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Zombie Presidents!

Published on September 13, 2007 in fun and inspiration. 0 Comments Tags: apparel, art, caricature, cool, Cool Stuff, humorous, monster, parody, president, t-shirt, web links, zombie.

Zombie Lincoln - Cartoon illustration of President Abraham Lincoln as a zombie. OK, so I am a bit jealous that I didn’t come up with the idea of turning famous dead presidents into cartoon zombies! OK OK, I’m really jealous that I didn’t come up with the idea of cartoon zombie presidents.

How cool are these? Drawn in a very 1950′s EC horror comic/Jack Davis-esque style, featuring Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. And to make sure they offended the religious folk out there, you have Zombie Pope and Zombie Jesus as well.

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Inkspot: Free PDF Magazine Downloads from the Australian Cartoonists’ Association

Published on September 2, 2007 in inspiration. 0 Comments Tags: art, caricature, cartoon, cartooning, cartoonist, Cool Stuff, free, Illustration, resources, technique, tip, web links.

Inkspot cartoonist magazine cover art I just discovered these free PDF downloads of Inkspot, the Australian Cartoonists’ Association‘s official magazine. The current issue feature Ã¼ber-caricaturist Mort Drucker. The publication is about 24 pages and contain interviews and news. I haven’t delved into the complete issue just yet, but looks to be a great resource.

Lots of interviews with cartoonists and other informative cartooning and cartoon industry resources in each issue.

Toys: Mini Superhero Figures Of Spiderman, The Hulk, Wolverine & Captain America

Published on August 27, 2007 in inspiration. 0 Comments Tags: action figure, art, Captain America, cartoon, comic book, Cool Stuff, cute, fun, Hulk, Marvel Comics, Spiderman, superhero, toy, toys, wolverine.

These kid-proportioned, wooden action figures of Spiderman & The Hulk are just plain awesome. And the Captain America & Wolverine set is pretty cool as well. I’m a Spidey guy, so I might be biased here.

Made by Learning Curve under the Playtown brand. Get Spidey & Hulk, or Capt. America & Wolverine at Amazon now!

via Andertoons

Alphabits: Cool Cartoon Alphabet Woodcarvings

Published on August 26, 2007 in art, cartooning and inspiration. 0 Comments Tags: alphabet, art, artist, cartoon, cartooning, cool, Cool Stuff, humorous, Illustration, monster, Portfolio, web links, woodcarving.

Just stumbled across this awesome Flickr set of cartoon woodcarved panels by ojimbo. Each letter of the alphabet (sadly, only up to N right now) has it’s own panel with excellent juxtapositions of objects that begin with each letter. I totally want these as trading cards. Pictured is A is for Afro.

The best pieces have combos and triple combos, like the “Masked Mermaid with Mohawk” in the letter M.

Be sure to check out the entire set!

Cool Reconfigured Plastic Toy Art

Published on August 25, 2007 in art and inspiration. 0 Comments Tags: art, artist, cartoon, cool, Cool Stuff, creature, cute, fun, gallery, monster, Portfolio, web links.

Plastic toy art insect bug sculpture Cool plastic toy art made from recombined plastic toys by artist Sang Won Sung, a Korean artist living in Brazil. The website is in Flash, and there’s not much info, mostly just images in the Portfolio section. The bugs are especially cool, and there are some other toy designs of funky cartoon type characters (including some superheroes) as well.