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Category Archives: Sketch
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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Sweaty Eddie
I’ve been doing variations on this same panicked/agitated/junkie-in-need-of-a-fix guy for years. I did a version of him as a first assignment in a Sophomore illustration class. Â I did a digital version on a Commodore 64 using a Wacom-like tablet called … Continue reading
Don’t Look Back
The electric pencil sharpener my Father bought me while I was still in high school died yesterday. I still like and use wooden pencils, and I want to get another one, but it won’t be electric. I’m looking around eBay … Continue reading
The Joisey Debbil
This was a sketch I did in a sketchbook using my former weapon of choice way back in 1986. I was hanging out with Dan Platt who was trying to visualize the legendary Jersey Devil in clay. He kept reading … Continue reading
Posted in Sketch
Tagged Jersey Devil, Joe Williams, monster, sketchbook, technical pen, Willceau
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Vinny Valentine Sketch
Sketch of Cupid’s replacement – Vinny Valentine.


