The Cartoonist

Saturday, March 20, 2004

Fictitious Book Covers. The gallery of U.N.C.L.E. paperback covers inspired me somehow. Because I had nothing else going on, I pinched the design and created a series of fake MI5 information booklets. All from 1965, I swear! More strange book covers to follow. Most probably. Or perhaps not. Who knows. All depending on "work". Proper work. Enjoy. 8:13:04 PM     |

Casshern. No idea what this is about, it's all in Japanese and comes straight from the Apple Japan Movie Trailers website. But CGI fans should have a look at Casshern, even if the trailer is a 20MB download - it's worth every second. 3:54:01 PM     |

It's Weekend. Let's have a beer. The history of the Gettelsman Brewing Company in Milwaukee. I'm getting thirsty now. 9:16:50 AM     |

Moonbase. Absolutely everything about Gerry Anderson's Space:1999. Pictures, blueprints, sounds... Via Coudal. 8:59:38 AM     |

Space. Great - vintage space toys. 8:51:32 AM     |

Friday, March 19, 2004

The Apple and the Mouse. I believe I've blogged this before, but anyway - have a look at the ancient Apple Ads. Lots of thanks to thingsmagazine - I owe you one. 12:08:44 AM     |

Thursday, March 18, 2004

There's a Cat on the Piano. Wolfgang Hülk - The Classical Companion. Get his prints and posters. 7:09:49 PM     |

When Men were Men. Here is everything about Zardoz. Comes via Stör-Signale. And yes, I've calmed down a bit. 4:52:31 PM     |

Bad Mood. I'm in a really, really, really bad mood today. I went for a job interview in London which went completely haywire. And it wasn't my fault. Normal blogging will resume after I've calmed down a bit. 4:06:02 PM     |

Made in AdLand. The Mini Cooper Robot. Amazing. A proper robot at last? Check out the videos, especially this one [561kb, Quicktime]. Via linkfilter. And, of course, it's a hoax. It's an ad. See things. I first had the vision to build a robot while working as an engineer on the old Mini Coopers in the late 1960s. There were no real robots at the time of course, so it was purely science-fiction. But I always believed a robot would be the most natural complement to the automobile - a full biped, intelligent version having great strength, dexterity and a library of mechanical knowledge. I imagined a robot with the ability to repair vehicles, direct traffic and watch over high-accident crossroads to preempt accidents. 7:59:20 AM     |

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Today is St Patrick's Day. Enjoy. 12:23:40 PM     |

The one and only. Animated gifs of Emma Peel. Via things. 10:51:46 AM     |

More Art. Salgood Sam's work diary & sketchbook weblog. 9:42:44 AM     |

Paper. Sci-Fi paper models. Amazing. Here, here and here. Via boingboing. 9:27:02 AM     |

Tuesday, March 16, 2004

Cassini. Mars is boring. Check out Saturn. There's at least some weird stuff flying around it. Thanks to Reimund for the link (What the hell has happened to your website?!). 10:12:40 PM     |

kArte. Fabulous. A Swiss company selling cArts. They're great. German (Swiss?) text, but order those cards anyway. Now. Thanks to Axel for the link. 9:51:05 PM     |

Essex. On my way down to the off license store I happened to come across my local Oxfam. Outside I noticed a stack of Essex Countryside magazines, all dating from the sixties. Being a true Essex Boy, I bought three of them, all for 20p each. And spent the day scanning in covers and a few pages. Enjoy. Especially the ads. 7:31:00 PM     |

Paperbacks. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. cover gallery. 8:25:17 AM     |

Needful Things. Spare parts for all your TV and Film related Corgis and Dinkys. 8:17:56 AM     |

Monday, March 15, 2004

Raumpatrouille Picture of the Month. But the government demands ANSWERS!! - or - Whose idea was it to evacuate the military operation bases on Earth and move them to Phobos and Deimos? - or - I suggest surrendering to the Frogs immediately. 10:45:33 PM     |

La Zoo di Carta. Fab: bizarre old illustrations and etchings of some more fish and other animals. Italian text; lots of images. 1:07:07 PM     |

Fish. Drawn from the Deep. The Fish in Science, Art and the Imagination. 8:28:19 AM     |

Funny. In fact, very funny. Cartoons by the Belgian artist Lectrr. 8:15:30 AM     |