The Cartoonist

Thursday, January 31, 2008

At Last. Some proper music. Get it from here. And the comic 'strip' (What a funny pun that is!), of course. Via PCL. 10:49:48 PM   MP3 | |

Hm. For some weird reason I'm really beginning to enjoy Twitter. 10:31:16 PM   This & That | |

Madam, waiting for the doors to open.  5:18:29 PM   This & That | |

The PlunkBlog. Weirdness factor 10; great. Via Forbidden Planet. 8:31:40 AM   Art & Advertising, Blogs | |

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Lou Reed Ticket Stubs. This is mad. 6:10:59 PM   This & That | |

Attention.  4:18:14 PM   London | |

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The most fabulous Stamps. Ah, James Bond. More on the Royal Mail website. 3:55:19 PM   This & That | |

Modern Technology.  2:19:16 PM   Orion Pics | |

Book, found in a Box.  12:33:46 PM   Literature | |

It's only Rock'n'Roll. Meine Geschichte in Stories und Bildern. 1962: wir spielten alle über einen "Eminent", 50 W, und zwei Echolette-Boxen. Das passte alles bequem in einen Kofferraum, und zwar in den von Rocky's 220er Mercedes, unserem damaligen Bandwagen. 9:31:49 AM   This & That | |

Monday, January 28, 2008

Get your Scissors out. Paper models of famous people. Via Bibi's twitter feed. And don't forget: I'm twittering here. 7:07:40 PM   This & That | |

Urgent Message, found in a Box.  11:57:23 AM   My Sketchbooks | |

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Sunday Roast. New podcast over at LondonLeben. 4:52:37 PM   London, MP3 | |

Sunday Linkage. Return to Sender | Vintage Radio Times, via Diamond Geezer | Ace Jet 170, via things | North by Northwest, a storyboard | Alone. 8:55:29 AM   Blogs | |

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Basil Says. When your feet hurt, simply stop walking. 9:00:06 PM   Basil Says | |

The Advertisement. You can't handle a BIGGER LOGO! 8:16:50 PM   Old Ads | |

Friday, January 25, 2008

Yes. As usual, Mr. BaliHai is right. 8:47:37 PM   London, This & That | |

The Hamburg that was never built. Interesting thread at the German Architecture Forum: Nie verwirklichte (Gross-)Projekte. Thanks to Michael for the link. 8:28:45 PM   This & That | |

Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Velvet Underground. 11.06.1993, Hamburg. With many thanks to Jutta & Carsten. 10:19:09 PM   Cult | |

Too Offensive. Three Little Pigs banned in the UK. Apparently at least in schools. Well, as long as Tom Cruise, Britney Spears or Amy Whitethingy don't get banned, who cares; after all, it's only literature and nobody reads anymore anyway. Via Inspector Gadget. Picture stolen from the fabulous Michael Sporn Animation Splog, which is worth a look/a read. Oh - I forgot about the reading. Just look at the pictures then. Reading might cause offence. Update: The incredibly offensive CD-Rom can be found here. 5:00:41 PM   Blogs, London | |

The Dark House Quarter. Wow. Via ectoplasmosis. 11:44:59 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

How to become the Laughing Stock© of the Whole Wide World™. The parodies (1, 2) are even better than the original. Many thanks to Armin M. for the links to the best Tom Cruises ever. 10:05:25 PM   Cult | |

A bit of Action on Stage. The Vibrators a la Pena Festayre, 16.12.2007. Of course, this YouTube link is only a dirty trick of mine to mention my podcasts with The Vibrators, Wire, Githead, and others again. 2:07:42 PM   MP3 | |

8 Ways to drive a Graphic Designer mad. Fabulous article, recommended reading. Via Coudal. 8:58:27 AM   This & That | |

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Popcards. Lots of fantastic kitsch. Via Agence eureka. 10:30:46 AM   Cult | |

Yeah, right. Via cursor. 8:34:51 AM   This & That | |

Monday, January 21, 2008

Lise Harlev. Art. Via VVORK. 12:11:34 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Sunday Linkage. Comics with Problems | Politics, Pop and Afri-Cola — German posters from 1968, via Paperholic | Escape From Planet Nude | Creative Classics | twoblog | A message to the douchenozzles who run DraftFCB | Endangered Durham (if you want to see a proper gothic mansion, look no further), via Fritz. 2:14:29 PM   Blogs | |

Better.  1:57:47 PM   Orion Pics | |

Friday, January 18, 2008

Basil Says. It's no fun being a skeleton; cats always scratch my bones. 10:29:45 PM   Basil Says | |

Nice.  6:25:59 PM   Orion Pics | |

Günter Zint. Photos, photos, photos. And a book. 2:05:28 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Fab. Henny van Veenendaal's Raumpatrouille website. 12:50:57 PM   Orion Pics | |

Keep Calm. Lots of new art at the Keep Calm gallery. 10:03:02 AM   Art & Advertising, Cult | |

Found in a box. This must be the oldest book I've got in my little library: Robinson der Jüngere, zur angenehmen und nützlichen Unterhaltung für Kinder, von J. H. Campe. It's nothing important or even valuable, it's only an old Children's book. But it's from 1792. Think about it. 1792! This book is 216 years old. 216 years, and the pages are all still pure white. Damn good paper they've used in those days. A few HiRes scans can be found on flickr. 9:30:01 AM   Found in a Box, Literature | |

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Basil Says. Always be aware that chimpanzees can be very, very dangerous. 3:04:21 PM   Basil Says | |

