Monthly Archives: June 2007

Ads – Dennis the Menace

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

This Cream of Wheat ad features Hank Ketcham’s Dennis The Menace. from the 1950’s. Neat, I think.

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Frank Robbins advertisments

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

These have been up for quite a while, but I only came across them over the weekend. The inimitable Leif Peng (of Today’s Inspiration) has collected a whole series of advertisments by Frank Robbins on his Flickr page. They’re very … Continue reading →

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Two-Coats McWhinnie

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

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 … Continue reading →

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Genius or childish ?

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

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 … Continue reading →

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Sketches at the BD Fugue Cafe

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

In Annecy, France the annual Animation Festival just closed its doors. During the festival, the BD Fugue Cafe organised a series of sketching sessions with luminaries like Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, Gilbert Shelton and Paolo Campinoti. Check out their blog … Continue reading →

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Donald Duck a la Pratt

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

From The Arflovers Blog : Hugo Pratt’s take at Donald Duck. Oh, and they also have rss-feeds these days ! Yesh ! (via The Beat)

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Danmark celebrates Herge’s Centenary

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

The Metabunker has collected the drawings that several Danish cartoonists made to celebrate Hergé’s 100th birthday. Those who are familiar with my hangups and dada’s, know that I’m very fond of Tintin in Tibet. That is why I liked Jan … Continue reading →

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Five Obstructions

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Inspired by Lars “Dogma” Von Trier (about whom I would very much like to read a freudian psychological analysis, mind you), Tom Hart challenged his friend and co-oubapo-ist Matt Madden to challenge him with five obstructions in a comic strip. … Continue reading →

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Join !

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Tomer Hanuka provided this sublime cover for the may 2007 issue of The Progressive magazine. More info on the back story for this illustration, and an early sketch, are available at his blog, tropical toxic.

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Vintage Cartoonists’ Profiles

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Now on at Yesterday’s Papers : an article from the december 1929 issue of the Strand Magazine, featuring profiles of a host of cartoonist who were working at the time, including W. K. Haselden, David Low (who’s work looks surprisingly … Continue reading →

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