The Cartoonist

Saturday, September 13, 2003

Just for Fun. Ahh - the look on the face of the Bishop Information Minister when I told him he's fired! Brilliant. But I'm sure he'll be back... 6:29:23 PM     |

Stoj! Polish Propaganda Posters 1951 - 1957. Proper graphic design at last, courtesy of idlewords. 5:26:47 PM     |

Jag. Wonderful old Jaguar brochures and ads (I've linked that out of the frame - the main website is here). Fantastic. 9:12:17 AM     |

Sketch. Amazing. George Vlosich III sketches. On an Etch-A-Sketch. And I thought it was just a toy. Welcome to Etched In Time. Via Coudal Partners. 9:03:23 AM     |

Friday, September 12, 2003

No blog without a cat. Here's The Moscow Cat Museum. 2:22:27 PM     |

From Russia with Love. Hilarious dolls at The Wurst Gallery. 2:11:05 PM     |

Thursday, September 11, 2003

Penguins. I'm sorry. I'm still laughing. The movie on the left is from eclecticism and it's via Gary's Mediaburn Radio Weblog. And I'm still laughing. I can't stop. BTW, you can get a penguin at the Penguin Warehouse. Quick, before they're sold out. 10:49:06 PM     |

Invaders. Decorating your living room? Go on then. Via linkfilter. 10:21:05 PM     |

Jaws. Wow. A gallery. Via the fantastic Kosmonautentraum. 9:16:41 PM     |

Beware of Recruitment Agencies. I spotted this recent ad at mad.co.uk: A New Vacancy... Award winning conceptual team is required for this fantastic opportunity to join leading integrated agency to create first class brand led creative promotional advertising for a major drinks brand across UK, Europe and internationally. You'll have top SP agency experience and really understand all elements of the SP mix from ambient to sampling and even the odd on-pack, equally you could be working on TV. Booze or Fags experience ideal. So I thought: great! I've done lots of Sales Promotion in the past, I'm now more than 20 years in the business, this shouldn't be a problem at all. And I know a copywriter to team up with. Enter Bruzas & Graves, the recruitment agency. Jane Bruzas finally rang me back, after having trouble finding my CV, which I handed in personally as a print out, because apparently they can't read PDFs at their office (I sent my CV three times: a PDF; a stuffed PDF and as a zipped PDF. No luck there. And they work for ad agencies? They can't open PDFs?? Jeez...) The dialogue was as follows: Jane: You've done SP in the past? Me: Yeah, lots of it. Effem petfood, Reemtsma cigarette brands, Colgate-Palmolive - you name it! Jane: Was that in the UK? Me: No, that was in Germany. But I've moved to England about 10 years ago, have worked in the US, in Germany, in Belgium and of course UK. Jane: Nah, I'm sorry, I don't think you're suitable for the job. My client wants people with knowledge of the UK market. I don't think you're suitable. I'm sorry. Now who's mad here? I mean - an instore poster is still an instore poster. A shelf wobbler is still a shelf wobbler. A display is a display. There is just no friggin difference between the UK market and the continental market. B & G don't know anything about the job. So much for my rant. Sorry about this. I just had to get it out. Injustice. Recruitment Agencies. I hate them all. 5:18:27 PM     |

The Library. It's a place where books are free. A song (Flash) by Cursor Miner for all the blogging librarians out there. Have fun. It's fun. Via xq. 3:36:16 PM     |

A repeat [30.04.2003] Wroom! Old Carrera slotcar catalogues from 1969-1972 are on Saschi's homepage. Just hope the link works - the website is heavily framed. 2:35:27 PM     |

A repeat [21.2.2003] rrr-rrr-rrr ... That's about the sound a compressor makes with an airbrush attached to it. Wonderful - how nicely that fits with the Radebaugh link! Here's a website about Airbrush History. And another one, not less interesting. Mind you, I still have two DeVilbiss Aerographs just next to me on the shelf. Perhaps I should get a new compressor. And inks. Or acrylics. Or ... maybe not. Think I'll stick to Photoshop and Apple. And a good old Magic Marker every now and then. 2:28:39 PM     |

Adam Ant, saving the gorilla. On Sunday, 21st September, 2003, Adam Ant will join the Great Gorilla Run - a 7km fun-run through the city of london, where everyone dresses-up as a gorilla - to raise funds to help SAVE THE GORILLA. Thanks to Annie Mole. 8:52:07 AM     |

