Tag Archive | "humour"

Somersault – those real men

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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Do not adjust your set, yes, Somersault is a little late this week due to unforseen circumstances (rumours abound that this includes a group of penguins dressed as Mexican bandits, a gambling-mad octopus called Fred, a pile of rare Estonian superhero comics and a giant pumpkin; Mr Cowdry refuses to confirm or deny these rumours), [...]

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Somersault – real men use belt and braces

Thursday, March 31, 2011

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Slightly later this week but always worth waiting for, our weekly visit to the wonderfully weird world of Somersault, continuing the Real Men theme: (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  [...]

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Somersault – the lovely world of real men

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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Continuing on from the previous Real Men segments, that charming and thoughtfully refined chap Mr Cowdry ponders the place of masculinity in the modern era of gender politics: (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all [...]

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Somersault – Real Men don’t run from a little fire

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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Following on from last week’s Real Men tale and thinks are hotting up in Somersault… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here)

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Somersault – more real men

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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There’s more than one type of ‘real’ man and not just the mighty slabs of meat from last week’s strip. Some real men, it transpires, have something of a slight resemblance to 60s superspy Jason King… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; [...]

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Somersault – Real Men!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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Masculinity seems to be in flux and men are given frequently conflicting messages and images of what a ‘real’ man should be and how he should act. So here’s Somersault to add to the confusion… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you [...]

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“What an asshole”

Monday, February 28, 2011

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Tim Dedopulos points us to this page where the simple theory is put forward for testing, namely that many comic strips could have their final line subtituted with “Christ, what an asshole” and still remain intact and funny. The original idea was applied to New Yorker cartoons specifically, but it appears to work on a [...]

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The Corporate Skull begins

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Jamie Smart has been teasing us all for the last week or so with tiny glimpses of his upcoming new Corporate Skull series; well the teasing is over as the strip launched yesterday online and it’s cracking fun. Younger fans of Jamie’s work in the Dandy will have to look the other way as this [...]

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Somersault – earwigging conversations

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Oh we don’t mean to do it, do we? Listen in on other people’s conversations, I mean. At least, we wouldn’t admit to it, ’twas accidental, couldn’t help overhearing… Of course we all feel a little curious about them when we hear those conversational fragments and wonder what they were all about… (Somersault is (c) [...]

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Tintin in the Congo – in the raw!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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Benjamin at French comics site BoDoi points us to this fun take of the (somewhat controversial these days for its period portrayal of Africans and colonial attitudes) Tintin in the Congo. Except this Tumblr offering is Tintin au Congo a Poil (basically Tintin in the Congo in the nude, or in the raw). Yes, folks, [...]

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Somersault – who ate all the (silent movie) pies?

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Why, ’twas Mr Charles Chaplin who ate all those pies. Just what happened to the Little Tramp when he started thinking it was more jolly fun to scoff all those cream pies rather than slap them into the faces of his silent movie comedy colleagues? Somersault shows us… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you [...]

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How women’s handbags really work

Monday, February 7, 2011

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I liked this cartoon from the Harold’s Planet site exploring a subject that has puzzled and fascinated men for centuries: just how does a woman’s handbag actually work? How do they get so much stuff in there and how the heck do they know how to find it all? I particularly like that it reminds [...]

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Somersault – I’ll name that tune in 2…

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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If you get the cultural reference in the title to this week’s lyrical-based Somersault then you are showing your age! (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here)

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Somersault – back to work with a helping hand

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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As we get to the final part of the compliance centre strand you will doubtless be relieved to find out our plucky hero (who doesn’t keep at all well, you know), getting lots of support back into employment from the caring and understanding authorities: (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any [...]

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Somersault – offering a fair incentive

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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We often hear in the news that those trapped in long time unemployment need help getting out of the ‘benefit trap’, where a new but low paying job won’t offer enough to cover the most basic needs and they are better on benefits. In the land of Somersault this is doubly true; fortunate for us [...]

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