The Cartoonist

Sunday, December 31, 2006

For the New Year. Some Martian Martians. Totally unrelated: Ted's got a blog. 2:01:26 PM   Blogs, Cult | |

2006. Amazing. More than 2006 comments on Mr. Twoblog's blog. 8:46:08 AM   Blogs | |

Saturday, December 30, 2006

The Advertisement. This one's from 1966, although it looks as if it's from the 50's. 1:17:53 PM   Old Ads | |

Sound Structures. Githead Radio. 10:24:47 AM   MP3 | |

Friday, December 29, 2006

Basil Says. Satellite dishes are the new religion. Ask Zed. Sheds are next. 4:07:12 PM   Basil Says | |

Busy. Incredibly busy with some translation work. See you later. 11:39:48 AM   This & That | |

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Reed Richards. Ben Grimm. Sue Storm. Johnny Storm. While there's a new Fantastic Four movie in the makes, let's check out Roger Corman's take on the Fab Four from 1994. Available on YouTube in ten parts. Enjoy. 2:59:55 PM   Cult | |

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Horses. That's a painting by a fellow called Knox. A painting I bought just recently. A painting which is great, I think. A painting I really enjoy. A painting I still have to pay for ... Knox: end of January, be assured. Now watch this or that. 10:30:49 PM   Art & Advertising, London | |

Basil Says. If you didn't get any Christmas presents this year, just count your bones and be happy anyway. 4:24:26 PM   Basil Says | |

Brainwashed. Tra la la. Listen to godspeed you! black emperor [MP3s]. They're great. Thanks, Michael, for the weird but fabulous Christmas present! 2:58:04 PM   Cult, MP3 | |

International Pop. The Italian 70's comics of the German Perry Rhodan series in a French translation. I think this is FAB. 2:40:01 PM   Art & Advertising, Cult | |

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Wilhelm Busch. Gesamtausgabe in vier Bänden, new at the GASL, all volumes come as nice and handy PDF files. 9:08:20 AM   Literature | |

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Even more Loriot. The YouTube Loriot Group. 12:45:35 PM   Cult | |

Friday, December 22, 2006

Loriot. 200 e-cards. And this here is a definite Iwantoneofthose. 1:31:50 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Thursday, December 21, 2006

We Try Harder. My father's dental practice used to be just around the corner in Oestermärschstrasse. When I was little, I really liked the clean smell of it. Photo by DosRon. Aber nunmal ehrlich: dieses "Grösster Adventskranz der Welt am Borsigplatz" ist doch nun wohl eher hochnotpeinlich, oder? 7:24:06 PM   This & That | |

Jet. Photo taken in Brussels, last summer. I really need to be there more often. 5:44:07 PM   This & That | |

Zooming in. Extreme Resolution — Large Scale Panoramic Image Creation. Via Things. In Boston, a view from the Prudential Tower's Skywalk provided a good base to cover a portion of the city in narrow-field high density. Unfortunately, an automated pano head was not available, but 612 overlapping images were shot manually with a 300mm lens. Proving it is possible (but not sensible) to do a gigapixel shoot manually, luck held out and a successful stitch was made, resulting in a 95,000 by 40,000 pixel size image. 2:16:46 PM   Art & Advertising | |

20,000 Minutes of Your Time. What a nice project for the holidays: the Nautilus as a paper model kit. And here's more Disney stuff to turn into models. 1:08:36 PM   This & That | |

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Basil Says. I'm trying to read a book, but the words slip through my bones. 4:48:00 PM   Basil Says | |

Where does she find those Colours? Maya Newman's Tel Aviv photos. Amazing. 1:28:05 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Only three weeks old. Yet another community. Should I join? 8:31:26 AM   This & That | |

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Not Safe for Work. A photo by Jan Rocho. 8:44:44 AM   This & That | |

Monday, December 18, 2006

Weird Science. At the Nonist. Via Eye of the Goof. 10:04:01 AM   This & That | |

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Camden Town. That's why there were so many weirdos on the Northern Line last night. 11:26:51 PM   London | |

Just one more Week to go.  11:28:24 AM   This & That | |

Underworld. Last night I went to see the Vibrators at the Underworld in Camden Town. Here's my flickr set. Many thanks to Konstantin, Michael and Knox for all the beers and company. Update: Uploaded some more pictures onto the flickr page. Enjoy. 2:47:09 AM   Cult, London | |

Friday, December 15, 2006

Basil Says. Always carry two heads with you, wherever you go. If you lose one, you can quickly attach the other. 10:09:47 PM   Basil Says | |

Page 113. I'm still quite busy scanning in my book Antarktis Expedition 1931/32: Das Tagebuch des Peter Ludwig Fall, which was published by Greno in 1986. Because no other publisher wants it anymore and the second-hand bookstores charge an arm and a leg for this precious gem, I'm going to republish the whole thing as a paperback through lulu.com by the end of January. So, you have been warned. Stay tuned. 9:42:01 PM   Literature | |

