Coconino World - treasure trove of graphics & cartooning

April 15, 2007 7:30 AM

Get lost in the fabulous labyrinth of Coconino World, a mammoth French site with thousands of images from illustrators, graphic artists, and cartoonists ranging from the classics to the contemporary. Some personal favorites: the generous selection of graphics from Simplicissimus, the celebrated German satire magazine published weekly from 1896-1944. James Swinerton's Canyon Kiddies. George Herriman's Krazy Kat. -more-
posted by madamjujujive (9 comments total)

-Prior Mefi post on Coconino's subsite, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo
-Prior Mefi post on the quirky illustrations of J.J. Grandville
-Prior Mefi thread that has comments about Simplicissimus
posted by madamjujujive at 7:31 AM on April 15, 2007

Definitely a fantastic site thanks madamjujujive.
{Just by the by, the complete series with full magazines of Simplicissimus were just put online recently (pdfs) click: 'Abruf der Hefte â hier'.}
posted by peacay at 7:55 AM on April 15, 2007

Beautiful- and hits the sweet spot for all kinds of history buffs (design, Weimar, popular culture, et al). Thanks so much!
posted by foxy_hedgehog at 8:42 AM on April 15, 2007

madamjujujive, you always find amazing stuff! What a great find and treat this site is. Wonderful web wandering. I love Krazy Kat and Ignatz. What a fun-quirky comic. Oooh, PatCab. Thank you.
posted by nickyskye at 11:00 AM on April 15, 2007

Wow. I hope you realize what you've just done to my former plans for the day, Madame.
posted by jokeefe at 11:30 AM on April 15, 2007

Wonderful! But while we're tipping our hat to MeFi precursors, let's not ignore y2karl's great Krazy Kat post.
posted by languagehat at 12:49 PM on April 15, 2007

Wow. Awesome. Thanks.
posted by dazed_one at 2:07 PM on April 15, 2007

Look for a nice sampling of Simplicissimus work in the 9th issue of Comic Art magazine. Care of Coconino Classics of course!
http://www.comicartmagazine.com/
posted by JBennett at 6:27 PM on April 15, 2007

grazie mjjj
posted by matteo at 10:58 AM on April 16, 2007