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Author Archives: Joe_Williams
When does the band go on?
Here is another sketch from my developing Teenage Beast story. The crowd awaits the arrival of Brian Bubonic and the Plague. I drew this with sky blue mechanical pencil leads and Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pens in a small … Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, analog, Goo Goo Muck, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pen and ink, punk, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, The Cramps, USA
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Photo Elective • Applying Lipstick
Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau of Tina Garceau! As I’ve written before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would shoot and process 35mm black and white … Continue reading
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Posted in Photo Restoration, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, analog, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA
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Larry Hughes, Born to Lose
Before my monster became a monster in Teenage Beast he was a human being. I have a name for him — Larry Hughes — but I wasn’t sure what he was going to look like.
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged 1980s, analog, Cartoon, horror, humor, Joe Williams, punk, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA
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The End of Summer
The Sacks Pool bereft of water thus bereft of life. It’s weird passing by a place that was teeming with noisy activity just a week or so ago and is now as quiet as a tomb. The lifeguards are gone … Continue reading
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Posted in Looking South, Philadelphia, Photography, South Philly Safari
Tagged abandoned, Philadelphia, pool, quiet, summer
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Caturday
Photos of Felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
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Terrible Movie – Great Soundtrack
I am once again returning to the well of awful movies that had great soundtracks. This time it’s Brian DePalma’s The Fury which was released in 1978 and is based on a novel by John Farris who also contributed the … Continue reading
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Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1978, Brian DePalma, horror, John William, movie, rcord, The Fury
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Tina Garceau • 2012 in review
Below is a review of Miss Tina Garceau’s continuing series of collages using five elements . She calls the series The Friday Five and the gallery below represents her work for 2012 which includes the very first Friday Five collage … Continue reading
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Posted in Collage, Friday Five, Illustration, photo manipulation
Tagged art, asemblage, collage, collection, digital illustration, Friday Five, gallery, humor, Illustration, retrospective, review, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, vintage photos
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