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Author Archives: Joe_Williams
You No Canna Refuse
Back when movies were cultural touchstones made for adults, they were not as heavily merchandised as they are today. A soundtrack album may have been released and a paperback novelization would be on a shelves in bookstores, and that was … Continue reading
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Posted in Blast from the Past, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, Cartoon, comics, gangster, iron-on transfer, movies, Sad Sack, tee shirt, The Godfather
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Fat Sacks of CASH
Apparently, some time around the middle of the twentieth century this fellow was making FAT SACKS OF CASH selling America’s Greatest Family Newspaper GRIT. At least that was the potential promise to young entrepreneurs willing to sell this weekly publication … Continue reading
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1967, advertisement, comic book, comics, Grit, Marvel, newsprint, Two-Gun Kid, vintage
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Happy Birthday, Tina! 2018 Edition
Being that Tina’s birthday comes in October, I usually get a jump on Halloween by giving her card the theme of the season. Here is our dear cat Plywood as the undead count from Transylvania.
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Posted in Drawer Cards, photo manipulation
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Photo, birthday, card, cat, collage, digital illustration, Dracula, Drawer Cards, Illustration, Tina Garceau, vampire
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Another Cheap Sketchbook Bites the Dust
The Llama Sketchbook: December 27, 2017 to September 29, 2018 Well, at least there is a llama beneath the stickers. In the back and forth of my commutes, my sketchbooks take a beating so I encrust them with whatever stickers … Continue reading
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Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, cheap sketchbook, comics, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey and Bird, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Last Day of September
Plywood is enjoying an open window while the mild weather lasts.
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William Shatner, Star of “For The People?”
Before the Promise margarine commercials; well before T.J. Hooker, and a bit before he sat on the bridge of the Enterprise, the Shat sat on the panel of What’s My Line? in 1965 where avuncular host John Charles Daly introduced him … Continue reading
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Posted in Weird World of the Roku
Tagged 1965, cord cutters, gameshow, Roku, Star Trek, television, vintage, What's My Line?, William Shatner
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Urban Texture
Off of Rittenhouse Square in what is known as Center City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Drake from Spruce Street
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Posted in Philadelphia
Tagged Drake, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, USA
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