Ostrich. Franz Bielmeier. Not much there yet, but it's making progress. 2:08:03 PM   Cult, MP3 | |

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Basil Says. Always change your head twice daily. 8:01:48 PM   Basil Says | |

The Advertisement. Found tucked away in a box, while looking for something entirely different. 4:09:28 PM   Old Ads | |

UFO. Italian photo comics. Fab. 12:01:53 PM   Cult | |

Drawings. Mervyn Peake (1911-1968). Via Giornale Nuovo. Update: More Peake at molochronic and here's Sebastian Peake's weblog. Many thanks to soilworker and Peter. 9:02:36 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Paintings by Wolf. Career. 2:18:29 PM   Paintings by Wolf | |

Luscious London Lolipops. The Dolly Sisters. More or less via London Leben. 10:39:57 AM   London | |

Mermaid Soup. The Monster art of Mike "Soz" Sosnowski. Many thanks to Wolf for the link. 9:14:18 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Black on White. Lots of interior illustrations from the Perry Rhodan series (Click on 1. Auflage, then on Illustrationen). 9:22:33 AM   Cult | |

Monday, December 11, 2006

Fachwerk in Dortmund. 291 houses, 291 photos. Via Dos Ron. 5:06:52 PM   This & That | |

The 1984/85 Miners' Strike. A photographic presentation, nicely done. The original blog entry by Martin Shakeshaft is here. Via Hebig. 1:25:42 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Mahiki. Jim, next time, just board a flight to London. So you know. From left to right: The Cartoonist, Mr Bali Hai, Plep. Even Basil's happy. 7:09:40 PM   Blogs, London | |

Paintings by Wolf. The Beatles. Published with permission of the Wolfgang Sangmeister Estate. 4:56:52 PM   Paintings by Wolf | |

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The first season opening. And more on YouTube. 4:27:02 PM   Cult | |

The Wooster Collective. A celebration of Street Art. Many thanks to Frank for the link. 3:33:58 PM   Art & Advertising | |

The Advertisement.  1:50:59 PM   Old Ads | |

Saturday, December 9, 2006

The Cartoonist in Cambridge. Strolling through Cambridge, with London Leben. 9:18:00 PM   This & That | |

Friday, December 8, 2006

Basil Says. Whenever you feel desaturated, drink some nice colours. 4:37:23 PM   Basil Says | |

Sketchbook Time. My old Favicon designs. No idea what the stuff on the right was for. 1:18:01 PM   My Sketchbooks | |

Modern Living. The Playboy Town House. Via things. 8:40:31 AM   This & That | |

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Basil Says. Always carry a napkin with you, wherever you eat. 3:22:15 PM   Basil Says | |

I was a Teenage Krautrocker. The Krautrocksampler by Julian Cope as a PDF download. Groovy. And have a look at PostPunkJunk anyway - it's great. 12:49:21 PM   Cult | |

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

London my city. Maya Newman's photos. Maya Newman is in fact Malka Spigel and an associate of Colin Newman. I'm looking forward to the new Githead album. Absolutely. Oh, and here we have Colin Newman speaks to Ben about Swim and the return of Wire. Enjoy. There was a lot of talk in the punk period about reduction to 3 chords but I wondered why you had to stick at 3, why not 2 or one or even none. 4:14:07 PM   Art & Advertising, London | |

Housekeeping. Updated my Lulu.com webpage. How exciting. Don't forget - Roper is still free. And I hope I can publish the Antarctic Expedition in early January. Stay tuned. 3:31:27 PM   This & That | |

Thames. Watermen, dockers, seamen, sailors, workers. 874 historical photos. 12:04:49 PM   London | |

Sunday, December 3, 2006

The Great White Bear. Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson. Via things. 11:24:12 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Basil, meet Mr. Bali Hai. Mr. Bali Hai, meet Basil. 6:39:03 PM   Blogs | |

Saturday, December 2, 2006

The Basil Bike. Sigh: now he wants one of those for Christmas - the Skeleton Bike by John Farr. Photo by Stephen Moore. Many thanks to fritz decat for the link. 6:57:18 PM   This & That | |

Books, found in 335 Boxes. Day One. By Peter Zillig, who has the pleasure of cataloguing the contents. 12:08:52 PM   Found in a Box | |

I forgot my Camera. But Mr. Bali Hai didn't and he'll probably post the evidence soon. Yes: met up with Plep, Chris, and the aforementioned fellow at the Mahiki Bar in Dover Street. Great cocktails. Really great cocktails. Fantastic cocktails. Ahhh, those cocktails ... 10:25:08 AM   London | |

Friday, December 1, 2006

Websites without the Website. A project by Marek Kvetan. Via vvork. 1:02:07 PM   Art & Advertising | |

A Handful of Maahks. Handelshaus Kuri Oneré. A weblog about Perry Rhodan merchandising. 8:21:34 AM   Cult | |