These days, Berlin is a sweaty and sticky place – Summer’s here and temperatures are somewhere above 30°C. Still, everything is about football. Garrincha has created a cartoon about each one of last week’s playoff games. There’s the Netherlands VS Brazil (1-0), Uruguay VS Ghana (5-3), Paraguay VS Spain (0-1), and Argentina VS Germany (0:4). I don’t know why three of these cartoons are about piercing. Germany’s victory has, of course, stirred some hopes here. Iranian artist Javad Alizadeh, too, thinks that Löw has his eyes on the prize, but this is probably true for any of the four remaining teams.
Unfortunately, Germany did not make it to round two of our CARICUP 2010, neither did Spain. Brazil is still there and so is Italy. Click here to support your ‘team’. Round two ends Monday at 8 PM – the CARICUP “trinal” (your classic binals/finals only with three teams instead of two) ends on Sunday, July 11.
Introducing…
Wolfgang “Wolfi” Hametner is a new member from Vienna. His caricatures are simple, yet effective. They are mostly vector drawings with simple lines and a spare use of colors. Some of them use color gradients, but, again, very sparsely – see, for example worried Michael Schumacher and Niki Lauda not looking too bright. Wolfi’s caricatures of football players are worth checking out, too: There’s Henry, Ribery and Miroslav Klose. The latter perhaps turned out a bit too beefy and his hair looks weird, but I like his curved nose and the worried expression.
Cartoons of Interest
My favourite cartoon of last week, shows a heartwarming scene of initiation. It’s by Slovakian artist Ivo and it’s untitled. Getting your first mailorder mustache from your dad is certainly a magic moment. I love how this makes you think about the father ordering his own mustaches by mail too. And please note that the package came all the way from Szohôd.
I would also like to introduce the garage surprise party by George, the thousand faces of Germany’s new president by Hannes Richert and a nice little superhero/villain collection by Dirk Berrens. I thought about counting them but, then again, it seemed a little too obsessive. Anyway there are more Marvel characters than DC characters, aren’t there?
PS: Ilie Ciorba did an interview with amazing British artist and toonpool.com member Russ Cook over at Vectelligence. >> click.
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