Category Archives: Sketch

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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Vampire/Rat Man

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Another pen and ink doodle from the mid-80s. Technical pens were my weapon of choice at the time.

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Grimly Fiendish

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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More Origins of the Species

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Monkey before Bird. A sketchbook sketch in pencil from February of 1988. Be on the look out for Monkey & Bird coming soon to CO2 Comics!

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London After Midnight

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Sketchbook sketch from July of 1985 of Lon Chaney from his sadly lost London After Midnight. Done in technical pen in a Strathmore wire-bound sketchbook.

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It Came from the Sketchbook!

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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