Category Archives: It Came From the Sketchbook

Getting Back on Track

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Joe

Lately, The Teenage Beast has been gathering dust as I have been enthralled by my Frankensteinian mania for resurrecting dead and near dead computers. As much as I would like to move into a log cabin and spend my days … Continue reading →

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A New Slipcase for my Sketchbook

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Joe

Never knowing when inspiration is going to strike, I always carry a sketchbook with me. I carry a few different cases of pens and pencils. I also carry hard drives and flash drives and cords and adapters and tools and … Continue reading →

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The Last of 2025

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Joe_Williams

I figured I would wind up the year with another drawing of the Teenage Beast.

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Both Sides Now

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Sometimes if you’re not crazy about a drawing, the best thing you can do is start all over again. Continue reading →

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47 Fewer Shades of Gray

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Joe_Williams

A monstrously monochromatic rendering of the Teenage Beast on tonal paper. Continue reading →

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The Beast of Times!

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Joe_Williams

I’m having the beast of times with my Pen+Gear Sketch Diary sketchbook, a gem my wife Tina unearthed for me at our local Walmart. The sturdy paper withstands the rough handling of my pencils and erasers, while its surface handles … Continue reading →

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My Nemesis in Polyester: A High School Memory

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Wherein I dispense a little cartoon justice on my high school nemesis, a troglodyte in polyester. No gentle glide down memory lane here—just ink and spite. Continue reading →

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Pen+Gear Sketchbooks: Not All Are Winners

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Joe

I’ve been working on notions of what the final scenes of my Teenage Beast story will be like, sketching ideas in my Pen+Gear Sketch Diary. As I have written before, that sketchbook is a gem as far as price and … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Keep a Good Spacefaring Hippie Down!

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Joe

Drifting through the starry void, he felt as one with the cosmos. It was utter harmony and contentment. His shaggy hair floated weightlessly about him, catching glints of light from distant nebula. He pondered the vastness stretching infinitely out in … Continue reading →

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