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This is probably going to be of the most interest to those of you who have an interest in comic book inking in general. Paul Karasik, who is the head of programming for Comic Arts Brooklyn, interviewed Jeff Smith while he (the creator of the Bone graphic novel series) inked a Bone illustration for the audience. I admit it. I’m a sucker for this kind of stuff.
Thanks to Phil Nel for the link.
Someday I hope I’m a big enough picture book author that I’m able to encourage grown people to put tacos down their pants. It’s a dream, but I think it’s one worth pursuing. Note: Ignore the contest mention at the end. The date is long past, children. Long past.
Thanks to Lori for the link (and for starring in it!).
We had the pleasure of hosting French illustrator Marc Boutavant at a recent Children’s Literary Salon at NYPL last month. He is, as you may know, the man behind the art of Mouk, his best known picture book creation. There is, in fact, a Mouk television show debuting here. I, for my part, much prefer the French. The intro is just doggone charming. Can’t vouch for the show itself, but dig that catchy rhythm:
Speaking of television shows based on works of children’s literature, I was inordinately pleased to hear that they were turning Michael Rex’s Fangbone into a show of its own. Makes perfect sense. They’ve a fun little video element up right now where kids can vote on the animated voices and background sounds. Enjoy!
Oh yeah. This next guy’s embraced his time in France.
Probably fits in like a native.
I was pleased to see this Steve Jenkins video for his latest collage masterpiece The Animal Book making the rounds. If only because it gives you insight into how he creates his art.
Finally, for our off-topic video, a commercial. A blatant, sentimental commercial. And danged if it didn’t make me well-up. I must be getting soft in my old age.
1 Comments on Video Sunday: Gobs of authorial types (and the filling of pants with tacos), last added: 12/9/2013
If you’re anything like me, then when a friend asks, “Hey, do you wanna go to Taco Tuesday at that new place over by–” you interrupt with, “Whoa whoa whoa. You had me at taco.” I was flipping through one of my favorite Oxford volumes, The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink edited by renowned food historian Andrew F. Smith, and came across the entries for both Taco and Taco Bell. After reading some surprising sections aloud to fascinated colleagues, I decided I couldn’t keep these morsels to myself. “Oh please,” you might say, “I already know all there is to know about tacos!” No, my good sir/lady, I don’t think you do. So in advance, you’re welcome. –Lauren Appelwick, Blog Editor
Tacos
In Mexico the word “taco,” which means a bite or snack, came to refer to a particular genre of edibles – a tortilla wrapped or folded around a filling [...] (The traditional Mexican taco is made with a soft, fresh corn tortilla; “hard shell” tacos, made with tortillas fried in a basket to give them a sturdy “U” shape, are a creation of Mexican restaurants in the United States.) The first known English-language taco recipes appeared in California cookbooks beginning in 1914.
[...] Until the 1960s tacos were mainly served in California and the Southwest at small roadside taco stands run by Mexican Americans. This changed when Glen Bell launched the first Mexican American fast food franchise in 1962 in Downey, California. Taco Bell had to overcome vast distrust and prejudice among many American consumers against Mexican restaurants. The new chain’s advertising emphasized that these were American restaurants that just happened to server Mexican-style food. Taco Bell assured the public that it’s tacos and other offerings were no more spicy or “foreign” than hamburgers. [...]
Taco Bell
During the early 1950s, few Americans outside California and the Southwest knew what a taco was. In the early twenty-first century Mexican American food is one of America’s fastest-growing cuisines. Although there are many reasons for this change, one was the Taco Bell fast food chain launched by Glenn Bell.
Bell operated a one-man hamburger and hot dog stand in San Bernardino, California, but he liked eating Mexican take-out food. Taco stands dotted the southern California landscape, but none offered fast food. Bell developed ways to improve the efficiency of preparing Mexican food. At the time, taco shells were made by frying soft tortillas for a few minutes. Bell invented a prefabricated hard taco shell, which did not have to be fried, thus saving time on each order. Bell also developed procedures for accelerating service.
Bell decided to test his new ideas. Bell opened a Taco Tia restaurant in 1954 in San Bernardino, California, the same year and the same city in which Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their revolutionary fast food establishment. Like the McDonald brothers, Bell quickly opened more restaurants in the surrounding area. Bell sold his interest in Taco Tia, and with new partners launched another chain, El Taco. The first outlet was opened in 1958 in Long Beach, California.
In 1962 Bell sold his share in El Taco to his partners and opened the first Taco Bell, in Downey, California. The menu consisted mainly of tacos and burritos plus beverages. This small outlet was quickly followed by eight stores in the Long
Well, THEY don't actually sell them, but the toy vending machine housed within our local establishment does.
Produced by Krazy Town (a toy company with no website...WHAT???), these dolls are cute, pint-sized versions of the dolls we have all come to recognize as tools of the Haitian Vodou (or Vaudou) and West African African Vodun.
These little effigies can be used for the purpose of casting spells for luck, love, fortune, placing curses on people, bringing back lost loves, hexing your enemies, etc. Even as a decorative dangly bit on your cell phone (as the sticker on the machine suggests). Basically anything your evil little heart desires (like summoning more hot sauce...or more cowbell*)
Education Alert (AKA: quick wikipedia-based overview): The truth of the matter is that the common depiction of the "voodoo doll" is a hollywood misrepresentation of a genuine practice, perpetuated through horror movies and literature. The practice of sticking pins in dolls does have a history in folk magic, but its origins are unclear. The practice is not unique to the above mentioned faiths, either. Magical devices such as the poppet and nkisi of West and Central Africa are more than likely the basis for this belief. There are various uses for these dolls, but apparently they're mostly used for sympathetic magic towards another person.
Regardless of historical fact, voodoo dolls - the way we have come to know them - are here to stay, as evidenced by their availability for sale in a fast food restaurant.
The marketing of toys and trinkets with a horror slant for kids isn't anything shocking or new to us. Hell, we search this stuff out! This is a new, one, though. While we just found this vending machine voodoo hilarious and bizarre, we're awfully curious about how people who think voodoo is a mere step away from devil worship are going to react. There's bound to be at least one peeved parent in that particular taco establishment sometime in the future.
To make a short story even shorter - you can now scarf down a million soft tacos, burritos, or nacho dishes with a generous helping of cute yet evil little dolls on the side. OR better yet - you could stay at home, eat healthily and make your own dolls (and probably end up saving on toilet paper, too!).
*If someone makes a Christopher Walken doll, we will pay top dollar for it
C.
2 Comments on Breaking news! Local taco restaurant sells voodoo dolls!, last added: 2/9/2010
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Ohmigosh. It made me tear up, too! We’re a pair of softies!