Another new week, another new feature on toonpool.com: We introduced an option to upload multi-page cartoons on Wednesday. I am really looking forward to seeing some new sequential art. Until now, I am a afraid, only few users have made use of the new tool. To be honest, I can only think of Mortimer’s romantic and mildly German “Wo ich hingehe” (“Where I’m going”). But there should be more. Take, for example, Berlin’s own Bülow and his 4-pager Schafro or Ivo”s mysterious pirate(?) piece. Or a two-page version of Mandor’s recent (and nerdy) cartoon “Color Space”.
Introducing…
I would like to introduce new toonpool.com member Sinann . I really like the way Sinann enhances the black and white contrast in his cartoons by adding grey areas. Take, for example, this cartoon referring to last week’s balloon boy hoax. A great drawing – especially that couple in the background. I also liked the one on the feathered dinosaur fossil. When checking wikipedia for some smart statement about palaeontology to throw in or at least for some information about recent feathered dinosaur finds, I stumbled upon this article. It’s… detailed… and Im not going to read all of it. But maybe someone else wants to. And then post a smart statement.
Cartoons of Interest
My favourite cartoon this week is another simple gag cartoon. Writing this thing really tells me something about my kind of humor. Oh, well. In any case, Cartoonkiss got everything right in “Zahnarzt” (“Dentist”). I admire how he directs the readers through the single panel cartoon: First, there’s only the caption (it translates to “Next, please!”).. and then your eyes wander down the page… Also a great use of a highly underestimated color: glow-in-the-dark greenish.
Paul Hellmich
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