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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: My Dinner With Andre + 2
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: Andre Gregory, cartoons, cinema, comics, film, Pollux, The Wavy Rule, Wallace Shawn
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Tears of a Clown: The Anti-Comic Sans Movement
Filed under: Looked Into Tagged: Cameron Chapman, Comic Sans, fonts, Lexia Readable, Pollux, typography, Vincent Connare
Pollux writes:
We continue our coverage of the odium aimed at the font everyone loves to hate. No, not you, Take Out the Garbage. I mean of course Comic Sans.
Cameron Chapman, on the blog Six Revisions, writes about why Comic Sans is hated so much, and shows some interesting visual examples of when the font has been used inappropriately. Chapman mentions that Comic Sans has seen wide and inappropriate usage, from a sign for a bone marrow transplant clinic to a grave marker. (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: The Minister of Typographic Affairs
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Erik Spiekermann, fonts, Pollux, The Wavy Rule, typography
“I have been demanding a Ministry for Typographic Affairs for decades,” graphic designer and typographer Erik Spiekermann writes in his blog. “In vain, obviously.” Well, Mr. Spiekermann, that dream may never come to pass, but I give you a cartoon of a Minister of Typographic Affairs, drawn by a humble Minister of Cartooning Without Portfolio.
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Sempé Fi: Turkey Run
Filed under: Sempé Fi Tagged: art, covers, Emily Coates, George Booth, Michael Quinion, Pollux, Thanksgiving, turkey, words
Pollux writes:
The November 30, 2009 cover of The New Yorker gives us the traditional Thanksgiving images of Pilgrim and Turkey. However, in the hands of an experienced artists like George Booth, the relationship between Pilgrim and Turkey is turned upside-down. Booth gives us a “Thanksgiving Skedaddle.” (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Under the Sea
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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Martin Schneider writes:
It wouldn't be right to let Woody Allen's 74th birthday pass without acknowledgment!
Happy birthday, Woody. May the bon mots keep flowing. (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: God Help Us All
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, papacy, Pollux, television, The Wavy Rule, Vatican
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…about the future of the printed word, working with Seymour Hersh, Beppe Grillo, the scope of the magazine, and, of course, Dylan. Read it! (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Saving California
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, cartoons, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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Sempé Fi: Pie and the Sky
Filed under: Sempé Fi Tagged: art, covers, food, Phil Gallo, Pollux, Thanksgiving, Wayne Thiebaud, William Theodore Van Doren
Pollux writes:
We can’t expect clear skies in late November, but nevertheless we hope to avoid the special kind of rain cloud that hovers over our pumpkin pies. The November 23, 2009 issue of The New Yorker, which is “The Food Issue,” features a little cloud hovering above the normally cheery sight of a newly-baked pumpkin pie.
Wayne Thiebaud’s “Pumpkin Cloud” is heavy with rain. Perhaps cheery optimists will hope that the “Pumpkin Cloud” will sprinkle extra whipped cream on the pie, in a sort of Big Rock Candy Mountain kind of fantasy, but I see nothing cheery about the image. Thiebaud’s painting reminds me that we’re never entirely free from worries. (continued)
