Tester Cartoon: January 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Rod Scribner Drawings

Scribner drawings are so rare that I figure these are worth sharing despite the poor quality. That's a pretty sexy Bugs.

There are countless documents, articles, presentations, whitepapers that use the graph where the cost of identifying and fixing a bug increases exponentially over time. Last year I read one whitepaper that had this graph, naively I thought it would be worth reading (since it had this graph)… how wrong was I? The whitepaper didn't say anything about finding defects early to reduce costs - nothing whatsoever! I felt that I'd lost half an hour of my life, I felt cheated; no joke; I take the testing profession seriously - even if I create testing cartoons!
Although they say time heals, I'm now really sceptical whenever I see the same graph pasted into yet another testing article.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Chuck Jones: "Baby Buggy Bunny" 1954

The incredible opening sequence to Baby Buggy Bunny. Perfect design, drawing, layout, color. I want a whole cartoon of Finster in disguise, it's such a fantastic design.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Stunning Playboy originals coming to auction in Feb

From Heritage Auctions. Prime Sokol, Kiraz, Cole and others.

How to spot a tester in a...

Whenever you're testing, make sure you know why you're testing!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Ralph Bakshi: Mighty Heroes: The Drifter

Ralph Bakshi: James Hound/ Mouse Trek

I love the designs in Ralph Bakshi Terrytoons like James Hound and The Mighty Heroes. It's very distinct, very cartoony and very appealing. The style seems to have been influenced by the early MAD, especially Don Martin and Wally Wood, mixed with Weird-oh's model kits and maybe Chuck Jones' angular late- 1950's style. Wherever it came from, they are just fun to look at.

Most people skip over this stuff when discussing Bakshi, but I love these cartoons. The documentary on the new Mighty Mouse dvd has some pristine clips of The Mighty Heroes, so I hope someone is working on getting them out on dvd.

These grabs are from the James Hound cartoon "Monster Master", available on youtube.