[Medieval zoological artistry culled from video found here, and Mme. Jujujive beat me to it.]
Elephantasm
Tag: art
My WebEx Meeting Notes 11 October – 19 November 2021
9AM daily. Pen on paper, 8-1/2 x 11, 3.34 square inches per day.
Finally got some work. I can breath again.
Bathykolpian Hot Links
Cuttin’ In, Johnny “Guitar” Watson (1961)John Watson Jr. came from a musical family, and when he was 11, his grandfather offered to give him a guitar if, and only if, the boy didn’t play any of the “devil’s music.” His recording career spanned forty years; his highest charting single was A Real Mother for Ya (1977). Frank Zappa: “Watson’s 1956 song ‘Three Hours Past Midnight‘ inspired me to become a guitarist.” Many others were influenced as well.
The Ghost Dance in 1894.
Games involving dead octopi.
[h/t Octo]
Geostorm hits the NY tri-state area.
[h/t Bunkerville]
Rent a flat in Augsburg Germany for $1 / per year.
The Great Gazoo was voiced by actor Harvey Korman.
The theme to Raising Arizona, Way Out There, was written in 1936.
Twitter secretly removes likes and retweets. See what Twitter doesn’t want you to see.
[Top image: Soup du Jour by Lemanshots 2021.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
The Modern Nancy
Olivia Jaimes‘ update was a few years back (2019) but it was an was an interesting take on Ernie Bushmiller’s classic strip. More about her revamp here.
Yeah, we have a Nancy Archive, too, because Bushmiller was awesome.
[UPDATE: Olivia Jaimes is also cartoonist Caroline Cash. Bio here.]
¡Celebramos el Día de Los Muertos!
La Bruja, Tlen Huicani & Lino Chávez (Veracruz trad.)
“¡Ay! dígame, dígame, dígame usted,
¿cuántas criaturitas se ha chupado usted?”
[English translation for La Bruja here; images found here and here. More Day of the Dead stuff here.]
Lighthouse
[Found here.]
The Flash Basbo Atomic Camper
Hand Lettered Font
Zheng Huan’s Mask
Inkyman
Erasure- Art inspiration: Zhang Huan (Chinese, born Anyang, 1965). Family Tree, 2001. China.
A series of nine photographs in which the artist Zhang Huan’s face gradually becomes covered in ink and traditional calligraphy.
The text on the artist’s face consists of words, names, and stories related to his cultural heritage—words with personal meaning to him. The dots on his face in the first photograph represent moles and their connection to one’s fate. In Chinese cultures, it is said that having moles in certain areas on the face symbolizes good luck and fortune.
By the last picture, Huan’s face is completely covered in ink. Though the words on his face are about his character and fate, they ultimately obscure his entire identity. The piece seems to say that traditional words and ways of thinking can erase the things that make us individuals.
[Image and description found here.]
Updated: Corrected spelling of performance artist’s name Zhang Huan & added link: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/zhang-huan/
Tacky Raccoons 