Tuesday, August 31, 2010
BEHIND THE LEGEND
Machete Star Danny Trejo Mini-Doc by Estevan Oriol from SA Studios Global on Vimeo.
Studio Ghibli Closing?
Hayao Miyazaki says in this Cut Magazine interview (Google translation here) that Studio Ghibli may close if their new feature, ARRIETTY THE BORROWER, does not do well at the box office. More at Geekosystem.Below: the original trailer:There is no US release date at this time.Hat tip to Eddie Pittman via Kazu Kibuishi.
COMICALLY INEPT.
I've been overwhelmed by the numbers of cartoon bloggers who would like a review on this site. Fighting his way to the top of the list this week (should it be a weekly thing? Maybe it should?) is Joe from Comically Inept. I do feel duty bound to warn people that this site could be considered as NSFW, and it has some rude words scattered around it.Joe is a willing victim. The following reviews may
Monday, August 30, 2010
PHOTO, FLASH, FOCUS, RECORD
Here are a couple more images of the Machete Screening courtesy of EribertoOriol.com.
Harley Schwadron Interview
It's a rare thing to see an interview with the prolific gag cartoonist Harley Schwadron. Nw that I think of it, I don't think I have ever seen ANY interview with Harley, whose cartoons I see EVERYWHERE.So, a hearty thanks for David Paccia's Wasting Paper blog, here's a look at who Harley Schwadron is; what pens he uses (Koh-i-noor # 3 and # 2 1/2), his favorite comic strip (GRIN AND BEAR IT by
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Video: Martin Rowson
Above: a screen capture of the video.Martin Rowson talks "In Confidence" with Laurie Taylor. Video link here.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Patong Beach Travel
Patong Beach Patong Beach (Thai หาดป่าตอง) refers to a beach on Phuket's west coast, and to the town adjoining it. It is the main tourist resort in Phuket. It also contains an important center of Phuket's nightlife and is the center of inexpensive shopping on the island. The beach became popular with Western tourists, especially Europeans, in the late 1980s. Numerous large hotels and chain hotels are located there.
Patong Beach is as equally famous for its nightlife as also the 3.5-kilometer beach that runs the entire length of Patong’s western side. Nightlife is centered on two main areas Bangla Road and 'Paradise Complex', with Bangla Road being predominantly straight and Paradise Complex being predominantly gay. Both roads are lined with many themed bars, discotheques, and go go bars. Prostitution is culturally acceptable, especially on Bangla Road where there are many older Western men drinking with much younger Thai women and transvestites. Most discos in Patong charge a 100 baht admission fee but rather than being a cover charge, this is actually a drink minimum since you get a voucher and most clubs charge 100 baht for almost all drinks.
On December 26, 2004, Patong Beach along with many other areas along the western coast of Phuket and Thailand were struck by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The wave caused a great deal of destruction to the waterfront of the beach and immediately inland, and many people were killed there. Patong was one of the worst affected areas of Phuket, although the destruction was not nearly as bad as nearby in Khao Lak.
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CALVIN & HOBBES Parody: JOKER & LEX
This will be all around the Interwebs today. It's a CALVIN & HOBBES parody based on 2 bad guys: Lex Luthor and The Joker, and it's by Brian Azzerello and Lee Bermejo. This comic originally appears in issue #75 of DC's SUPERMAN/BATMAN comic book, which is out this week in comic book stores everywhere. I enjoyed this spoof so much, I'm going out to buy the comic.Read the whole comic at the
Pau Gasol Player Sport Basket Ball
Pau GasolPau Gasol i Sáez (born July 6, 1980 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born to Marisa Sáez and Agustí Gasol, and he spent his childhood in Spain. Gasol was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2001 NBA Draft, but his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He currently holds the Memphis Grizzlies franchise records for career games played, minutes played, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive, and total rebounds, blocked shots, turnovers, and points. After seven seasons with the team, Gasol was traded to the Lakers on February 1, 2008. His younger brother, Marc Gasol is also a professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Video: Forbidden Planet Comic Book Store
Rocketboom visits New York City's Forbidden Planet comic book store. If you've never been, then this is a chance to peek inside the place.Hat tip to the FPI blog!Related: Rocketboom's Rube Goldberg profile.
