Monthly Archives: July 2013

Maltesers add ironic quips

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

These ads for Maltesers chocolates remind me of the comic strips advertisments that ran in newspapers in the 40’s and 50’s (and which are faithfully chronicled every Wednesday on Ger Apeldoorn’s fantastic The Fabulous Fifties blog), but with a contemporary, … Continue reading →

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More Good Illustrations in the New York Times

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

After yesterday’s cool find of a new Tomine illo in the New York Times, Ephemerist agent Mike found two more good illos that appeared in the Times recently.  The first one is by Kristian Hammerstad and appeared in the Sunday … Continue reading →

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Tomine & Sons

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Earlier this week Adrian Tomine provided the illustration to a New York Times review of David Gilbert’s novel “& Sons”. (Thanks to Mike)

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First Class Stamps (2) – Tintin!

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

What better way to start this series than with my favorite comic character ever. Tintin, the quiffed one, has graced stamps from the post offices of his (and mine) native Belgium, France, the Netherlands and innumerable shadier issues (of which … Continue reading →

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First class stamps (1)

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

As regular readers of this here little blog will probably know by now, one of the more geeky aspects of my obsession with comics is the fact that I collect comics-themed post stamps. If you are too young to know … Continue reading →

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Cartoonists’ portraits

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Chris Schweizer of the Crogan Adventures is currently doing a “Character a day” feature on his blog, which is quite nice, even though he tends to lean towards design in rather drab colors. While perusing his blog, though, I came … Continue reading →

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Little Nemo by Bagge and Langridge

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Alongside the IDW Little Nemo in Slumberland series be Eric Shanower and Gabriel Rodriguez, Locust Moon Comics announced a new Little Nemo anthology at SDCC earlier thisweek, called Dream Another Dream. This volume will collect interpretations of Windsor McCay’s classic character by … Continue reading →

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Superman and Calvin

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Comic Book Resources has been running a surprising and entertaining feature lately, Comic Book Easter Eggs, chronicling cross-references and cheeky winks in comic books and graphic novels. In their most recent column, they list a few guest appearances of Bill … Continue reading →

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Batman heels

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

They’re unhealthily high, they glitter and they treat Batman like The Dark Knight never happened.  But, hey, if this is not ephemeral, I don’t know what is. If you want a pair, head over to Etsy, which also pulls out … Continue reading →

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Being a Superhero is expensive

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Together with Samsung, Mashable has calculated how much it costs being a superhero. For five iconic Marvel and DC Comics characters (Batman, Superman, Wolverine, Spider-man and the Hulk), they added up the costs when they first started out, and the … Continue reading →

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