The Cartoonist

Saturday, July 19, 2003

Raumpatrouille. At last. A webpage about Raumpatrouille with at least a little bit of English text. And lots of pictures. Have fun. Mhm. The thing on the left of the screen looks a bit like the Quicktime icon? 5:50:06 PM     |

Lorem ipsum. Big archive of greek text, or Blindtext, as it is known in Germany. We advertising agents use it to simulate bodycopy in ads, because copywriters are usually lazy and the layout looks better anyway - nobody bothers to read the copy. They come in different flavours, German, English and even some Flemish copy is to be found there. Part 1, Part 2. Found at Usability Inside. Download the copy directly to your Quark or InDesign folder and win the next pitch! 3:17:40 PM     |

Fantastic. The art of Virgil Finlay. More here. Found at Dublog. Finlay's work was an immediate hit with the readers and the writers. Readers wrote in praising the illustrations. H.P. Lovecraft wrote him fan letters and even composed a poem about his art. Finlay was a fan of the genre as well as one of the most talented artists to enter the field. These combined to provide his work with a power and grace unknown in the pulps. The stippling, fine hatching and pebble board were all used in conjunction to give his images a texture and depth beyond anything ever seen in the field... 12:09:58 PM     |

Wir sind die Roboter. Robot comic book covers and book covers at Jeff's Robots. Via linkfilter. 10:10:26 AM     |

Soap and Fashion. Old ads and magazine covers. Hey, this is proper art! 9:19:23 AM     |

Friday, July 18, 2003

Nevermore. Poe's The Raven, illustrated by Gustave Doré. Sorry - I honestly can't remember in which weblog or whatever I found the link. Could have been linkfilter. 11:09:59 PM     |

Shush! I'm pretty sure Horst and the guys over at NetBib are going to appreciate this: The Librarian Action Figure, available at Archie McPhee. Now I'm just waiting for the Art Director Action Figure... 11:01:34 PM     |

Amazing. The thingy on the left is a steam engine, invented by good old Heron. This and more at The Museum of Ancient Inventions. 10:52:02 PM     |

Brilliant idea. £100,000 reward to cool down the Tube [This is London: London News] London Mayor Ken Livingstone has offered a £100,000 reward for anyone who can invent an air conditioning system for the Tube. 10:25:51 PM     |

Yes, I'm back. And a thankyou goes to Dave Winer (Arno Schmidt's great nephew btw), who was so kind to mention me in his Scripting News. And now my sitemeter is broken; the '5' seems to be stuck and the '3' pulverised. Anyone out there who has a spare '3' for sale? 10:18:07 PM     |

Sunday, July 13, 2003

Into the Future! I'm off to Atomium City in Euroland. Not quite sure if I'll be back next weekend, so just keep reading the old stuff. 8:09:12 PM     |

It just doesn't stop. More cover art is at Ben Samuel's Classic Golden Age Comic Book Cover Gallery, nicely categorised in Super-Hero & War comics, Good Girl & Romance Comics and Crime & Horror Comics. And now I've had enough of all those covers. 8:01:29 PM     |

Nice and sleazy. Even more old paperback cover art is here. Enjoy. 4:23:35 PM     |

Good grief! A website with pictures of people obsessed with Apple Computers tattoo on their bodies. Amazing. Via The Eye Opener. 4:07:17 PM     |

Felt Suit. Found some nice websites about the German artist Joseph Beuys. Lots of his works are at art meets art; information about Beuys and his weird art is at The Walker Art Center. And the suit is here. More Fluxus! 3:54:43 PM     |

The Agfers of Kodack again. Gazillions of wonderful old camera ads. Great. Found at linkfilter. 9:38:13 AM     |

Dark Art. Really really weird art is at kilfish 3.0. Takes a while to load, is all in Flash, but worth it. Via iconomy. 9:01:08 AM     |