Now that Al Jaffee’s all the rage again, with the New York Times salute and all, I thought it’d be a good idea to illustrate his influence on many art forms with this video for the song Girl by Beck. Keep on the lookout for these fold-ins !
In 1923, cartoonist B. Knight, working under the monicker of Tack, compiled a few tips for aspiring cartoonists in a small booklet called Tack’s Cartoon Tips. Thanks to David Blog (and that’s his real name), we can all learn from him through a special Flickr set.
In late 1987, John Lustig bought the rights to an obscure Charlton romance comic called First Kiss, a not-really-first-rate 40-issue series published from 1957 to 1965. It was a gamble, and as Lustig himself says, it turned out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy : Charlton was not known for actually honoring its creators, and so, although there are some quite big names present in the title’s roster, quantity was more important than quality. Which, according to Lustig, brought along a “nightmarish quality” to the stories.
Anyway, rather than have this sit in his attic to gather dust, Lustig decided to get creative, and started using artwork from First Kiss to develop his own comic, appropriately called Last Kiss by substituting the original dialogue with new text that’s even less fitting, more unsettling and generally immensely more hilarious.
It’s Get Your War On, but with vintage artwork. See it here.
Lucy Knisley did a very nice comic on her ArtJournal blog about her experiences as a city kid moving to the country. I can relate to this very well : I remember when we moved from Antwerp to the middle of nowhere, my sister and I were scared of flies because we thought they stung…
… getting a complete strip tattoo. Of a water balloon gag (that doesn’t even feature Spaceman Spiff).
(via Funtasticus.com)
Warren Craghead, well known for all kinds of artistic comic experimentation, has published a tiny little do-it-your-self minicomic on his website, called “Petals, a spell“. Download, print, fold, be pleased.
Compare these two pages. On the left, a paper toy from Playboy, january 1998 (kindly provided by Mike Rhode) and on the right a similar do-it-yourself toy from DC’s new get-them-while-they’re-young title Super Friends. Ah, nothing new under the sun…
Fellow Ever Meulen fan Stijn Dams points out that the new masthead for the letters column that Ever created for the new Humo Design, was quite flawed, as the illustration was positioned in front of the title. Since then, Humo has been using a revised version for a while, with a newly alineated title (as shown above). So, that’s settled.
Just for completeness’ sake, here’s the original version.
Thanks for the tip (and the scan), Stijn !
I like this. ~DocShaner, who previously did the Watchmen-Peanuts mashup, now applied his talents to Denice The Menace and the Fantastic Four. Neat !
(link : deviantART)
