The Cartoonist

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Photo, found in a Box. Whatever it is they're examining, it seems to be interesting. 11:37:56 AM   Found in a Box | |

England's best-looking Blob. The Selfridges Building, Birmingham. Via Plep, photo from the Birmingham Picture Library. 11:12:17 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Friday, June 29, 2007

Basil Says. When your bones feel dry, rub them with Brandy. 7:35:42 PM   Basil Says | |

Paintings by Wolf. Another one from his Boxers series. Many thanks! 7:34:37 PM   Paintings by Wolf | |

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Breathtaking. This. Via things magazine. 9:22:46 PM   Art & Advertising | |

The Inventor. Comprehensive website about the Tom Swift book series: Tom Swift Sr. and Tom Swift Junior. "It is the purpose of these spirited tales to convey in a realistic way the wonderful advances in land and sea locomotion and to interest the boy of the present in the hope that he may be a factor in aiding the marvelous development that is coming in the future." "These are the books about a young scientist whose amazing inventions promise to be the great achievements of the future." 7:26:09 AM   Literature | |

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Steampunk.  Alex Cf is a fab illustrator and creates in his spare time things like an 18th Century lycanthrope research case or Cthulhu specimen jars. Absolutely fantastic. Also brilliant: Brass Goggles, the lighter side of steampunk. Via Mediaburn. 7:49:45 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Monday, June 25, 2007

Fabulous. Wurstquartett. 9:34:19 PM   This & That | |

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Basil Says. Always carry a cheap lighter, even if you don't smoke. One day you'll need it. 6:00:07 PM   Basil Says | |

British Racing Green. Magazine Ads and Articles. Via Plep. 5:52:05 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Sister Ray. 10 minutes of pure noise by Lou Reed and the late Robert Quine. Mind you, Lady Day from '74 isn't bad either. 12:55:35 PM   This & That | |

The Cartoonist Recommends. Jekyll. Saturdays, 9pm, BBC One. 9:42:26 AM   This & That | |

The Advertisement.  9:28:08 AM   Old Ads | |

Friday, June 22, 2007

Great. Lens cleaning cloth by Ted Baker, London. Fab. 10:28:44 PM   Art & Advertising, London | |

Built like a Panzer. The most magnificent keyboard in the whole wide world, the TactilePro 2.0. I've ordered it almost a year ago, and finally it arrived. Looks like some sort of a production bottleneck somewhere. Anyway, I'm really happy now. This toy is amazing. Definitely the best keyboard ever. I'll start writing a book right now. 5:39:16 PM    | |

Biology. A collection of historic and modern biology books. 140731 scanned pages from 448 books. Amazing. I thought I've blogged this before, but can't seem to find it anymore on my own blog. Now how weird is that? Dementia slowly creeping in, probably. Anyway, this comes via the Arno Schmidt Mailing List. 4:25:16 PM   Literature | |

Githead Live. Photos are online now. 11:53:59 AM   London | |

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Drool. World of Sweets. 8:07:47 PM   This & That | |

NWYH Stock Images. At last a proper stock image library. Via Adscam. 6:29:45 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Monday, June 18, 2007

Last night in Shoreditch. Githead, a public rehearsal at the Bar Music Hall. And they were fab. In fact they were absolutely fantastic. A flickr set with lots of photos will follow. 6:38:56 AM   London | |

Sunday, June 17, 2007

American Cockroaches. And other insects by Catherine Chalmers. Many thanks to Wolf for the link. 1:06:09 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Screaming Lord Sutch. Over at Mr Bali Hai's Lair, lots of the MP3s and infos about the late Lord. The picture below is by J.R. Williams. 12:59:31 PM   London, MP3 | |

