The Ephemerist

This article appeared in Cosmopolitan, in april 1957.  Courtesy the One That Is Not Mentioned Or Rather Is, But Only Anonymously.

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)

Hillary Clinton, according to cartoonist Vincent Rif. Obama : “She’s getting on my nerves”.

Gene Weingarten advocates a no-work day on february 29, at the Washington Post, and regular illustrator Eric Shansby found just the character to illustrate it with.

(from Mike Rhode’s ComicsDC)

Here’s a final set of examples on how Tintin and related elements are used as a cultural icon in journalism and topical cartooning. Above, the front page of the april 3, 1987 edition of the Flemish daily De Morgen. It shows La Castafiore singing her famous aria, only now it’s not seeing her beauty that makes her laugh, but the scandals, shennanigans and goings-on that plagued the National Opera at that time.

Below, the Thompson twins (who, in fact, are not even brothers) are used by Flemish cartoonist Gerard Alsteens to comment on the Mexican elections somewhere in the mid-80’s, where everybody claimed they had one.

“I win”
“I would even state, ‘I win’”

A silly-but-wicked cartoon by Bart Schoofs, from the latest issue of Uitweg, the Flemish Government’s mobility magazine.
(”Ask if they can send an octowtruck”)

Belgian tennis godess Justine Henin has invested in the Belgian basketball team Spirous (Charleroi). Hence this cartoon by Vincent Rif from L’Echo de la Bourse.

By the way, hello to all readers from the Justine Henin forum ! Welcome to another Belgian corner on the web…

(translation : “Your racket was full of holes, so I invested a little”…)

During his formative years, Jef Nys did a lot of work for the Flemish satirical right-wing weekly ‘t Pallieterke. He provided illustrations for film reviews, like the one above (more after the break) and political cartoons, like the one above about marathon sessions in the Belgian parliament (also, after the break) .

Read the rest of this entry »