The Ephemerist
Thriving in the margins since 2002…
Happy birthday
November 4th, 2008
It’s J’s birthday today, and this illustration is for her. I stole it from Frank, but I’m sure he won’t mind.
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New eBoy book
November 4th, 2008
The new eBoy book, Pixarama, is finally available. Based on what I can gather from the Flickr pictures, it looks like a whopper of a book, much like those large-sized picture books my parents used to buy for us as kids. It’s a bit pricy (and shipping is a pain), but I’m seriously considering getting one.
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Willard Mullin
November 2nd, 2008
The excellent Leif Peng recently showcased equally excellent commercial and illustrative cartooning by Willard Mullin. highly recommended !
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Mosquitoes they don’t like
November 1st, 2008
Sometimes cartoons in ads are actually good ! These ads for Bros mosquito spray were produced by Leo Burnett Warsaw, with artwork by Martin Winther. More after the click.
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That was the Sponge that was (or wasn’t)
October 31st, 2008
The genius that is Roger Langridge was spotlighted recently with his cover to the latest edition of Mother’s Four Feet From A Rat Comics, which showed London major Boris Johnson as a hard-hitting action hero battling Ken Livingstone. Which, understandably, got some attention from the mainstream media.
On his blog, however, Langridge presents some older takes on another hero. For Nick magazine a while ago, Roger reimagined what Spongebob Squarepants would have looked like in older days. Smashing stuff, indeed.
(Spongebob Squarepants © 2008, Viacom International)
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Prince of Penny Arcade
October 28th, 2008
For several years now, Penny Arcade has proven to be the most monomaniac web comic about videogames around. Creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, better known as Gabe and Tycho, have now teamed up with the Ubisoft design team in Montreal to create an online only storybook featuring the main characters from the upcoming Prince of Persia game.
Twice a week a new page is added to this prequel story, which is supposed to round up on december 3, when the game will be launched. In an exclusive deal with Amazon, a high definition version of the storybook will be delivered with any copy of the game online.
The artwork that in the book (which is very explicitly not a comic) is quite a step away from the admittedly limited vocabulary that is used in PA. In fact, it reminded me more of Scott Morse’s storyboards. Which is a good thing.
(Prince Of Persia © 2008 Ubisoft Entertainment)
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Things !
October 27th, 2008
You can be as jaded as you like 99 % of the time, sometimes you just have to let go and shout out your excitement. And so : THINGS MAGAZINE LIKES US !!!
Thank you.
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Please don’t, Mr Kochalka
October 27th, 2008
We love you too much. And a happy anniversary from our assorted ephemerists…
(American Elf © James Kochalka)
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Donny Digits
October 27th, 2008
Woodrow “Sugar Kat” Phoenix is back (from actually never having been away, come to think of it), with a regular feature (for the next nine weeks, at least) in the Guardian Family section. Check your paper bin if you’ve thrown it away already, or read it online. It’s a good visual alternative for too sugary cereal, as could be expected and hoped for.
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