by Matt Feazell
Matt is no stranger to these sketchbook pages. Visit his website at www.cynicalman.com.
In 2001, I started a new sketchbook based on product descriptions from the Haitai Confectionery Company’s English website. If you poke around that site today, you’ll see clunky Korean-to-English translation in a few places. Twelve years ago, the translations were much rougher and, in my opinion, much more amusing.
Many of the snacks you’ll see described here are apparently no longer marketed. I’ve had the occasional pleasure of seeing some on shelves of Asian-import grocery stores, but others are sadly lost to the ages, without even a mention on the web. All connoisseurs of South Korean snack foods are encouraged to leave a comment and enlighten me on the products you recognize. The descriptions, as you will soon see, are not particularly helpful.
To give credit where credit is due: I originally found the Haitai site via the long-defunct Misterpants.com. To see what he said about it back in the olden days of blogging, scroll down to the end of the 07.04.00 entry.
First sketch from this batch is coming up soon. Stay tuned!
Yes, believe it or not, I published 2 issues of As Eavesdropped this year. Volume 3 came out in April. Volume 4 (pictured below) came out in September and is double the size of the previous issue!
Topics include roundhouse kicks, swordfights, seagulls, funny hats, bloodstained upholstery, photogenic housing… all the bells and whistles (or at least the phrase “all the bells and whistlesâ€).
For your own copy, send me two bucks or trade me something made by you. My PO box is still open for business:
Suzanne Baumann
Fridge Magnet Concoctions
P.O. Box 12096
Hamtramck MI 48212
USA
Also, a teeny-tiny print version of The Birds of Ball Point. Absolutely free if you meet me in person.