Tardis Materializes at MIT
Via the Doctor Who News Page:The TARDIS has materialised on top of Little Dome at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The appearance of the Time machine on the roof of the University located in Cambridge, Massachusetts is a "hack" or a practical joke. The University has a long history of "hacks" including placing a Dark Mark over the Student Center to celebrate the release of Harry
Phang Nga Bay Phuket Travel
Phang Nga Bay Phuket TravelPhuket (Thai: ภูเก็ต, IPA: [pʰūːkèt]; formerly known as Tha-Laang or Talang, or Junk Ceylon in Western sources, a distortion of the Malay Tanjung Salang, i.e. "Cape Salang") is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Phang Nga and Krabi, but as Phuket is an island there are no land boundaries.
Phuket, which is approximately the size of Singapore, is Thailand’s largest island. The island is connected to mainland Thailand by two bridges. It is situated off the west coast of Thailand in the Andaman Sea. Phuket formerly derived its wealth from tin and rubber, and enjoyed a rich and colorful history. The island was on one of the major trading routes between India and China, and was frequently mentioned in foreign ship logs of Portuguese, French, Dutch and English traders. The region now derives much of its income from tourism.
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Sendang Gile Waterfall Lombok
Sendang Gile WaterfallGila waterfall is located in the village of Spring Senaru. From the booth door, down the cement path interspersed with quite a lot of stairs. At that location there are two terjun.Untuk water reaches the largest waterfalls in this location, we have to get out of the cement walkway. Follow the footpath across a small irrigation stream, melwati bridge that once the irrigation ditch at an altitude of about 20 m above the lush tree-covered river. After that we had to cross the river, jumped up and down on the stones of the river, until finally go down the path. The journey from the first waterfall to waterfall into two ranges takes approximately 15 minutes.
Sempu Island Travel Gallery
Sempu Island Sempu Island, is a small island located south of Java Island. The island is located in Malang regency, East Java. Currently Sempu a nature reserve protected by the government. In this island is almost not found in brackish water.
Geographically, Sempu Island lies between 112 ° 40 '45 "- 112 ° 42' 45" east longitude and 8 ° 27 '24 "- 8 ° 24' 54" south latitude. The island had a total of approximately 877 hectares, bordering the Strait Sempu (Spring Blue) and surrounded on the south side of the Indian Ocean, East and West.
Sempu Island can be reached from Malang by Blue Spring Beach, and pedestrian use fishing boats, and get licenses.
There is absolutely stunning scenery, but the road to get there in need of extra power, because the nets which path we must make careful because if you run out of rain slick nets. if you want to get there is better when the dry season.
Kobe Bryant Sport Basket Ball
Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978(1978-08-23)) is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at Lower Merion High School, where he was recognized as the top high school basketball player in the country. He decided to declare his eligibility for the NBA Draft upon graduation, and was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets, then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. As a rookie, Bryant earned himself a reputation as a high-flyer and a fan favorite by winning the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest.
Bryant and then-teammate Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. After O'Neal's departure following the 2003–04 season, Bryant became the cornerstone of the Lakers franchise. He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, setting numerous scoring records in the process. In 2006, Bryant scored a career high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points scored in a single game in NBA history, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point performance. In the 2007–08 season, he was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP). After losing in the 2008 NBA Finals, Bryant led the Lakers to two consecutive championships in 2009 and 2010, and was named NBA Finals MVP on both occasions.
In 2010, Bryant became the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. Since his second year in the league, Bryant has started in every NBA All-Star Game that has been hosted, winning the All-Star MVP award in 2002, 2007, and 2009. He is a twelve-time member of the All-NBA team and ten-time All-Defensive team, and is the youngest player ever to receive defensive honors. In 2008, he won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics as a member of the USA national team. Bryant was named NBA player of the decade by TNT and Sporting News.
In 2003, Bryant was accused of sexual assault at a hotel in Edwards, Colorado, by a hotel employee. Bryant admitted an adulterous sexual encounter with the accuser, but denied the sexual assault allegation. In September 2004, prosecutors dropped the case after his accuser informed them that she was unwilling to testify.
