Archive for March, 2008

Blast from the past, in a new bottle

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

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If you’ve been an Ephemerist regular for a while, you probably will remember my run-in with Quechup a while ago. If not, just have a look at the posts - it’s OK, I can handle it now; Quechup and I have not run into each other since.

However, I can’t help but pass on this nice little ditty, which proves that our favorite fiendish excuse for a social site is still knee-deep in its own blood-red goo. BrainMortgage tells how he got an apology from Quechup for sending the wrong newsletter. He quotes :

“Ooops… First of all a big, big apology for sending the February newsletter more than once and for sending the 2007 newsletter! This was due to an admin error at Quechup, needless to say those responsible will be making the tea for the next month. We hope it didn’t cause too much inconvenience and promise it won’t happen again.”

and than adds that he, indeed, did receive that apology twice. That’s two times.

Please apologize me for smirking…

(image, by the way, courtesy Masterblog - I thought it was remarkably appropriate)

Michael J Fox + X = ?

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

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It’s the new LOLCats, with a nice non-PC flavor added for good measure

(more at My Confined Space)

Brian Ralph, cartoondom’s Destiny

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

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Or maybe I’ve just been reading too much Sandman lately…

(from Brian Ralph)

Future Trash on McSweeney’s

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

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Scott “Future Trash” Teplin did the (wraparound) cover for McSweeney’s 27, as well as starting capitals for each of the stories. Sweet !

Happy pills included

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

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I’m not sure what the message is here - drugs are OK, as long as you fly first class ?

Politics and Prose

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Neil Gaiman preaching, and Scott McCloud lecturing. Sights for sore eyes…

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(from the Politics and Prose Bookstore Flickr Page)

Soglow in his own write

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

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Otto Soglow was a genius who mastered the art of capturing the essence of man in only a few lines. In his last Little King cartoon for the New Yorker, he has the people riot. Only Soglow would be able to have his hero do what is most feasible : riot along, and sift along with the sands of time. And it would seem that this was wat Soglow was after himself, as he stated in his own profile (below)…

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These scans come courtesy Ernesto of the WPW posse. Thanks. The Little King is © King Features Syndicate.

A Real Cartoon !

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

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Pixeloo likes Photoshop, and shows off his prowess by means of some wonderful, albeit slightly unsettling, renditions of cartoon and game characters, using real-life textures instead of cartoon colors. So far he’s done a wonderful version of Super Mario and a very scary Homer Simpson.

Honey Talks

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

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Until april 6 the Honey Talks exhibition (with work byAnke Feuchtenberger, Jakob Klemencic, Milorad Krstic, Koco, Matthias Lehmann, Rutu Modan, Vladan Nikolic, Marcel Ruijters, Danijel Zezelj and Matej Lavrencic) is on show in Castellon de la Plana, Spain (coinciding witt the ComiCS08 festival). Honey Talks is a Stripburger project, and features comics inpsired by paointed beehive panels,.

China and Olympics

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Saint-John’s Church in Edinburgh takes a stance on China, Tibet and the Olympics. It’s time for the world to follow that example…

(thanks, Joe)