The Cartoonist

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Colours. Newbury Park Tube Station. 7:59:14 AM   London | |

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Basil Says. Whenever you come across a male Trilobite on the beach, feed him some mars bars. 9:15:02 PM   Basil Says | |

Pecunia Non Olet. Old German money. Fab. Many thanks to Owen for the link. 4:47:54 PM   This & That | |

Don't Wake Daddy. The exhibition: news-clippings and art. Many thanks to Wolf for the link. 7:37:29 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Monday, November 27, 2006

The New Yorker. Covers by Chris Ware. Many thanks to Fred for the link. 1:44:38 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Hammersmith Bridge. Met up with Konstantin today, exploring Hammersmith. Great weather we had. 9:03:56 PM   London | |

Saturday, November 25, 2006

We Vibrate. More about Knox and my humble self at IT&W. 6:10:35 PM   London | |

Pictures of an Exhibition. Le Monde de Franquin in Brussels. My flickr set. Enjoy. 2:52:41 PM   Cult | |

My Goodness Me. This is incredibly good. Christoph Rehbein, digital illustration. 10:21:55 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Pause. Radio Interval Signals — die Pausenzeichen-Datenbank. Via Paperholic, Flash player stolen from Odeo. 9:51:38 AM   This & That | |

Friday, November 24, 2006

Basil Says. When there's a storm approaching, remember to turn off the air conditioning. 6:59:31 PM   Basil Says | |

That's a Good One. The Fallout Shelter Handbook 1962 at Ward-O-Matic. Fantastic. Many thanks to George for the link. 6:42:52 PM   This & That | |

Thursday, November 23, 2006

1033 Signatures. Interesting petition on the official 10 Downing Street website. Via Craig Murray. 2:02:33 PM   London | |

Un martien à Paris. A photo-comic. 8:54:34 AM   This & That | |

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

And more. Old German TV ads. Via Markenmuseum. 7:41:45 PM   Old Ads | |

Zartgemüse. German Bonduelle TV commercials from the 70s with Tomi Ungerer animations. Fab. 5:11:06 PM   Art & Advertising, Old Ads | |

This Really Pisses Me Off. I'm now getting 20-30 of those on a daily basis, and even delivered to my main e-mail address, which I've never published anywhere. Of course I'm filtering them, they go straight to the trash, but still ... 12:41:34 PM   This & That | |

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

More Wallace. JM Colberg's flickr set of those old paperback covers. Mine's here. Fab. 6:42:07 PM   Art & Advertising, Literature | |

From my Sketchbooks. Again, I haven't got a clue when I did those, why I did those, and for whom I did those. Tsk. 11:49:34 AM   My Sketchbooks | |

More Wild West. Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen (1825-1905). Writer, adventurer, painter. With many thanks to M. Kranz for the link. 11:36:29 AM   Literature | |

Monday, November 20, 2006

Winnetou & Shatterhand. The Wild West is alive and well in Europe! Yeah, right... Still, a nice article. Photo by Karl May Verlag, Radebeul. 6:46:39 PM   Literature | |

Le Monde de Franquin. Now in Brussels. The official website. Maybe I'll upload my photos of the exhibition onto flickr soon. Maybe not. Who knows. 6:00:21 PM   Art & Advertising, Cult | |

Watching Watches. At the fab new watchismo times. Via swr 7:53:36 AM   Blogs | |

Friday, November 17, 2006

Basil Says. When an asteroid is on collision course with Earth, protect yourself. 4:01:23 PM   Basil Says | |

In almost every Picture. Fit a camera with a motion sensor and you'll get some great shots. Via vvork. 7:35:21 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Silly Thing. The Generator Blog. Via Adscam. Bottle by Basil the Absolut Bottle Sign Generator. 8:58:51 PM   Blogs | |

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

She Does It Right. Dr. Feelgood (+ Wilko Johnson on guitar). Via PCL. Here's the chords for She does it right at Wilko's Guitar School. Fab. British Pub Rock at its best. Oh, and here's another one. 8:38:57 PM   London, MP3 | |

Basil Says. When it's cold, wear a poncho. It'll keep you warm. 5:41:35 PM   Basil Says | |

Suspect Device. Fantastic. I want one of those. Via IT&W. The only function of the Suspicious Looking device is to appear as suspicious as possible [...] 5:15:57 PM   This & That | |

Oh, Debbie. Drool. Mr BaliHai's image gallery Live At the Whisky a Go-Go. Highly recommended. 3:48:51 PM   Cult | |

The World's a Stage. Spejbl & Hurvínek. 8:11:41 AM   This & That | |

Monday, November 13, 2006

A Novella. By Armin. Clyde Quillan and Loretta Adora in the meantime were trying a deadly cocktail of VlArrGRA, VALrrlUM and ClArrLlS. No Anatrim could help them after the experience of watching the Amsterdam Live Sexcams with free interactive sexcams. 6:36:07 PM   Literature | |

The Worst Movie Ever. Therefore logic tells us this movie must be extraordinary good. Perry Rhodan — Mission Stardust in all its glory on YouTube. Get it before it's gone. A great find by Marc. 6:27:51 PM   Cult | |

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Book Art. Because I think those German Edgar Wallace book covers from the sixties are pure art, I've created a little set on flickr. Enjoy. 3:45:55 PM   Art & Advertising, Literature | |

Saturday, November 11, 2006

The Cartoonist Recommends. MadScam by George Parker. I've just finished reading it and all I can say is, go and get this book. George Parker exposes the big dumb agencies as what they are, (which is big and dumb) and explains to the interested reader how to achieve quality advertising without them (the big dumb agencies). Fab! Well done, George. 3:41:39 PM   Art & Advertising, Literature | |

Friday, November 10, 2006

Suspense. German mystery novels from the 19th century. Free PDF downloads at Criminalbibliothek des 19. Jahrhunderts. Fab. 5:29:20 PM   Literature | |

Nice View. London by night. Via things. 5:21:54 PM   London | |

Thursday, November 9, 2006

Fancy-dress freebooters! Slubberdegullions! Autocrats! David's favourite Captain Haddock curses. Via noeton. Also, the Captain Haddock Insult generator. 7:23:34 PM   This & That | |

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Serious Blogging. Or would you want to buy a used car from those guys? Of course not. The Cartoonist (left). Majo (right) of IT&W and the fab Mac Essentials. Photo by Peter Zillig. 10:59:03 PM   Blogs | |

London. New & old. Interesting. 2 massive HiRes pictures. 1:03:07 PM   London | |

One for the Kids. The Children's Book Illustrators Gallery. Via Coudal. 12:54:05 PM   Art & Advertising, Literature | |

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Basil Says. I'm well off, I think. I've avoided death and I don't have to pay taxes. 11:59:55 PM   Basil Says | |

Brussels. A Turbot 1. More later; I'm busy. 12:03:18 AM   This & That | |

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Basil Says. While The Cartoonist's away, I'll collect some more ancient bones. 4:51:45 PM   Basil Says | |

Oh Dear. A letter from Danh Vo's painting professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Via vvork. 2:41:59 PM   Art & Advertising | |