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Category Archives: Monkey & Bird
Digital Doodles
I’ve mostly set aside my real world drawing tools as an obsession with old computers has been burning through me since around Halloween. I’m trying to frugally future-proof my family’s digital life by gutting and re-configuring computers that have long … Continue reading
Monkey & Bird Chapter Two
I added the remainder of the pages of Monkey & Bird originally published by the late, lamented CO2 Comics to this website. You can read the story here. If you like it, drop us a line. I may one day … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Cartoon, CO2 Comics, Comico, family friendly, funny, graphic novel, humor, Joe Williams, jungle, Monkey & Bird, Monkey and Bird, sequential art, Tina Garceau, web comic
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Sunday Funnies
Now you can enjoy the adventures of Mickey the Monkey and Sylvia the Bird in a mobile device friendly format right here at Willceau Illo News! Read it HERE! Like what you see? Let us know about it in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, digital illustration, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Tina Garceau, Willceau
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Faster than a Speeding Primate
I was stumped for an idea for a Valentine this year so I sat with a sketchbook and hoped my pencil would do my thinking for me.
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Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic book, comics, digital illustration, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Sketch, sketchbook
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Sleepy Sunday
Tina and I are working on finishing up Chapter 2 of Monkey & Bird. This was a sketch I did in my sketchbook looking for a comfortable and humorous sleeping position for Mickey the Monkey. It’s a fun sketch, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic, comics, digital illustration, humor, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, prone, reclining, Sketch, sketchbook, sleeping, Tina Garceau
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
This year my Valentine to Joe covers our various obsessions. Joe’s got this thing about shrimp, whereas I have a fixation with ugly food from vintage magazines. When I spotted an ad for Underwood Deviled Ham, I knew the theme … Continue reading
Posted in Collage, Holiday, Monkey & Bird, News
Tagged 7up, cornichons, Monkey & Bird, romantic picnic, shrimp, ugly food, Underwood Deviled Ham, Valentine's Day
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Monkey & Bird – Some Enchanted Evening
Monkey & Bird by Joe Willams & Tina Garceau continues TODAY at CO2 Comics. Click HERE to see how Mickey and Sylvia’s starlit rendezvous is going!
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Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic, comics, digital illustration, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, jungle, Monkey & Bird, romance, Tina Garceau, webcomic, Willceau
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Monkey & Bird Mini-Comic – Available NOW!
If you’re a regular at Willceau Illo News, you have read about the creation of the print version of our fabulous webcomic Monkey & Bird! If you would like your very own to have and to hold, you can order … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic, comics, digital illustration, handmade, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Tina Garceau, Willceau
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Pixels Vs. Pigment – Make Up Your Mind!!!
Ink from a bottle or digital ink? The ENDLESS STRUGGLE continues, but this time the turmoil is WITHIN as I cast aside the new digital techniques and once again embrace the tools of old!
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Monkey & Bird, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic, comics, digital, digital illustration, Epson R-1800, Illustration, inking, Inkling, Intuos, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Raine Szramski, Sketch, sketchbook, Strathmore, technical pen, technique, Tina Garceau, Wacom
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