Author: Chibi

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Apr 18, 2011

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The U.S. Naval Institute has posted a bunch of great photos of "Cats in the Sea Services" that are made even better by captions like, "You may fire when ready, Muffin." This one's of a cat named Wockle perched on the capstan of the USS Flusser in the mid-1920s. According to his biographer, Wockle's saying, "Do not...

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Apr 15, 2011

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All those Flash ads and auto-play Ask the Editor videos compelled me to send an e-mail of complaint following the Major Redesign of 2004, but I'd still put Merriam-Webster.com in my Fav 5, I call on it so often. Plus, I love the nerdy features, like M-W's Top 10 Rare & Amusing Insults ("Who you calling a...

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Apr 14, 2011

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Art historian Stephen Worth has posted a series of studio gags and caricatures by Grim Natwick, whose drawing credits include Betty Boop and Snow White, as part of a series of posts called "Grim Natwick: The Greatest Animator Who Ever Lived."...

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Apr 14, 2011

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Batman, inspired by Ben Newman, drawn by Matt Taylor, who has some of the best lines in Tumblr biography: I'm an illustrator and I live by the sea. I like drawing pictures for money....

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Apr 12, 2011

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アメリカ生まれの日本の子 by yukkie "American-born Japanese Child" aired on Fuji TV's "Let's Play with Mama! Pin Pon Pan" (ママとあそぼう!ピンポンパン) sometime before March 1982, when the show went off the air. It's written by Minami Rambow, a prolific composer (for kids and otherwise) whose credits include a children's record where a ditty called "A Cat Named Cat" is followed by...

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Apr 06, 2011

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Felix Lorioux was one of France’s best loved artists, but he was a humble, quiet man who did little to promote himself beyond his home country. He was born in 1872 and began as a fashion designer. But his childlike sense of wonder led him to a career as a children’s book illustrator. Walt Disney...