Category Archives: Blast from the Past

Naked Lady Falling Down The Stairs

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Joe_Williams

DUCKWORK No. 5 came out in November of 1981, and I think this was the last issue of the year. Mid-terms were coming up and everybody was going to be way too busy to squeeze out another issue before winter … Continue reading →

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Does Head Cheese Taste The Same Coming Up?

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Joe_Williams

DUCKWORK No. 4 – October 1981 If I hadn’t done so earlier, this was the issue that convinced me to venture up to the 13th Floor and drop in on the DUCKWORK offices. Gerry’s cartoon of a vomiting duck placed … Continue reading →

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EIGHTIES – We’re Living in the Eighties!

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Joe_Williams

Having read Gerry Giovinco’s fascinating posts about the origin and early days of Comico, I started to wonder when it was that I first hooked up with Gerry, Bill Cucinotta and the rest of the gang who were on the … Continue reading →

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Three’s a Crowd

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a card I did back in the late-’80s/early ’90s that crams together three holidays. Seems I had slacked off somewhat and was in need of catching up on my holiday correspondence! This one was done in technical pens probably … Continue reading →

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RoboCupid

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Joe_Williams

Being that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, Tina and I thought we’d rummage around and dig out some of our own cards we’ve made for that holiday. RoboCop came out in 1987, and, at the time, it was … Continue reading →

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Bell Man & Beverage Boy

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This is another fun idea that never quite made it. Back in the late ’80s, early ’90s I was working with a couple of guys trying to dig up freelance clients in need of graphic design and/or illustration. We were … Continue reading →

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The Modern Prometheus

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Joe_Williams

  Sometimes I do sketches that I keep meaning to chase down again. This version of the Frankenstein Monster is among them. I was working on a company Christmas card that I wasn’t really enthusiastic about, and this fellow kept … Continue reading →

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Teenage Beast

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Another sketchbook variation of the Teenage Beast A.K.A. Goo Goo Muck that I did back in the 1980s. In true, ’80s, monster movie fashion as the movie progresses, our hero turns into a bigger and badder monster as the remnants … Continue reading →

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‘Lantic City

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Some time back in the mid-’80s I saw an ad looking for illustrators for a magazine for and about the gaming industry in Atlantic City. They were looking for sketches so I did some sketches, Xeroxed them and sent them … Continue reading →

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