Sunday, June 6, 2010

A Countryman's Journal



The Straits Times, 20 Aug 1949, Saturday.

Less political and more humourous. The man is catching specimens for the Raffles Museum.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Oases in the Cultural Desert



The Straits Times, 16 Aug 1949, Tues.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Talk of the Week



The Straits Times, 9 Aug 1947, Tuesday.
A new feature, Talk of the Week, which features several events in one cartoon.
GCS = Government Civil Servant. The character looks like GKS = Goh Keng Swee!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Back Pay



The Free Press, 22 Feb 1947.

That's it for 1947. 11 cartoons over 2 months. There were no cartoons in 1948. Tomorrow we'll start on 1949.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Kino Bestsellers May 2010

1. KICK ASS
by MARK MILLAR, JOHN ROMITA JR.

2. NARUTO VOLUME 48
by MASASHI KISHIMOTO

3. FABLES VOLUME 13: THE GREAT FABLES CROSSOVER
by BILL WILLINGHAM

4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
by JANE AUSTEN, SETH GRAHAME-SMITH

5. THE FLASH: REBIRTH
by GEOFF JOHNS, ETHAN VAN SCIVER

6. D.GRAY-MAN VOLUME 17
by KATSURA HOSHINO

7. CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN
by ED BRUBAKER

8. EX MACHINA VOLUME 9: RING OUT THE OLD
by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

9. THE LOSERS VOLUMES 1 & 2
by ANDY DIGGLE, JOCK

10. BATMAN AND ROBIN: BATMAN REBORN
by GRANT MORRISON

Japanese Farewell



The Free Press, 12 Feb 1947.

The strikes must really be bad in 1947.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Bus



10 Feb 1947.