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That Thunderbird Touch
Filed under: Looked Into Tagged: advertising, automobiles, Benjamin Chambers, Complete New Yorker
Benjamin writes:
Cruising through The Complete New Yorker (TCNY) the other day—though without a unique Safety-convenience Panel—I ran across a great ad for the Ford Thunderbird on page 5 of the December 25, 1965 issue (click image for larger view):
TilleyTime: The 2010 Eustace Tilley Contest
Filed under: Looked Into Tagged: art, contests, Eustace Tilley, Françoise Mouly, Rea Irvin
Pollux writes:
The 2010 Eustace Tilley Contest is here!
It will coincide with the 85th anniversary of The New Yorker (huzzah!). The image of Eustace Tilley is iconic, but is open to endless modification, metamorphosis, and transmutation in this fun contest.
Some FAQs:
When is the entry deadline? January 18, 2010.
And where can I see last year’s winners? Here.
How many Eustaces can I upload? As many as you want!
What do the winners get? The chance to be featured in a slide show curated by the very excellent Françoise Mouly!
Is the contest fun? Absolutely. My “Escher Tilley” above, which was fun to draw. (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Snowman Angel?
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: angel, cartoons, Christmas, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Megacerops!
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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Sempé Fi: Bows of Holly
Filed under: Sempé Fi Tagged: Akihito, art, Barack Obama, Barry Blitt, Bill Clinton, covers, Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Hirohito, Pollux, Richard Nixon, Santa Claus
Pollux writes:
When President Obama bent his body in a 90 degree angle before the Japanese emperor on November 14, 2009, he unleashed, perhaps predictably, a storm of controversy over his bow. (continued)
Challenge: Connect Random Stuff in My Head to the Magazine
Filed under: The Squib Report Tagged: apostrophes, Lou Reed, Walter Kirn
Martin Schneider writes:
Oh boy, my favorite parlor game.... also called "How Emdashes generates posts."
1. Last night I saw Jason Reitman's movie Up in the Air, and I enjoyed it very much. It certainly did seem like a movie that teed up its subject perfectly and then whacked it, which I'm not sure is quite the same thing as being a great movie, but ... I'm quibbling, it was very good. I've spent a lot of time in airports recently, so I had to see it before all that useless knowledge wore off.
Connection: The movie was based on a book by Walter Kirn, who had a story published in The New Yorker in 1997.
2. Lou Reed and Ben Syverson designed and programmed an iPhone app called (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Doctoral Snow Days
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Relationship Troubles of a Linguist
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, etymology, Pollux, The Wavy Rule, words
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Meatballs
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Tree Leaves
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, Christmas, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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