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TAG FOR “Cartoon Culture”Cartoon Brew's home for up-to-the-minute, unedited announcements and press releases direct from industry sources.
August 7, 2008 11:30 am
(Published in The New Yorker August 4, 2008. Drawing by Michael Crawford.) 21 Comments » posted in Cartoon Culture August 6, 2008 12:05 am
Art Binninger contributes to our never ending parade of Preston Blair rip-offs. Says Art: “The set-up: last night I went over to a converted Von’s supermarket that’s now a Mexican-themed plaza with a restaurant, food marts and other booths that will be ready for their grand opening. I wandered through the aisles of the standard issue Coke’s, Pepsi’s and candy until I spotted this interesting packge. I’ll have to stop back when they’re fully up and running to see what other Preston Blair images turn up. Or turnips?” Next, Kyle Carrozza sent this whoopee cushion spotted at a Dollar Tree in Riverside. Says Kyle: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a rip from this part of the book before!” 16 Comments » posted in Cartoon Culture August 3, 2008 12:05 am
The Preston Blair rip-offs never end. Mark Kausler sent us this 78rpm kiddie record cover, which proves the swiping began a lot earlier than i’d imagined:
Christian Geoghegan, on a trip to Belgium, photographed this from the window of one of the trams he took in Antwerp. The van is for a local supermarket.
If you spot a Blair swipe in your travels, we invite you to send it in. 5 Comments » posted in Animators, Cartoon Culture August 2, 2008 10:00 am
Sailor Man, billed as a “darkly comic tribute to the exploits of a beloved spinach-eating seaman,” will premiere Aug. 9-22 as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. The 45-minute production, at the Lafayette Street Theater at 45 Bleecker Street, “explores what happens when familiar scenarios from cartoons are divorced from their harmless context and performed naturalistically, by complex human beings.” Created by Ryan Iverson and Scott Peterman, the show features the writers in the respective roles of Sailor Man and The Brute. Lauren Blumenfeld plays Olive. The plot of Sailor Man, according to production notes: “Two rivals — a pumped-up Navy man and a heavyset, bearded thug — repeatedly beat each other nearly to death over the affection of a fickle, skinny woman named Olive. However, when performed realistically, fists fly, blood flows, and this straightforward storyline transforms into a provocative look at how our society values violence. The end product is brutal and harsh, full of bottled-up anger and regret, and much closer in tone to Sam Shepard than the traditional Saturday morning fare.” For more information visit sailormanshow.com. (Thanks, Tim Dunleavy) 28 Comments » posted in Cartoon Culture August 1, 2008 11:20 am
Brew readers are always sending us photos of the cartoon culture all around us. Occasionally I post the really odd ones. Elliot Cowan took the above pic at a local junk store: Alex the Lion (from Madagascar), Chicken Little, Mr. Incredible and Shrek all in the same bootleg toy package.
A reader identified as “Purple Penguin” snapped this photo of a storefront at the corner of Reno and Beverly in Los Angeles. As Penguin noted when he sent the pic, “Made me laugh; made me cry”. If you spot any odd cartoon culture in your area, please share it with us. 9 Comments » posted in Cartoon Culture July 31, 2008 5:51 am
Apparently lots of Latino people think they look like Betty Boop. This article in Swindle Magazine discusses the popularity of the character in East LA, from wall murals to look-alike contests:
13 Comments » posted in Cartoon Culture July 30, 2008 1:00 pm
A friend of mine, who happens to be a huge Spumco fan, was looking for a new home in California and came accross this listing on a street just off the Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach: John K Drive. Here’s what I want to know: I wonder what time the Rubber Nipple salesman come around? And is the George Liquor store open 24 hours? For those who are curious, here’s the location on Google Maps. 13 Comments » posted in Cartoon Culture July 24, 2008 2:13 pm
There was a funny story in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (link to article on another site) about how companies that provide costumed characters for birthday parties are finding creative ways of bypassing trademark laws and creating new characters that look almost like their famous counterparts. So SpongeBob is now “SquishyGuy” and Elmo is “Big Red Tickle Monster.” According to the article, the results aren’t always entirely successful:
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