Here’s a fantastic link for you. Over at Jimland, someone is posting a ton of amazing Jimland Novelties made by the one and only Jim Woodring. Most of these handmade wonders were items fantastically and mysteriously described in the back of various Woodring comics (like the one pictured above). I never got around to sending away for any of them, much to my eternal, wailing regret. These regrets are soothed somewhat by this wonderful online treasure trove.
Sorry for the lack of posting lately… I had a family emergency for the last week. Let us now resume.
J. Otto Siebold is one of my daughter’s and my favorite children’s book illustrators. He’d probably best known for his book (and cartoon) Olive the Other Reindeer… in addition to his wonderful books, J. Otto has done some wonderful work online. Unfortunately his previous domain name was hijacked by domain name spam barons a while ago, but fortunately it was all moved to the funnier domain name of jottodotcom.com. There is lots to see there… make sure not to miss Bubblesoap.
Additionally, you’ll want to take a look at the Target: Ready, Set, Read site he designed, which was brought beautifully to life by my friends at Big Time Attic and Puny Games.
Here’s a GREAT surreal Japanese cartoon by Ikuo Oishi from 1933… the more I watch it the more I like it. If the Fleischer Brothers had been Japanese this is what they might have made. Parts of this remind me of Jim Woodring as well. It really makes me want to see more early Japanese animation. Don’t miss this one!
Fans of Chris Ware should dig this…
In my last “obscure images” post about Daniel Clowes, I mentioned the Joel Thingvall Gallery of Wonder Woman Art. It is a wonderfully varied collection of interpretations of bondage-hero Wonder Woman by a huge number of cartoonists… even if you don’t like Wonder Woman, there is still a lot here you’ll probably like.
We’ve been lucky enough to have the collection highlights regularly featured at the Twin Cities comic convention FallCon. It is a pretty overwhelming thing to see in person. You can see most or all of it online here. Believe it or not, the images below are just the tip of the iceberg… click on them to see the full size versions.
There are a LOT of highlights to this collection (it is well worth your exploration). Here are some of my favorites.
Wonder Woman by Jamie Hernandez.
Wonder Woman by Zander Cannon.
Wonder Woman by Paul Chadwick.
Wonder Woman by Alex Toth.
Wonder Woman by Gilbert Hernandez.
Wonder Woman by Kevin Nowlan.
Wonder Woman by Mitch O’Connell.
Wonder Woman by Jessica Abel.
Wonder Woman by Steve Rude.
Wonder Woman by Matt Feazell.
Wonder Woman by Jill Thompson.
Wonder Woman by Sam Hiti.
Wonder Woman by Carol Lay.
Wonder Woman by Frank Miller.
Wonder Woman by Adam Hughes (he has a number of others in this gallery as well).
Wonder Woman by Bruce Timm.
Wonder Woman by Shannon Wheeler.
Wonder Woman by Larry Marder.
Wonder Woman by Jay Lynch.
Wonder Woman by Bob Lipski.
Wonder Woman (and Flaming Carrot) by Bob Burden.
Wonder Woman (and Mr. Monster) by Michael T. Gilbert.
Wonder Bone by Jeff Smith.
Wonder Woman (and The Spirit) by Will Eisner.
Wonder Woman (and Groo and Chakall) by Sergio Aragones.
Wonder Cerebus by Dave Sim.
Wonder Tug (and Buster) by Marc Hempel.
Wonder Woman (and Joe Matt) by Joe Matt.
Wonder Woman Chester Brown.
Wonder Woman Dave Stevens.
Vector Park is one of my favorite flash things of all time. The website is seemingly uncredited, but it is by Ganzfeld contributor Patrick Smith, who did some fantastic comics in the first issue of the Ganzfeld Reader (and designed their website). Visit, explore, experiment, enjoy.
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Another great Scopitone…