The Way to Happiness. Tom Cruise: the happy Scientologist. Scientology is also recommended for ingrown toenails, premature ejaculation, carbuncles and obsessively watching Knight Rider. Via linkfilter. Let me put it this way: if Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch was an 8 on the scale of scary, this is a 10. 2:53:18 PM   This & That | |

A working holiday. Gwen from Hongkong is looking for work in advertising in London. She lives in Hackney and has a homepage. Although she's lost in Amsterdam right now. 10:12:09 AM   Blogs, London | |

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Aeroshell Flying Saucer. Over at Kevin Randle's blog. 1:58:20 PM   This & That | |

The Advertisement. Stolen from the Velvetforum. 11:18:11 AM   Old Ads | |

The new Beetle. And Rudi Carrell. 10:09:51 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

I Agree. It's absolutely horrible. As Coudal Partners discovered, Xerox have been taken over by investors from Kyrgyzstan anyway. And George Parker is right, as usual. 3:44:52 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Monday, January 14, 2008

The Great Design Hoax. Oh, what a wonderful story this is. Via things. 2:38:08 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Sunday Linkage. Frau Ingeborch schreibt wieder | Dryad, a free 3D tree generator | deputydog | Neatorama | Ellis Nadler's Sketchbook (Fab!) | Jane Sample (What it's really like to work in advertising) 11:52:32 AM   Blogs | |

Saturday, January 12, 2008

The 50's in Germany. I guess this is one of the best websites around. Fab. Many thanks to M. Kranz for the link. 9:51:44 AM   Cult | |

So what. Exactly. From my sketchbooks. The bowler hat is important. 12:49:49 AM   My Sketchbooks | |

Friday, January 11, 2008

Exactly what I need. Yet another time-waster: twitter.com/cartoonist. All Konstantin's fault. I really don't need this at all. However, it's nice to know that I've secured the twitter.com/cartoonist URL. Ha. And I'll probably post there from time to time. 7:22:39 PM   Blogs | |

Basil Says. When reading a book in the dark, don't wear shades. 4:16:38 PM   Basil Says | |

Distinct Characters. Natalie D'Arbeloff is Trapped in Multiple Personalities. 9:41:52 AM   Blogs | |

The Pelican Project. 6 decades of book design. 8:51:06 AM   Art & Advertising | |

Thursday, January 10, 2008

The Monks on German TV in 1966. Wow. Via Ligne Claire. 2:14:22 PM   Cult | |

Calling Moonbase. I want one of those. 8:27:41 AM   This & That | |

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Only Testing. Playing around with HDR photography. That's why I was fiddling around with a tripod. And I wore the hat because it was cold. 5:01:26 PM   This & That | |

War of the Worlds. The eComic. Fabulous. 9:17:27 AM   Art & Advertising, Literature | |

Monday, January 7, 2008

Proper Advertising in London. By someone who calls himself The Decapitator. Fab. Many thanks to Quarsan for the link. 5:03:56 PM   Art & Advertising, London | |

Cheeky. Angriff aus dem All, full version. Tsk. 4:24:20 PM   Orion Pics | |

From Eaton with Love. The latest Sunday Roast is online. Enjoy. 10:58:09 AM   London, MP3 | |

When in the Countryside. Do as the countrysiders do. Photo by Mr. Binder. 8:39:04 AM   This & That | |

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Speaking of Raumpatrouille. I've got a new ceiling light. 4:12:34 PM   This & That | |

Ikarie XB-1. Amazing. A Czech Science Fiction movie from 1963 that looks a lot like Raumpatrouille. Guess I'll need to get the DVD. Here's a clip on YouTube and here some more information at The Old Dark Arthouse. And the IMDb entry of course. 8:07:35 AM   Cult | |

Thursday, January 3, 2008

The Cartoonist Recommends. Regular readers of my weblog probably know that I read & buy quite a lot of books, from serious literature like James Joyce and Arno Schmidt to art, advertising, Perry Rhodan, political stuff and even Michael Palin. However, this one's the most entertaining books I've come across for quite a long time (well, except for Palin's Monty Python diaries perhaps): Peter Hein, Geht so. Wegbeschreibungen. 2007 Lilienfeld Verlag Düsseldorf Peter Hein, also known as Janie J. Jones, describes his encounters with places, towns and villages in Germany while touring with his bands Fehlfarben and Family*5. In his unique writing style he takes us aboard a train running alongside the Rhine, then visits Hamburg, Augsburg, Berlin (and Berlin is only worth a mention of half a page), Scheißkaff (the whole chapter just one endlessly long and complicated sentence, which runs across 4 pages, beautifully written), and, after many others (Würzburg, Tuttlingen, Wetzlar, Aschaffenburg etc), finally Silverstone: the race. Fab. What Peter Hein has to say about Magdeburg I've already quoted elsewhere. Janie: fab book you've written there. It's also beautifully designed, with wonderful typesetting and great binding - the old Greno publishing company springs to mind (to all the people who are old enough to remember Franz Greno). Great work from the publishing company. In short: all my readers capable of reading German, get this book. It's fab: Amazon Germany Lilienfeld Verlag Get it. Now. It's great. 1:19:15 PM   Cult, Literature | |

For Real Men. Great blog about Rugby memorabilia. 7:56:19 AM   Blogs | |

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Dalek in a Showcase.  11:47:31 AM   This & That | |

A to Z. Fabulously old encyclopedias on this fantastic website. And the Rare Book Room. And the Virtual Bookbinding pages. I think I'll spend the rest of the week there. 9:57:54 AM   Literature | |

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

The Advertisement. Let's start the new year with some proper advertising. And then listen to Fred Frith. 1:19:41 PM   Old Ads | |