Renee French’s drawings do a difficult thing; they are quiet and mysterious yet powerful at the same time. She creates wonderful graphic novels, many published by Seattle’s Fantagraphics. But, I find that each panel/page can stand on/tell a story all on it’s own.
More French at: http://reneefrench.blogspot.com/
Iran Reenacts History With a Giant Cardboard Cut-Out Ayatollah
On this day in 1979, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned home after 14 years in exile. This morning, the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran reenacted the very important moment in their country’s history with a very bizarre ceremony — and a cardboard cut-out of Khomeini. Read more.
[Image: Mehr News Agency
In related news, my cardboard cut-out of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini went missing three days ago … and now we all know the culprits.
Today in fodder for upcoming Sacha Baron Cohen movies.
Wait, what if you made a gif of this…
GIfVJ1.0
OK … Tumblr … Topherchris … sit down and take a deep breath …
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bimyoo [I think] has created an app with Processing that allows you to VJ with Tumblr Gif files. To get an idea, see the video above. You give the app the ID / location of the tumblr GIFs, and you can play them with your keyboard and Apple touchscreen devices.
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