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Tag Archives: comic
Done With Another Discount Sketchbook
I finished off the HQ Fine Stroke Sketch Draw that I picked up from Philadelphia based discounter Five Below. The price was right, and I liked the pad’s size of 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches as well as the wire … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged cheap, comic, comics, discount, doodle, drawing, Five Below, Illustration, Joe Williams, scratch pad, sketchbook, Sketchbook from Heaven, sketchbook from hell, USA
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Go Big or Go Home!
I think I am finally reaching the limits of the tiny sketchpads I have been favoring over the past few years. I bought some heavyweight, toned, mixed media paper that I want to play with, and I thought something dynamic … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged action, battle, comic, dynamic, fight, Frankenstein, horror, Joe Williams, Sketch, supernatural, tracing paper
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You Should Be Dancing!
Face it, chum, being a wallflower is going to get you zip, zowie, nothin’! You’re going to be somewhere with plenty of girls, but you’ll be too afraid to approach them! Why? Because you dance like Jerry Lewis falling out … Continue reading
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1963, Cartoon, Charlton, comic, comic book, comics, dance, dancing lessons, flea market, Konga, USA, vintage
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Chasing the Cool Kids
Back in the 1970s Marvel Comics was trying to chase an audience beyond the typical comic reader which was comprised chiefly of seven to twelve year old boys. Somebody thought a rock album based on their most popular character would … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1973, Cartoon, comic, comic book, comics, Creem, humor, magazine, Marvel, Spider-man, USA
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Hacking Away at a Cheap Sketchbook
I continue to throw graphite at the unwilling little sketchbook of which I have written about lately. I’ve had no evidence of anything close to supernatural brilliance bubbling up from the pad’s cheap little pages, but I continue to make … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monsters, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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