Saturday, June 16, 2007

The Cartoonist talks to George Parker. This time I'm talking to George Parker, who has been working in the ad business for more than 678 years. He's a copywriter who used to be an art director in the early 60s, and he's won several Cannes Gold and Silver Lions, Clios, Effies and whatnot. Before I get carried away, read his official bio: George Parker has more than 30 years of agency experience with prestigious Madison Avenue firms such as Ogilvy & Mather, Young & Rubicam, J. Walter Thompson and many others. He is the winner of hundreds of advertising awards, including Cannes Gold and Silver Lions, Clios, Effies and the David Ogilvy award. His blog AdScam was named one of the four best advertising blogs in the world by Campaign Magazine. I had the pleasure of getting drunk with him in a pub on Tottenham Court Road a fortnight ago. Which should be reason enough to listen to this podcast. You can download the podcast here or subscribe directly via iTunes. George and I talk about the current state of advertising; about his book, about logos, and about clients and presentations. Enjoy. And now for the usual links: George Parker, Writer and Creative Consultant Adscam Adhurl The Brand Republic weblog, MadScam (subscription, free) His book, Madscam — Kick-ass advertising without the Madison Avenue price tag The commercials were stolen from YouTube/Retromercials and the fabulous RetroJunk website. The background noise, reminiscent of Darth Vader, is courtesy of my fabulous operators' chair, a swinging 60's model from the waiting room of a dental practice. No advertising agents were harmed during the production of this podcast. Copyright © 2007 by Ralf Zeigermann and George Parker. 8:36:20 AM   The Cartoonist Talks | |

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Bruichladdich and the Consequences. All I did was posting a series of photos of myself having a wee dram in the garden. Well, first I got linked by the Bruichladdich distillery blog. And then by the Islayblog. Wonder what's next? Most probably my humble self travelling all the way to Islay. Me thinks I'll have to get another bottle of Bruichladdich for the weekend. And now enjoy some pictures of mods cruising down Oxford Street. 8:35:20 PM   Blogs | |

Lots to discover. The Beinart International Surreal Art Collective. Simply fab, and it comes in English and German flavours. The picture below is by Jeffrey M. Harp, whose own website can be found here. 6:04:34 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Sorry about the Lack of Posts. But I'm snowed under with work. In the meantime brush up your Adobe CS knowledge and download some freebies. Great website. 8:08:49 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Artomic. Thomas Kuntz™, Design Studio. Many thanks to Wolfgang for one of the most bizarre links ever. 2:29:25 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Saturday, June 9, 2007

Trouble ahead. At YouTube. 11:57:31 PM   Orion Pics | |

Oh. Forbidden Planet's got a weblog. Many thanks to Peter for the link. 11:52:17 PM   London | |

Der Mensch als Industriepalast. The amazing works of Fritz Kahn: here, and here. Via Moon River, which is yet another fabulous blog. 2:22:07 PM   Art & Advertising | |

That's Good. Secret Agent Man. 1:37:28 PM   Cult | |

Friday, June 8, 2007

Sketch. Markers, brush, and notes for some translations I was doing. 1:45:11 PM   My Sketchbooks | |

Those Aliens. I really shouldn't go through my own archives. 12:17:27 PM   This & That | |

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Brollies. J. Smith & Sons, Umbrellas Limited. 11:59:02 PM   London | |

Sketchbook time again. This spread is from January; looks as if the really cheap Moleskines are actually a great surface for markers. By the way: all my proper Magic Markers were stolen; in fact Ben conveniently forgot to gave them back to me when I moved from Hamburg to the UK. So I'm using Copics now. But Magic Markers were the best. And they still are. 11:04:16 PM   My Sketchbooks | |

She's good. Leslie Sealey — Contemporary Paintings in Oil. Can I have one of the hippos, please? The cowboy? That Girl is good. Really good. 10:22:35 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Blogging Jan again. He's getting better and better. 6:28:25 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

A Pop-Up Sempé. Fabulous! At Agence Eureka. 8:43:30 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Basil Says. When you have to wait for something, always wait patiently. 7:42:41 PM   Basil Says | |

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Ian Dury and the Blockheads. 7:41:39 PM   This & That | |

Monday, June 4, 2007

One Million. thankyouandywarholdotcom. 8:22:59 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Ah. 15th of June? I'm getting all excited now. 8:04:11 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Impress your Friends. Your own personal monster in the mail. More monsters on Flickr. 6:34:12 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Getting plastered on Tottenham Court Road. With George Parker of course. 5:53:17 PM   Art & Advertising, London | |

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Happiness is. Saturday. Sunshine. Garden. A Colombo "Smoke" glass filled with Bruichladdich. A good book about the sixties. A moody and difficult Cartoonist. Can't help it, can I? 6:22:20 PM   London, This & That | |

A great Design. Orion Lancet 1. And now go and visit the Starlight Casino. Once you're drunk enough, carry on towards the Orion Bar. It might help getting even more drunk. 4:26:26 PM   Orion Pics | |

Friday, June 1, 2007

Paintings by Wolf. Rockin' Cockroaches. As usual, more of Wolfgang Sangmeister's paintings can be found at this address. 8:38:15 PM   Paintings by Wolf | |