Friday, February 28, 2014

It might get better. Oh no!

This sums up a very important point against climate change denial... although the typical reducto ad absurdum response tends to be that the environmental solution requires eliminating technology, not making the technology better.
The Sad Truth About Climate Change

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Anime 1988

Bani Garu is Lea Hernandez’s story of becoming the U.S. merchandising vice-president of notorious Japanese animation studio Gainax, “a year-long trip down a rabbit hole of reality.” Start with page 1. It's gots maps too.  This one is a look back at the world before online maps and directions.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Wood 3 (guest post)

Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up historical cartoons involving the world or globe from the United States Library of Congress for the next few Mondays.


Art Wood - Wearing Kinda Thin - 13 Oct 1955

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Better dead than red

In this episode of Gil Thorp by Neal Rubin and Rod Whigham some random character teaches the students more geography in a hallway moment than they'll ever see in class.


Friday, February 21, 2014

GPS AA

Moondog, here in Jim Meddick's Monty, has woken from a drunken stupor to get his bearings. Binge drinking is so funny. 

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Transpacific Partnership agreement explained

Here's a map-infused cartoon about the Transpacific Partnership agreement that some are trying to "fast track" through Congress. It's from the guys who wrote Economix, a terrific cartoon history of economics by Michael Goodwin and illustrated by Dan E. Burr. It's a long read, but an enlightening one.

Page one:

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Tonight at 11

Dan Rosandich gives us this grim... and I think kinda tired... take on tv news.  The blob on the front of the news desk is probably a sloppy attempt at a Goode's Homolosine Equal Area Projection




Monday, February 17, 2014

Wood 2 (guest post)

Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up historical cartoons involving the world or globe from the United States Library of Congress for the next few Mondays.


Wood - Contagious - 26 July 1955

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Gravity well

There simply is an endless supply of map-ish xkcds by Randall Munroe. this one does a beautiful job of illustrating gravity wells. The "title-text" at the actual webcomic says:

This doesn't take into account the energy imparted by orbital motion (or gravity assists or the Oberth effect) all of which can make it easier to reach outer planets.
Click on the image to enlargify.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Map of a woman's heart

"The Open Country of Woman’s Heart, Exhibiting its internal communications, and the facilities and dangers to Travellers therein” (1830s), by D.W. Kellog.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Burn down the whole world

Remember our friend Claire Fontaine and her mapstick art? Italy, France, and even the good ol' US of A wasn't enough for her.  She wanted to burn down the world.  And here she does (at least I'm assuming it's her... might not be). Maybe We DID Start the Fire

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Back handed

Here in Herb and Jamaal by Stephen Bentley our heroes are resorting to an old-fashioned paper map ... which makes a kind of sense given their arguably old-timey vehicle and hats.  But seriously, who memorizes the back of their hand?

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Olympic odds

ASAP Science is putting out an Olympics-themed video every day of the Olympics. This one is front-end-loads a pile of anthropomorphized country maps and discusses the odds of becoming a winter Olympian

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The first Lego movie

This is a movie from 1973 made by Lars and Henrik Hassing, the two cousins who were 12 and 10 at the time.  It may be the oldest Lego movie. At 2:00 and 4:39 the boys used a globe to portray the space travel away from and back to Earth.
 

Monday, February 10, 2014

Wood 1 (Guest post)

Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up historical cartoons involving the world or globe from the United States Library of Congress for the next few Mondays.


Wood - Squeeze Play - 1950

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Lewis and Cluck: Explorer Chickens

Here's an item from the webcomic Lewis and Cluck: Explorer Chickens by Bill Rilling.  Given that they're globe-trotting, explorer chickens, they're frequently mappy.... but is it frequently funny?:
Not Lost for Words

Saturday, February 8, 2014

United States of GDP

Created by Reddit user Phaenthi, this map presents U.S. states and corresponding countries with similar GDP.140204_bi_gdp

Friday, February 7, 2014

Globes

Here's a tantalizing preview of The Art and History of Globes, a massive, gorgeous art-book tracing the history of globes. Written by Sylvia Sumira


Thursday, February 6, 2014

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Most detailed yet map of the Internet

There have been several other posts about maps of the internet (1, 2, 3).  This is a screenshot of the most detailed attempt yet, from Slovakian artist named Martin Vargic. Go to the link and click on the map to experience the full interactive, zoomable, pan-able experience.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Rejects

Here's a completely unrelated pair of geography comics published decades apart:
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Reality Check by Dave Whamond

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Charles Addams from The New Yorker in 1936

Monday, February 3, 2014

All hail the queen (guest post)

Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up historical cartoons involving the world or globe from the United States Library of Congress for the next few Mondays.


Rosen - Big day a comin - c June 1953

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Fantasy maps

The New Yorker has an article by  about maps in fantasy stories. Here's some of the maps from the article:
Map of Treasure Island, from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island.”
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Illustration by Roland Chambers, from Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians.”

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Illustration by Roland Chambers, from Lev Grossman’s “The Magician King.”