Saturday, March 26, 2011

On Cairo's newsstands this month




1) The world's laziest magazine cover designer...



... Works for Egypt Today!
For the special issue about such a visually-rich revolution, which produced thousands of impressive and inspiring photographs, s/he decided to go with... a blank cover.
Hummm... Did they get fired yet?



2) Conversely, a concentrate of talent can be found in Tok-tok, which may be the first local comic magazine (is it?) Well whether it is or not, it's brilliant. From the parking beggar - the menadi - to boob jobs, all topics seem to be fair game. The humour is solid, and the drawings are excellent. I recommend!

2 comments:

Sara K. said...

Isn't it amazing what kind of shit can be passed as art? I'm sure the folks at Egypt Today were all giving themselves a good pat on the back for such an "original cover". Denial and ignorance sure go hand-in-hand.

IMB said...

Ya Mo effendem, is there a web site for TokTok?