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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Mass Murderer of Steel
Judging from his Mass Murderer of Steel review-in-game-format, I guess Kyle Baker didn’t care much for the last part of Man of Steel…
Clowes does Chicago
If you (or Chicago Magazine) ask what Chicago means to Dan Clowes, you get this. Get the fully annotated version at the magazine’s website. (via The Beat)
Adventure Tintin!
Words fail me. This is silly, and at the same time, what would this be like on TV? Ah, ponderings! (art by Mike Holmes, via Tom)
Eat French Fries With Joost
If the Joost Swarte Blog is to be believed, nothing is safe from Swarte’s urge to redesign and illustrate. Take this van, for example, selling french fries on cultural events in and around Haarlem. Oh, Joost, must you be so … Continue reading
More comics and facial hair (or lack thereof)
Here’s yet one more advertising campaing for men’s grooming products featuring comics references. This time Schick threatens to tackle V’s iconic moustache.
A comic book for the blind
How do you translate an explicitly visual medium for people who can’t see? You can’t just print a comic with embossed detail – the picture would become too chaotic and the sequence of the pictures would be too hard to … Continue reading
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Hunger is your enemy
“Don’t let hunger beat you” – artwork by Francisco Valle
These speech bubbles are real speech bubbles!
If you say all at once, your message is hard to digest, but if you say it in little burps, it’s easier to stomach. That, or something like it, seems to be the message in these ads for yet another … Continue reading
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Superheroes with or without hair on their faces
What is it with superheroes and shaving these days? Â First there was Gillette, asking how Superman shaved (after all, with his super strength in his super hair, you’d need a super razor to get that smooth). And now there’s Braun, … Continue reading