..old European grooming products that haven't changed their packaging since the 1970s. They're usually pretty good, are relatively inexpensive, and give me that "George Lazenby as 007" feeling.
Tuesday, April 13
Foulard loves...
..old European grooming products that haven't changed their packaging since the 1970s. They're usually pretty good, are relatively inexpensive, and give me that "George Lazenby as 007" feeling.
Monday, April 12
Louie and Michael, the repetitive racers
On this season of The Amazing Race, there are very few contestants that I actually like. Other than 'The Cowboys', my feelings range from indifference to active dislike--which is fine, because I don't care as much about who wins. Two contestants who have been working their way over from neutrality to hostility for me are Michael and Louie, the police detectives from Providence, R.I. In addition to their less-jovial-than-advertised personalities, I have found Michael's limited repertoire of catchphrases extremely grating. Here's a summary:
Louie, as you can see, is not the big talker of the duo. You could play a drinking game based upon waiting for one of Michael's little phrases--as Beebo pointed out, it's like waiting for the expressions 'fairy tale', 'princess' and 'falling in love' on The Bachelor.
Louie, as you can see, is not the big talker of the duo. You could play a drinking game based upon waiting for one of Michael's little phrases--as Beebo pointed out, it's like waiting for the expressions 'fairy tale', 'princess' and 'falling in love' on The Bachelor.
Thursday, April 8
Cartoon styles of the decades
I was thinking this morning of how various styles of cartoon art go in and out of style--I'm not talking about things like comic books and comic strips, but the kind of art that gets used for magazine and album covers, and for illustrations in publications like the New York Times. For instance, when I was a kid in the seventies, the art of Seymour Chwast and his imitators was everywhere.
Chwast is still working. It's a style that seemed very clever, but got a little old after too much repetition.
The work of Gary Panter is stuck in my head as firmly identified with the 80s. Panter's background was in the LA punk scene of the late 70s, but he's best known for his work designing for Pee-Wee's Playhouse:
He's also responsible for some well-known album covers:
The work of Dan Clowes is, to me, very very early nineties, probably because that's when I was really into it. After working on his own comics and commissions for various 'alternative' media,
he was one of the artists (along with Charles Burns) used for the ill-fated "slacker" OK Soda campaign:
Now he's the type of artist you see more regularly in The New Yorker, like Panter and Chwast.
I'm not sure who a recognizably identifiable 2000-2010 cartoonist would be--maybe I wasn't paying attention, or I might need more time to look back to figure it out. My favorite artist now is Michael Kupperman, who has been around a long time. Maybe he's it? What do YOU think?
The work of Gary Panter is stuck in my head as firmly identified with the 80s. Panter's background was in the LA punk scene of the late 70s, but he's best known for his work designing for Pee-Wee's Playhouse:
He's also responsible for some well-known album covers:
This is a very Eighties idea of 'hip' and edgy:
The work of Dan Clowes is, to me, very very early nineties, probably because that's when I was really into it. After working on his own comics and commissions for various 'alternative' media,
I'm not sure who a recognizably identifiable 2000-2010 cartoonist would be--maybe I wasn't paying attention, or I might need more time to look back to figure it out. My favorite artist now is Michael Kupperman, who has been around a long time. Maybe he's it? What do YOU think?
Monday, April 5
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