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Monthly Archives: June 2023
Friday Five – Number One Hundred Fifty One
One hundred fifty first in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, Illustration, photo manipulation
Tagged collage, Friday Five, trees, vintage photos
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LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING
LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING to this iron-thewed titan on the beaches of California that’s NOT HAPPENING TO YOU as you leaf through a comic-book at your dead-end job as a gas jockey. Don’t FORGET the windshield, genius! Ah, if only…
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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Gumball Gangsters
Teflon Tony – Attorney for the Family who never has any charges “stick” According to Wikipedia: The Palermos are a series of two-inch plastic collectible figurines created by David Gonzales. Representing an Italian American family and their associates, the Palermos debuted in … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter, News, Trash or Treasure
Tagged curious clutter, Teflon Tony, The Palermos
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Friday Five – Number One Hundred Fifty
One hundred fiftieth in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five
Tagged collage, crabs, Friday Five, lemons, vintage magazines
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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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