Category Archives: Blast from the Past

What I Miss About Comics…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Joe_Williams

…the ads.

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They Say The Incandescent Lights Are Bright…

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Joe_Williams

I am in the March issue of Philadelphia Magazine or actually my work is. Somebody over at the magazine was trawling the internet looking for places and things in the City of Brotherly Love that just aren’t there any more. … Continue reading →

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Hey, Kids! It’s Santa Klaus!

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Joe_Williams

This is my Christmas card from 1986. Xerox copies, newspaper letters, ink spattered with a toothbrush and Klaus Kinski. It’s what Christmas is all about!

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Swamp Things

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Joe_Williams

Before you read this entry, head over to CO2 Comics’ Blog NOW and read Gerry Giovinco’s history of DUCKWORK. He fills in some of the enormous gaps left by my own meager history of PCA’s semi-official student paper. His entry … Continue reading →

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Plague Productions

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Joe_Williams

I started writing another Willceau Illo News entry about one of the last round ups for the Ducks and DUCKWORK when it started to get way too long and convoluted. I decided to have mercy on my readers if any … Continue reading →

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Mommy Dearest II: The Revenge

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Joe_Williams

While I was looking for sketches for my abandoned opus Gomer Pyle Goes to Viet Nam, I found this sketch for another possible DUCKWORK strip. This was either going to be Mommy Dearest II: The Revenge or Joan Crawford Has … Continue reading →

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DUCKWORK’s Swan Song: The Party’s Over

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Joe_Williams

It was 1982. Issue No. 6 was the last issue of DUCKWORK. I am not sure of the reasons why, and I’m hoping that Gerry Giovinco does his history of the paper because he was directly involved with the nuts … Continue reading →

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Down In Space It’s Always 1982

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Joe_Williams

1982 and the my second semester arrived at PCA after a lengthy winter break. The second semester wasn’t as bad as the first. It was still the Foundation program that all freshmen had to go through, but it wasn’t as … Continue reading →

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No, You’re Out of Order!

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Joe_Williams

After I started posting my experiences with DUCKWORK, I had found this issue from April of 1981 stuck inside the pages of a later issue. This is the second issue of DUCKWORK.

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