Makin’ Links! #3
Clizia, my wife and creative partner at YOE! Studio, tells me she HATES the Makin’ Links! logo. She finds both the boys and what they’re doing “repulsive”. Priya, our intern that colored the logo art for me thinks, even beyond the content, that the Eugene Zimmerman characters are “ugly” and doesn’t like ‘em. And there’s some question as to whether or not people are gonna “get it”, i.e. realize that the boys are “makin’ links”. So now I’m rethinking the logo and wondering if I should change it. What do YOU think?
The idea of me doing links, though, has got a real nice reaction. So, here’s some more:
(.)(.) David King has put together a delightful site on the brilliant old-skool New Yorker (and beyond!) cartoonist Gluyas Williams.
(.)(.) Speaking of which: The New Yorker has started a rotating contemporary NY’er cartoonist blog. Blogging this month is Mick Stevens. Fun stuff.
(.)(.) Gotta run, have to get the fourth Arf book, Comic Arf out the door to Fantagraphics today. But if you are a link junkie and want more there are always tons of fascinating links daily spied by the cartoonist Steven Stwalley on his awesome blog Stwallskull. Steven links to Arf Lovers nearly every day so you KNOW he’s got good taste! ;0)
But, meanwhile, please let me know what you think of the Makin’ Links logo. Click on the “Comments” button below.
— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)
Thanks much for the plug, Craig!
Much deserved, Steven, your blog is one of the best!
I like the logo, considering that it’s a hundred years old and back then they did make hot dogs out of snips and snails and puppy dog’s tails. Spend some time in a sausage factory and Zim’s boys look like little angels!
The kid’s bright green pants are a litle offputting, but otherwise I think it’s great. It didn’t occur to me that they were making anything other than a tail-less dog…
Yeah, the pants are a little too day-glo. I\’ll tone it down next week, David. But, you like it okay even though you didn\’t get the \”link\” connection?
I got the link connection. It ruined my appetite.
The logo is funny, in a cruel way, but it makes my flesh crawl. Whether that’s a net plus or a net minus, who can say?
Cartooned preludes to cruelty are wonderful!
Speaking of links, your link to gluyaswilliams.com is screwed up
Sorry David. I’ve fixed the Gluyas Williams link. This makin’ links is HARD!