Archive for June 22nd, 2007

Two-Coats McWhinnie

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

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Two-Coats McWhinnie is a strip that Jonathan Edwards did together with Ian Carney in 1999 about a kid who decides to wear two coats at a time. It was supposed to be published as a Slab-O-Concrete Missive Device (a combination of postcards and comics), but unfortunately Slab went belly up before Two-Coats was ever printed. And now Jonathan reveals it in all its glory on his blog, I Heart Pencils.

I think it’s a gem, and I’m glad it’s resurfaced. A story that encompasses this amount of tragedy in only sixteen panels is very rare indeed. Thanks, Jonathan !

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Genius or childish ?

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

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A quick glance at my referrer sites lead me Gaper’s block which gave a nicely double edged comment on my recent Ief Claessen post and lead me to the Bleat, where I found alittlebettergasstation.com. This is a campaign site for British Petroleum. It’s unsure whether their gas stations are “a little better” or whether they are better little gas stations. In any case, I think this is a clear example of a misplaced use of cartoony images.

And the windscreen wiper “beep” is indeed a Chris Ware sweep. Or wipe, if you wish.

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