This was forwarded from paupicon this morning. Basically it talks about how the New Yorker has been playing around with some of its stock illustrations. (And I'm not talking about the cartoons here, I'm talking about the clip art-ish wine bottles and daisies you find here and there throughout the magazine). So David Remnick and Co. have been farming out their illustration work and some of the new doodles they are running tell subtle, serialized stories. Not something you would notice unless you were really paying attention (and/or read the aforementioned article). What this reminds me of is an email I got last week here at work. The clever person I was in contact with was using their confidentiality signatures as a space to convey a very funny mini—narrative about kittens. Primarily, they were trouncing the whole confidentiality signature concept, which I heartily applaud. I mean, come on. I am so tired of scolling though those stupid things. But the end result of this cleverness is that I'm looking forward to this peron's next email, even though the bulk of it will be work related. So, is this a thing? Is this a new trend in email fashion circles? Is anyone else out there getting clever stories in the peripheries of their email? If not, its not a bad idea. I'm sure Donald Barthelme would approve.
Posted by Red Chuck at March 23, 2005 12:02 PM