Hägar

2025-06-07
Tags: Not my own, Comics, cartoons...

Was hat mich eingentlich zum Comiczeichnen gebracht? Vermutlich hatten die "Hägar der Schreckliche"-Strips (von Dik Browne) in der lokalen Tageszeitung auch schuld daran.

What actually got me into drawing comics? The "Hägar the Horrible" strips (by Dik Browne) in the local newspaper were probably also to blame.


"Wenn man die Sterne ansieht, kommt man ins Grübeln. Stimmt's, Papi?" - "Ja, das stimmt" - "Sie sind so klein und mickrig, und wir sind so groß!"
"When you look at the stars, you start to wonder. Isn't that right, Dad?" - "Yes, that's right" - "They're so small and puny, and we're so big!"

https://www.khalisi.com/funstuff/haegar/
http://www.hagarthehorrible.net/


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My Games on / Meine Spiele auf - Ruffle

2025-05-06
Tags: Adventure-games, My own

Kloimhard hat meinen alten vintage Spielen den Hintern gerettet, mal wieder!

Kloimhard saved my old vintage games' bacon, once again!

Er hat mir gezeigt, wie ich meinen Flash-Projekten neues Leben einhauchen kann. Die Antwort heißt "Ruffle", ein Open-Source-Emulator für den Flash-Player. Damit laufen meine Spiele wieder im Browser!

He showed me how to breathe new life into my Flash projects. The answer is "Ruffle", an open source emulator for the Flash player. Now my games run in the browser again!"






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Clown Willi im Salzbergwerk

2025-04-15
Tags: Clown Willi, Comics, cartoons..., My own

Vor Kurzem bin ich über eine alte Clown-Willi-Zeichnung gestolpert. Dieses Mal kein Plakat für das Kronstorfer Kinderfest, sondern für einen Familienausflug. Coloriert habe ich mit Copic-Stiften.

I recently stumbled across an old Clown Willi drawing. This time not a poster for Kronstorf's Kinderfest, but for a family excursion. I colored it with Copic markers.



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XKCD

2025-03-12
Tags: Comics, cartoons..., Not my own

...a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language

Das beschriebene Comic ist in englischer Sprache. Hier daher nur der Link auf Wikipedia DE.

Do I really need to introduce XKCD? As a science and computer nerd, reading this webcomic by American author Randall Munroe on a regular basis is a must! In fact, a lot of my knowledge in science fields that are not my majors comes from this comic. However, it seems that most of my colleagues and students are yet to young to know it.

So what is it about? XKCD stands for ... nothing! It is just four random letters! In 2005 Randall started a blog with some doodles from his school notebooks. Three years later, he can make a living from selling books and T-shirts.

His drawing style is still very minimalistic. The protagonists are stick figures, mostly of scientists investigating weird and absurd phenomena arising from comical misunderstandings. There are some reoccurring characters: Cueball (no hair, hat or other features), Megan (femal scientist, black hair), Black Hat Guy (evil hacker type), to name some. It is not clear if this characters always represent the same person.

Occasionally Randall posts interactive comics or even video games that you can spend hours exploring, all designed in his minimalist drawing style.

If you don't understand the meaning of the cartoons, don't panic! That's quite normal. So normal, in fact, that there's a whole wiki dedicated to explaining XKCD.

A couple of links:



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Plömpel

2025-02-12
Tags: Comics, cartoons..., My own



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