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Category Archives: Blast from the Past
Tightrope
Another one of Tina’s collage illustrations using the stone age methods of razor knives, glue sticks and the occasional photostat. This was for the Philadelphia Daily News’ food section.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration
Tagged collage, Illustration, Tina Garceau, Willceau
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Wok this Way!
Another one of Tina’s pre-pixel works for the Philadelphia Daily News.
In Search of the Jersey Devil
Remember that show In Search of which ran in the late ’70s? Leonard Nimoy did the voice-over. It was sort of a Chariots of the Gods for syndicated television. I found some sketches that predated the full figure sketch of … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, technical pen
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Grimly Fiendish
I was rooting through my sketchbooks looking for old sketches that would have worked out for a Monkey & Bird idea, but of course, I got sidetracked. This is a drawing of a pair of ghouls as envisioned for a … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged Joe Williams, monster, sketchbook, technical pen
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The Fried Shrimp Lady or Just Some Doodles from 1985
While perusing Flickr, I came across the fabulous photos posted by olga-saglo. She posted images from "Carnival of Blood" which I remember seeing years ago on a low-rent local cable channel. I remembered doodling the "Fried Shrimp Lady" while watching … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged humor, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, technical pen
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1985 or Back to the Future
1985 was one hell of a year. I had graduated PCA, and the world was my oyster. During that school year I had met and befriended one of the most talented, energetic and probably the nicest guy I know – … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Dan Platt, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, mutant, sketchbook
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New Arrival
In honor of the new arrival at CO2 Comics I’m posting this card that we used to celebrate our new arrival back IN THE YEAR 2000! Originally I wanted to use this still from Rosemary’s Baby for Lloyd’s birth announcement, … Continue reading
It Came from the Sketchbook!
I was thinking of formalizing the posts to Willceau Illo News by making regular features. I want to make Monday It Came From The Sketchbook day and post some doodles Tina or I made in a sketchbook and forgot about. … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged demon, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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Driving the Big White Bus
For some reason this is one of my most popular images on my Flickr! account. If I knew puke cartoons were going to be so popular, I would have done little else. I drew this in a sketchbook using Koh-i-nor … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Sketch
Tagged Cartoon, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, puke, ralph, technical pen, technicolor yawn, vomit, Willceau
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