Comic Slab font
A.J. Maher’s funky serif version of Comic Sans.
Snag it free here.
(Screw with the Comic Sans haters. Start using it all over the place. They won’t know what it is.)
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The real Comic Sans
‘It’s just a shame they couldn’t have used just the original font, because [Comic Sans is] a real mess.’ -Dave Gibbons, interview in The Guardian
Sick of Comic Sans? Why not try something more authentic . . . .
Vincent Connare based the design of his Comic Sans fonts on the lettering work of comic book illustrator Dave Gibbons. With infamous results.
But the comic book lettering gurus at Comicraft have something a bit better: Real Dave Gibbons fonts.
They won’t come preloaded free on your PC. But if you want to put your money where your mouth is, the ‘DaveGibbons’ fonts – available in upper, lowercase, international, journal and splash page titling versions – should be up to the task at hand.
Snag em here. Multiple purchase options available, including some ‘Gibbous Packs.’
Comic Sans and candy jars
A few weeks back, I was explaining to a culinary instructor the whole hate Comic Sans thing.
She had just put together a bunch of slides for a presentation and picked Comic Sans as her font.
And was really surprised at the reaction she got. Some members of the Hate Comic Sans faction were there that day and they made their presence known. To her dismay. [Read more →]
Save us Salaryman Man!
‘My ex-girlfriend warned me not to mess with Salaryman Man.’
Maybe we’re looking at this whole big business capitalism world economy meltdown thing all wrong.
And maybe I just don’t know how to use my business cards the way Salaryman Man does.
Found via Jamie DeVriend
SNAFU!
‘The cartoons were intended for an audience of soldiers . . . The depictions of Japanese and Germans are quite stereotypical by today’s standards, but were par for the course in wartime U.S.’
Situation Normal: All Fucked Up.
The Private SNAFU shorts were produced by by Warner Bros. for the War Department. The 1943 Spies short (above) was directed by Chunk Jones and written (in verse, of course) by Theodor ‘Dr. Seuss’ Geisel. With vocals by the great Mel Blanc.
SNAFU is in the public domain – free downloads here.
Giant bomber!
‘This looks like a job for Superman’
WWII stereotypes with a giant aircraft carrier bomber as the prize. From 1942.
Could have sworn I saw a similar airplane stunt in the last Superman movie.
Gremlins!
‘Victory Thru Hare Power’
Before Gremlins (also a Warner Bros. production), the tables were turned on Bugs Bunny in Falling Hare.
Below, Hitler fights some ‘Gremlins from the Kremlin.’
Donald!
‘Guns, guns, all kinds of guns!’
Donald Duck gladly gives his money to the IRS.
Different world, different time.
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