advertising, Paintings by Wolf | |

I Want One of Those. The Ackerman Pump Pen. Via niblog. 9:01:13 AM   Art & Advertising, Designer's Tools | |

Friday, June 3, 2005

Never drink over your limit. Whatever your limit is. And always subscribe to my RSS-feed. 7:57:02 PM   Basil Says | |

The Nerd I Am. Sad, but true: I actually own one of those silly Dr. Who/Sylvester McCoy jumpers. They were on sale during the late eighties. But, you'll have to admit, it's a great design for a silly jumper, isn't it? Wonder if I can flog that on eBay? 7:45:02 PM   Cult | |

Thursday, June 2, 2005

Always store your keyboard dry and at room temperature. 9:10:51 PM   Basil Says | |

Out Of This World. The amazing Dr. Who collection of Richard Holden. 6:57:50 AM   Cult, London | |

Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Groan. All work and no play. While I'm slaving away for some bits of paper with numbers and a £ symbol printed on them, read this. Or that. 7:03:20 AM   My Sketchbooks, This & That | |