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"... that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape"

ollyollyoxenfree — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:18:12 -0800

Vulgar Army: Octoprop to Octopop is "an informal study into the representation of the Octopus in propaganda and political cartoons, and influence on, or co-option of, popular culture." Highlights include: The nation-state as an octopus in cartography. Standard oil in the 1800s represented as an octopus.

Totally outrageous!!!

1f2frfbf — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:55:36 -0800

Branded in the 80's: Peel Here From the obvious to the obscure to the downright frightening, Peel Here documents the collectible stickers of the 80's and related ephemera.

Ach, those damn 110 year old kids!

madamjujujive — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:04:00 -0800

The Katzenjammer Kids * are 110 years old this month, the world's longest running comic. Watch 1918's Policy & Pie (pt. 2), rare animation by creator Rudolph Dirks who lost the strip to William Randolph Hearst in a court case. The strip was taken over by Harold H. Knerr, but Dirks retained rights to the characters and produced a rival cartoon under The Captain & the Kids for Pulitzer papers for several decades. Five artists followed Dirks and Knerr creating the strip for Hearst.

Ben Frost Artwork

ColdChef — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:17:57 -0800

Ben Frost is a painter, performance artist and illustrator who currently lives in Australia. His work explores themes of alienation, dispossession, and perversity that exists behind the facade of contemporary western society. By subverting mainstream iconography from the advertising, entertainment and political spectrum he creates a visual and conceptual framework that is bold, confronting and often contraversial.

Happy Scrappy

braun_richard — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:30:05 -0800

Welcome to Scrappyland. A site devoted to a long-lost cartoon character from the 1930s.

All I need now is some Super-Sugar Bomb Cereal!

anastasiav — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:20:11 -0800

Toon Tracker: Home of the Lost Cartoons

Isn't this why the Internet was invented?

anastasiav — Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:41:20 -0800

Bad Toon Rising - Think you remember what Mickey Mouse looks like? Daffy Duck? Bart Simpson? Ok - grab a scrap of paper and draw that character. Right now. (No peeking!!) Some other people already have, and these are the results.....