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« on: January 19, 2012, 06:59:11 PM » |
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In the early 1980s I came across a book of one-panel cartoons in which people were engaged in apparently mundane doings under which would be a caption like "Biff finally grasps the meaning of being-towards-death," that is, allusions to philosophical doctrines. They were not all that funny, and I only recalled them today because one of my colleagues was poking fun at the name "Biff," which definitely occurs in one of these cartoons. Still, I'd like to try to find them again. Any idea who the cartoonist was? Or is, if still active? Or any idea where I might look on the web? "Intellectual cartoonists 1980s" got me a link to Trudeau, but nothing more.
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2012, 07:58:38 PM » |
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Type "philosophical cartoons" into google and then hit "images."
Can you see your cartoonist anywhere?
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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2012, 08:21:38 PM » |
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No idea of the answer, but I have the Nietzsche Family Circus to contribute: http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/. |
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2012, 10:21:10 PM » |
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Well, no captions on these, but they are one-panel, deal with philosophy/postmodernism/aesthetics/criticism/other-deep-stuff, and are authored by "Biff": http://www.biffonline.co.uk/postcardthumbs.htmlAlso see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biff_(cartoon) Possible? VP |
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2012, 09:45:45 AM » |
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Thanks for the suggestions! I had especially high hopes for the Biff, but theirs is not the series I remember, though I like them. I haven't finished scrolling the pages under "philosophical cartoons," but I'll keep trying, and if I find him, I'll post the link.
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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2012, 10:48:12 AM » |
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Maybe Chris Hallbeck's The Book of Biff. There's a series of them, and you can use the "look inside" to preview & see if the art matches. |
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2012, 09:09:36 AM » |
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Putting aside the name Biff, the cartoons sound like the work of Gary Larson's "The Far Side". http://www.thefarside.com/ |
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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2012, 10:08:57 AM » |
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Sidney Harris does a lot of science (as well as other academic disciplines)-related, cartoons.
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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2012, 10:11:55 AM » |
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Sidney Harris does a lot of science (as well as other academic disciplines)-related, cartoons. Oh, one of my favorites! He said that when he would do a Physics Today cartoon, the editors wanted the equations to make sense, but when he did a New Yorker cartoon, the editors wanted to make sure the equations made no sense. |
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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2012, 10:12:42 AM » |
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Sidney Harris does a lot of science (as well as other academic disciplines)-related, cartoons. Oh, one of my favorites! He said that when he would do a Physics Today cartoon, the editors wanted the equations to make sense, but when he did a New Yorker cartoon, the editors wanted to make sure the equations made no sense. As if anyone could tell the difference. |
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« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2012, 09:54:50 AM » |
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Maybe Chris Hallbeck's The Book of Biff. There's a series of them, and you can use the "look inside" to preview & see if the art matches. No, the art doesn't match--my cartoonist's characters (of which Biff was only one) were ordinary people, and his panels were not in full color, but in sepia (or something like it) and black; and from the look of him, Hallbeck seems to have been born in 1980. No, Larson is too well known, and he could be really funny. I think this cartoonist's art was more interesting than his humor. Sidney Harris does a lot of science (as well as other academic disciplines)-related, cartoons. I really like the miracle cartoon--didn't know that the artist was well known for his science cartoons. Thanks for the link. |
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