Kristiansen for Gaiman
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Teddy Kristiansen gives us a look at a new work in progress. It’s the cover for Neil Gaiman’s new book, ‘M is for Magic’. I like it.
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The Ephemerist
Thriving in the margins since 2002…
Archive for May 2nd, 2007
Cartoon art in awareness campaign
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
This campaign by Duval Guillaume Brussels (illustration by Fred Van Hoof) is a good example of how a message may be emphasized by the use of cartoon art. I think it is very striking. The execution, as an elaborate doodle, even amplefies the effect.
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Funny word balloons
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
This is a great campaign by Leo Burnett in Sao Paulo. I like the use of “funny shaped” word balloons to visualise “funny English”. It’s direct and proves once more that comics’ visual vocabulary can be and is considered common knowledge. The execution is flawless, as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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Swarte Stamps
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 
The rather excellent Moors Magazine, a Dutch webzine about stuff that its founder is interested in (a bit like the Ephemerist, I guess), has high quality scans of the magnificent Children’s stamps that Joost Swarte did in 1993. I particularly liked them because Swarte used a comic book language to spread their “story” beyond the confines of the stamps themselves. It looked as if somebody had torn fragments from existing comic books and cut them down to stamp size. They also echoed the narrative device used in one of my all time favorite comics, “Kinderen baas”, by having children and adults switch roles. Brilliant stuff !
Swarte’s release for this year is also very beautiful (also shown above), but a lot less inventive (in my opinion).
If you’re looking for good examples of mr Swarte’s work, Moors Magazine has plenty, as well as stuff by that other Low Countries luminary, Ever Meulen.
(Thanks to my mom for the link)
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Saviour of the Universe !
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
In case you had doubts about the seriousness in “Flash Gordon” (the movie, not the comic strip), here’s Alex Ross to take them away with an impressive cover to the new DVD edition. At least now Flash is truly the saviour of the universe. Sadly, they can’t pimp the movie the same way. Oh well…
(via My Two Cents)
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