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Paul Pierce Sport Basket Ball
Paul Pierce Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13, 1977 in Oakland, California), also known as The Truth, is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He earned First Team All-America honors in his junior year at Kansas, and has been a starter every season since being selected by the Celtics with the 10th overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft. He is an eight-time All-Star, four-time All-NBA team selection and also led Boston to the NBA Finals in 2008, and 2010, winning the 2008 NBA Finals. He was named the 2008 NBA Finals MVP in his first trip to the NBA Finals.
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Boston Celtics NBA Sport
Boston CelticsThe Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C. and coached by Doc Rivers, with Danny Ainge as the President of Basketball Operations. The Celtics' 17 NBA Championships are the most for any NBA franchise. The Celtics' greatest domination came from 1957 to 1969, with 11 championships in 13 years, and eight in a row (1959–1966), the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any North American professional sports team. They currently play their home games at TD Garden.
The Celtics either dominated the league or played a large part in the playoffs in the late 1950s through the mid 1980s (winning 16 NBA Championships in 30 years between 1957 and 1986, and reaching at least the conference championship series in 29 of 35 seasons between 1953 and 1988). After the deaths of the second overall draft pick Len Bias in 1986 and all-star Reggie Lewis in 1993, the team fell into a steady decline, only making the playoffs four times from 1996 to 2007. The franchise has recently returned to prominence when Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen joined Paul Pierce during the 2007 off-season. Four Celtics (Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Dave Cowens, and Larry Bird) have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for an NBA record total of 10 MVP awards.
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VIVA MACHETE
Just a couple pictures of last night.. Congrats to our good friend and"Mexican Super Hero" Danny Trejo Code Name: Machete on the film and thanks to everyone who participated. Also to my brothers and car club LIFESTYLE, gracias for making it happen.
Video: Frank Cho's World
Above: a screen grab from the video.The Washington Post shows us a great video, along with some informative links, all about Frank Cho's work and influences. Well worth seeing. The videos by Ben de la Cruz and Alexandra Garcia are expertly presented and made me want more.A big hat tip to my pal Sean Kelly!
Dez Skinn's History of UK Fanzines
Above: the one and only Brian Bolland draws up this spot-on SPACE:1999 drawing for a publication titled Rich Burton's Comic Media News way back in 1973.Go and look at Dez Skinn's site ("The British Stan Lee!"), and, in particular, at the wealth of wonderful comic art goodness on the new fanzine page. (That's where the Bolland art is.)Glorious.Big tip of the hat to my pal Rod McKie for the link.
Happy 75th Birthday, Penguin Books
This year marks 75 years since the publication of the first Penguin paperback, which initially went for sixpence.From the BBC:"With the average hardback costing the equivalent of a week's rent, in the 1930s, a good contemporary read for most was absolutely unobtainable. "That is until Penguin's founder, Allen Lane, brought out the first sixpenny paperbacks in the now iconic Penguin colours of
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Video: Jim Toomey "Learning From Sherman the Shark "
Jim SHERMAN'S LAGOON Toomey gives one of those TEDTalks.
Jay Kennedy Scholarship Deadline December 15th
This year's poster designed and drawn by John Martz.From the Jay Kennedy Scholarship site:The annual Jay Kennedy Scholarship, in memory of the late King Features editor, was funded by an initial $100,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation/King Features Syndicate and additional generous donations from Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Patrick McDonnell and many other prominent cartoonists. Submissions
Video: Leigh Rubin
RUBES cartoonist Leigh Rubin reflects on his early influences and his cartooning successes in this 12 minute video via aPLISSKINproject.
Sergio Aragonés in FUTURAMA
Sergio Aragonés appears in a "San Diego Comic Con 3010" episode of Matt Groening's FUTURAMA series Thursday night on Comedy Central.Wired has the details and some more pics:The “world’s fastest cartoonist” and the world’s most badass viper pilot make special voice appearances in this week’s episode of Futurama, which features a glimpse of what Comic-Con might look like in the year 3010. Sergio
Getting Paid
"If you kept up with my blog, you'd understand." I sold some cartoons to a client. I emailed the finishes to the editor and invoiced him that day. (The above cartoon is not one of the cartoons. It was bought by a very good market that pays consistently on time. I'm just using it as an illustration.) This
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