Tag Archives: history and culture

inside google japan

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

Gizmodo, as always, offers up the good stuff for your Internet amusement.  This week it was a tour of the offices of Google Japan, which are decorated in an extremely interesting way.  I guess that over the past few weeks … Continue reading →

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tumblr sunday– welcome to the menagerie

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

It’s 1799, and don’t you wish you were off to the Exeter ‘Change to visit Pidcock’s Menagerie?  This started of as one of the many typographic examples I’m mining for ideas for the lettering on the cover of the book, … Continue reading →

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famous people born on this day

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

Famous people born on the first of June include Morgan Freeman, Marilyn Monroe,  and not one but two famous Franks, actor Frank Morgan and Frank Whittle, who is usually credited as the inventor of the jet engine.

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orbital notebook

Posted on May 26, 2013 by

More found art, or perhaps that should be found and lost and found again art.  Or just an entry from a rediscovered notebook, originally written down sometime in early 1998.  I actually remember taking this note; it was during a … Continue reading →

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notebook– list of languages

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

It’s been a while since we’ve dipped into the cartoonist’s notebook and seen some of the random stuff recorded there.  For new readers, the notebook is not an artistic invention; it’s an actual little Moleskine with a black leatherette coverthat … Continue reading →

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historical figures then and now

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

This one is mostly just for fun, but it does have interesting implications for storytellers who are interested in time travel or alternate histories.  Gizmodo, the Gawker site which is supposed to be about gadgets and technology, is one of … Continue reading →

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tumblr sunday- huntress

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

No matter how cool you are, you will never be as cool as this woman with her leopard skin and spear and little choker necklace and hair ornament.  Seriously, I don’t know how 17th and 18th century court artists kept … Continue reading →

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sad news

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

A very large chunk of the world as I know it was deeply saddened to hear this week of the death of our friend Art Goldman.   When I saw this picture on the Motor City Con website, I had to … Continue reading →

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really good root beer makes you want things

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Really good root beer makes you want things.  It makes you want sandals and onion rings and convertibles and sunlight after supper.  It makes you want to put on your sandals and get in the convertible at suppertime and go … Continue reading →

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september 4, 1950

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

History lives.  Sixty-two years can disappear in a second when a strange little almost-live thing falls out of an envelope and into your hands.In this case, we’re talking about a clean, intact copy of the September 4th, 1950 issue of … Continue reading →

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