My dad – a decorated United States veteran – died in 2006. In his last days, he was questioning what happened to the country he fought for in WWII. He was appalled at what was going on – and wondered if it were all worth it.
He said we need a revolution. And Tedd Rall is a cartoonist who is now saying just that. This is his new book. Clip from a talk below.
Very dramatic MSNBC interview here.
Interesting POV.
Found via Janine De Mulder
RSA’s new animated lectures remind me of Larry Gonick’s wonderful Cartoon History of the Universe series.
Gonick’s been working on these since the 1970s. I have a few of his original comic book editions. In the 1990s, he even licensed an interactive CD ROM version – with panels animated directly from his book, plus detailed 3D animated history lectures. Unfortunately, this CD adventure will not run on my computer today.
Wanna get caught up on history? Start here.
Larry Gonick’s official site here.
‘Millennials: In ur coffeeshop stealin ur wireless’
Millennials have been labeled as ‘hapless, jobless lollygaggers’ – cause our media loves to sum things up using really old buzzwords.
Tho as someone who teaches at the college level – I see something else entirely. Overstimulated kids who’ve been thrown in to a world that doesn’t quite make sense. A world they’re gonna have to figure out.
Cause the older kids broke it for them.
21-year-old Kyle Chayka’s Millennials magazine takes issue with the media labels, and brings a much-needed point of view. Visit the Millennials website/blog here.
And read more about it here.
Found via Katie Fendick
‘Renowned academic David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that really could be responsible, just, and humane?’
Dr. Harvey defines our world financial problems from a Marxist perspective – with cartoon illustrations by Andrew Park.
He asks the right question, but the problem does need an answer.
Part of the RSA Animate series of lectures.
‘Dan Perjovschi is a visual artist mixing drawing, cartoon and graffiti in artistic pieces drawn directly on the walls of museums and contemporary at spaces all over the world. Lives and works in Bucharest.’
The work of Dan Perjovschi. Newspaper sources with drawings. Details.
‘The installation consists of a paint-bucket and a reversed, continuous world map cut from polyester-coated aluminium.’
This piece by Jørgen Craig Lello and Tobias Arnell illustrate the disconnect. See more of their work here.
Aside from the breasts, ‘Reverse View’ is one of the main images used for The 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Slovenia.
Conan’s back tonite.
Pictured, the work of designer Andy Mangold, student at Maryland Institute College of Art.
‘The Biennial of Graphic Arts, which has been held without interruption since 1955, has a longer tradition than any other recurring exhibition in Slovenia and, in fact, is one of the oldest print biennials in the world.’
‘Oh, I get it, it’s a pun on ‘graphic,’ right?’ –Dabitch
This year they’ve decided to promote the Biennial with soapy breast billboards placed all over Ljubljana.
And I’d like to say it’s causing quite the outrage. But, no. It is Europe. It’s just turning a few heads.
But in the US, civilization would come to a stop as we know it. Banks would close, all media would crumble.
NBC would cancel another show.
Found via Metro
‘Eric Daman’s career has seen many reincarnations, first as a model most notably shot by Steven Meisel, then as a noted editorial stylist, then a sought-after costume designer with credits that range from TV’s Sex and the City to a long list of film titles and now a published author.’
Gossip Girl went to Paris this season with costume designer Eric Daman tagging along.
Click the image to watch Vogue Italy’s interview/jump.
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