Modern Day Ruins. More industrial photography. Modern Ruins by Shaun O'Boyle and Wendy Lewis O'Boyle. Thanks to Patrícia of bitlounge (the first website where I actually like the automatic music). 8:33:42 AM     |

Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Industrial Culture. More Photography by Christian Brüning. 8:44:06 PM     |

Modern Ruins. Photography by Christian Brüning. 8:36:04 PM     |

Signs. Handpainted. Monumental. Neon. Plastic. They're all at Signs. Via iconomy, which seems to be very quiet at present. Unfortunately. 9:47:12 AM     |

Modern Technology. The Falkirk Wheel. This thing is amazing. It sits in the Scottish landscape like some forgotten prop of a Star Wars movie. Only it's for real, and it works. The Falkirk Wheel is the world's only rotating boatlift and is used to connect the Forth & Clyde and Union canals in central Scotland. Websites are here and here (the last one is an awkward Flash site). Thanks to David Taylor for the link. Update: Armin has some amazing pictures of the wheel on his World Tour of Scotland website. He also pointed me to the official website. 9:32:31 AM     |

Tuesday, September 9, 2003

No. All of a sudden it's all art, or what? I'm certainly not going to blog her, that pathetic old Lady. Rest in Hell. No link here. 11:22:51 PM     |

I've done it again. Updating the Corgi Toys Catalogue Gallery, that is. The Corgi Toys catalogue should be complete now by probably the middle of next week, with Dinky to follow. And then I'm going to split the pages into Corgy 1969 - Dinky 70's - Dinky 1940. The Dinky Toys catalogue from 1940 is to follow - it's a reprint from Model Collector Magazine. As long as it's fun - have fun. And no - I am not going to scan them in 300 dpi. And no - I don't have a drum scanner. Here are some more pointers to other people's Corgi/Dinky catalogues: [1], [2]. If there are any more, please let me and the World know. 4:20:10 PM     |

The largest explosion on Earth. Krakatau. Over a century ago, on August 26,1883, the island volcano of Krakatau ("Krakatoa") in Indonesia, a virtually unknown volcanic island with a history of violent volcanic activity, exploded with devastating fury. The eruption was one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in recorded history. The effects were experienced on a global scale. Fine ashes from the eruption were carried by upper level winds as far away as New York City. The explosion was heard more than 3000 miles away. Volcanic dust blew into the upper atmosphere affecting incoming solar radiation and the earth's weather for several years. Excerpt from George Pararas-Carayannis website about The Great Volcanic Explosion of Krakatoa. More recent information and pictures are here. 10:40:03 AM     |

Closer. Here's Chuck Close. And here. And here's how to create your very own Chuck Close. 9:59:45 AM     |

Monday, September 8, 2003

Folon. He's 'world famous in Belgium' (snigger). Another special, this time for Rocky and Yves in Brussels - by the way guys, I could need some work... 5:38:18 PM     |

The Centaur. Yep, it exists. The Durango 95, as driven by Alex in A Clockwork Orange: Alex (voice-over): 'The Durango-95 purred away real horrorshow - a nice, warm, vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts. Soon, it was trees and dark, my brothers, with real country dark.' Here is the webpage of a German collector (don't worry, text is in English) with lots of pictures and some further information about Concept Car's Centaur can be found here. That car must be the lowest car ever built. 5:20:08 PM     |

Schreckenstein. That's a special for my German readers - as far as I know, Oliver Hassencamps novels have never been translated. But anyway - Die Jungens von Burg Schreckenstein are now online. Great Website. 2:07:10 PM     |

Proper Music. At last. The History of The Monkey Organ. Picture taken from the wonderful gallery at Musical Traditions. And tomorrow we'll discuss the Schifferklavier. 1:06:37 PM     |

Here come the Monsters. The Gallery of Monster Toys has Monsters from the 60s up to the 90s. This is great fun. Via linkfilter. 9:55:33 AM     |

Knowledge is Power. Here's Life in Elizabethan England. A Compendium of Common Knowledge. 8:35:02 AM     |

Sunday, September 7, 2003

Fever.I'm having a nasty cold, next updates probably tomorrow. 12:49:32 PM     |