MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY 2008

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Funny, ain't it?

Some Funny Cartoons ^^

Enjoy ^_^

For Street Fighter fans

One of the videogames that most marked my youth was definitely Street Fighter, I bet that most of you (specially the men in the class) also spent many days in the company of Ryu, Ken, Balrog, Chun Li, Vega and friends.

Apparently, California rapper Double T shares the same feelings as I do when it comes to Street Fighter and he decided to turn some of the characters stories into music :

Balrog - Gigaton Punch - http://youtube.com/watch?v=OBHxXufqOEY

Chun Li - Yupyupyup - http://youtube.com/watch?v=EjLrxRz1sVI&feature=related

Vega - Vega Cut - http://youtube.com/watch?v=xMwiNdPRslw&feature=related

Balrog - Bonus level (favourite) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=JTGEvd3uEaQ&feature=related

Hope you enjoy these videos as much as I did

Portocartoons festival in CGD: review

Caixa Geral de Depósitos headquarters in Lisbon, displayed from November 12th to December 3rd, some of the best work that competed in the VIII and IX edition of PORTOCARTOON world festival, one of the most important cartoon festivals of the world. Once again this initiative received the work of different artists from sixty countries around the globe and displayed them to the audience in a very friendly way. Without having to pay anything, everyone was able to see some of the work that has been done in this amazing artistic field. Having as main themes the “desertification and degradation of the earth” and “globalization”, different artists managed to present different approaches to the themes in question, being able, at the same time, to maintain the high level of quality that one usually expects from this type of festival. Actually some of the cartoons were quite surprising since the authors managed to capture the main idea with a certain degree of simplicity, and at the same time clearly pass its message in a way that sometimes not even words can do. So, if you like cartoons or simply want to experience something different, type PORTOCARTOON world festival in some search engine and you will surely find some examples of this amazing initiative.

"My cartoons" ^_^

Sorry it took so long, but here you have the cartoon selection I showed you guys a few classes ago. I hope you like it ; )

I guess this one is pretty obvious. With this cartoon, the author picks up the whole Cloning issue in a comical way, by using the "wally"-"waldo" character as an example of what could happen if human cloning was made possible.

Well, this one has everything to do with the season we are currently in : christmas!!!! (as you can see, I love christmas ^_^) In my opinion this cartoon's intention is simply to be funny. Not everything has to be a satire ; )

This one is great! In my opinion the artist is trying to criticize the fact that nowadays everyting is considered art... Even the most strange things...

Well, here you have my personal favorite... (Yep, I am a "lost" fan). Although very funny, the downside of this cartoon is the fact that you have to be a "lost" viewer to fully understand the artist's idea. Now the question is: Who are the good guys and who are the bad guys? I guess that in this case we don't to wait for the season's finale to know the answer ; ) or do we?

Well, this is it, I hope you like it :)

Cat in the Rain

You can download the short story from this link:


http://www.qca.org.uk/14-19/6th-form-schools/downloads/cat_in_the_rain.pdf

Comment on Porto Cartoon

Porto Cartoon is a Portuguese cartoon exhibition that gathers the work of several cartoonists from all over the world and around a main theme, like society, sports, humor, or even environmental issues like desertification.
This year's issue was Globalisation, and we could see, in the city of Lisbon, at least a sample of the exposition, featuring national and international artists. One of the things that had caught my attention was the fact that there were some cartoons which concepts were extremely similar, even though the respective artists came from completely different places.

For tomorrow's class

Tomorrow bring the short story by Hemingway "Cat in the Rain", which you should have previously read. We will be studying this short story in class.

See you tomorrow!

2nd written assignment

This assignment is based on the coursebook Reason to Write page 12 and 14 and work done in class.