alsee see: U.C.O. (part 1)
Formerly, we mentioned several various cartoon mediums: paper, pasteboard and cardboard. Now, let us see some much odder cartoon items, that I name U.C.O: Unusual Cartoon Objects.
Let us begin by a really original thing that I received at the Season’s Greetings 2006. It is a wall tile specially designed for this purpose by my friend Jean-Pierre Barnaud, a French architect and a cartoon lover.
A "greetings card" in ceramics (15cm x 15cm).Much standard are the pieces of earthenware or china; even when some dishes are illustrated:
a dinner plate designed by the French cartoonist Jacques Faizant;
a “political” plate by the Canard Enchaîné cartoonist: Moisan;
a ramekin by the French cartoonist Trez.Let us stay at the table, where the glass can be another medium for cartoon as well:
a set of glasses by the French cartoonist Bellus;
silk-screen printed bottles, specially designed for two vintages of the Saint-Pourçain wine(at left: by the Swiss cartoonist Barrigue / at right: by the French cartoonist Mose).After these classical materials, let us see plastic:
an ashtray by the French cartoonist René Caillé;
a ballpoint pen designed by the French cartoonist Cambonfor the association “Reporters Without Borders”.
Nowadays, one can easily wear cartoons:
a tee-shirt with a dental cartoon by the British cartoonist Ralph Steadman;
a silk scarf with The Lovers, the famous characters created by the French cartoonist Peynet.
Cartoons are even reproduced on metal mediums.
Issued in 1981, this medal - commemorating the French cartoonist Bosc shows one of his very famous antimilitarist cartoons, at reverse side.
Two pins with French presidents’ caricatures: François Mitterrand and Charles de Gaulle,designed for the weekly newsmagazine: L’Express.
A key ring with Peynet’s Lovers.Of course, these lists of unusual cartoon mediums are by no means complete: in my former article I forgot to mention the records sleeves. So, any complementary suggestion is welcome.
Anyway do keep collecting cartoon books and papers as well; there they are at their best place!
