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More from the world of Art and animation - A New Sherlock Holmes-Inspired Anime Is In Production

A New Sherlock Holmes-Inspired Anime Is In Production

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Not being a big anime fan, I will have to wait and see.

Because it's Friday and you deserve it. . . .

Because it's Friday and you deserve it. . . .

I like this illustration from FINA

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Not sure, yet, who the artist is.

It's all about BLUE this month.

By Ethan Rilly

MON DIEU!

A pocket history of the French badass who inspired Sherlock Holmes

By Joe Blevins@joe_a_blevins

Aug 11, 2016  3:40 PM

Sherlock Holmes seems like a pretty interesting guy, what with the opium addiction, the violin playing, the crime solving, and that long-simmering erotic tension with Dr. John Watson. But Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective, despite being a bona fide Guinness record holder for the most commonly portrayed human character in film and TV history, is not one-tenth as interesting as the real-life French master criminal who inspired him. That is the message of a highly entertaining cartoon from Cracked entitled “Sherlock Holmes Is Based On A Real Guy (Who Was Even Cooler).” This brisk, brief bit of animation runs through the life and career of one Eugene Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), a prolific criminal and multiple-prison escapee who wound up as the world’s first private detective and basically jump-started modern criminology. He’s the literal embodiment of the adage that it takes a thief to catch a thief. He’d solve crimes just to pass the time while he was incarcerated, and eventually the cops just let him out so he could do what he did best. Risky as it seems, this decision proved to be a quantum leap forward for law enforcement.

The police in Vidocq’s time were not that successful in solving crimes because they didn’t think like criminals. “Apparently,” says the video, “before Vidocq came along, cops were just kind of guessing.” But the world of crime was one that Vidocq himself knew from the inside out. Among the inventions with which he is credited here: ballistics, crime labs, criminal databases, and footprint clues. By training agents in his methods, he essentially created an 1800s equivalent of the FBI. Like Holmes, his fictional counterpart, Vidocq was a multifaceted man with many interests. In his case, according to this video, he was a swordsman, businessman, author, womanizer, and braggart who embraced his celebrity status. So does all of that make Vidocq more interesting than Holmes? Possibly, but only Holmes will have the honor of being brought back to life in the next century in order to solve future crimes.

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Cute Holmes and Watson illustration by Maryn Roos

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Are you ready for this?

Hey, remember how we told you the rather surprising news that basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had written a novel about Sherlock Holmes’ brother Mycroft? Well, now he’s writing a comic about it. Featuring the sexiest Mycroft Holmes ever.

Here’s the full cover, bask in its glory:

If you’re wondering if I have questions about how the legendarily fat and sedentary Mycroft—whose club forbid talking—ended up being a bare-chested adventurer, you bet I do. They are “What?” “Why?” “What?” “No, really?” “How?” “Can someone help me understand?” and “What?”, in that order.

And since we have had a thing for HOUN the last couple of weeks. . . . .

From one of my favorite web comics 'Sheldon' - Because it's Friday and you deserve it.

From Watson came Robin?

As Batman co-creator Bill Finger noted, Gotham’s protector needed a someone to help him get out of his own head:

”I found that as I went along, Batman needed a Watson to talk to. That’s how Robin came to be. Bob called me over and said he was going to put a boy in the strip to identify with Batman. I thought it was a great idea.”

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From pre-war cartoon strip to war time pin-up, pin-up to HOUN - The 'Jane' comic strip of Norman Pett - sort of a SDSH

As I am often doing research about WW2 and my dads time in service I often find some very fun things along the way.
And if they have anything to do with art or cartooning I find them even more interesting.
Most of the time these cartoons were used for either instruction manuals or as morale busters.
Some were sometimes used for both.
Bugs and Mickey even got drafted for duty during the war.

I came across one not to long ago that is a lot of fun.

Jane by Norman Pett started in 1932 as sort of a wager. And continued well after the war.
She did however do her part during the terrible conflict.

 Usually at some point in each strip Jane would end up in only her undergarmnets.

 However there was a point after the beginning of 1943 where she fell out of the bath completly nude and then that trend continued.

Pett's wife was his first model until she decided to take up golf (why you have to give up one to do the other I will never know).

She was followed by Chrystable leighton-Porter, who also did a strip show as Jane and would also in 1949 make a movie about Jane's adventures.







The Jane strip lasted until 1959 with a couple of attempts after that to revieve the strip in one form or another.




So, what does this have to do with Sherlock Holmes you ask?

Well in 1982 a young actress by the name of Glynis Barber brought Jane to life on TV.

Glynis would also go on to play the part of Beryl Stapelton in 1983 Hound of the Baskervilles.

So, there you have it, there you are.

A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Illustration

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BLUE cartoon for the day.

It's the BLUE time of year - BLUE cartoon for the day.

I love this image on the IHOSE site. . .

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Hadn't seen these before. . .

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These are kind of fun - It is Friday after all.

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This is my favorite

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