Time for Monday comics! Today we have a new episode of Mensa Cats by J.B. that contemplates extreme abstraction in art.
Tag: cartoon
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CatSynth Pic: Teach Your Cat Synthesizer Repairing at Home (Reprise)
Although this one has appeared on CatSynth before, it is worth reposting in these difficult times. Plus it’s adorable and hilarious.
Submitted by our friends from the Vintage Synthesizer Museum via Instagram.
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CatSynth Pic: Teach Your Cat Synthesizer Repairing
We at CatSynth love this cartoon, bringing together many of our different interests in hilarious fashion. Seen by our friend Jeph Nor on the Facebook group Toe Beans Appreciation Club.
I have trouble seeing Sam Sam actually doing this 😹
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Mensa Cat Monday: Making a Living Through Art
Today’s Mensa Cats cartoon by J.B. touches a dilemma many of us face as artists. Can we make a living from our art? Sadly, in the late-stage capitalism envisioned by Milton Friedman, it is particularly challenging by Morton Feldman. We at CatSynth have day jobs.
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New Cartoon: Boink Boink Basement!
Sam Sam makes her cartoon debut in Boink Boink Basement!, our latest offering from artist J.B.
We think she fits right on with the myriad other fascinating elements in this surreal drawing. And snoopervising is one of the things she does best in creative settings, as can be seen in this previous post.
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Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando is a controversial figure in contemporary circles, but we did some great movies a long time ago (followed by some not-so-great ones, then a couple more classics, and then some really awful ones). But his work has intertwined with many things at CatSynth over the past couple of years. Consider this cartoon by J.B. (Jason Berry), part of our extended Mensa Cat series.
We leave the joke as an exercise to the reader. 😸
There is also the tune “Marlon Brando” initially composed by Jason Berry for Vacuum Tree Head, which I redid for my own band CDP. Here is a live performance of us playing it at the Make Out Room in San Francisco.
CDP Marlon Brando May 1 from CatSynth on Vimeo.
And finally, our friends at the Cat Museum of San Francisco shared this feline photo today.
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Mellow Tron and Mellotron
We bring you another from the latest series of cartoons by J.B., this featuring a classic Mellotron. In particular, it appears to be the iconic M400 model, or perhaps an Mk4.
You can read our recent review from the Mellotron booth at NAMM here. We also featured the instrument in a popular CatSynth TV episode.
