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Jocko Madigan
I wrote a post recently about another cursed sketchbook that I bought back in the ’80s. I called this particular book The Son of Sketchbook from Hell. It was a hardbound, squarish book that resisted all efforts of committing something … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1940s, Cartoon, cartoons, Jack Webb, Joe Williams, old time radio, Pat Novak for Hire, program, Sketch, sketchbook, Tudor Owen, Willceau
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Son of Sketchbook From Hell
I was up tending to my long neglected third floor studio trying to cut a path through the clutter so I could get some work done when I uncovered another forgotten, hardbound sketchbook on a shelf in a closet. At … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, drawing, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, Tom Jones, Willceau
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Altered States
This was a drawing I did back in the late 1980s in the cursed Sketchbook from Hell. I created it as a belated birthday card for a girl I was pursuing who dodged my advances. Belated birthday cards featuring a … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, Altered States, Cartoon, cartoons, chimp, comic, comics, devolution, Drawer Cards, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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Midnight Cowboy
I saw this guy when I was on a Route 23 Bus stopped at the traffic light at 11th and Pine in Philadelphia. This guy (a kid, really) was fishing an alternative weekly newspaper from one of the honor boxes … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, dweeb, hick, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Philadelphia, podunk, punk, punk rock, punker, Sketch, sketchbook
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It Came From The Sketchbook – The Little Black Book
A few weeks ago I decided to give the What I Like About Comics category a rest and blow the dust off of the It Came From The Sketchbook category shaking loose some of the drawings from sketchbooks I’ve got … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, art, art supply, Cartoon, cartoons, Charrette, CO2 Comics, comic, comic book, comics, commute, hard-bound, humor, Illustration, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, Market-Frankford El, Monkey & Bird, pencil, Philadelphia, SEPTA, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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Sweet Sixteen
16 years ago, Tina and I tied the knot all nice and legal. As is our custom, we exchange cards that we make ourselves. This is mine to her.
Posted in Drawer Cards
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, débutante, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Photoshop, Sketch, sketchbook
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Another One Bites the Dust
After finally putting the Sketchbook from Hell to rest by feverishly sketching in it on my commute, I set my sights on another sketchbook that was begging to be finished off.
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Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, drawing, Frankenstein, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, technique, Willceau
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Happy Birthday, Tina! The 2012 Edition
This is the 2012 edition of my birthday card to Tina. This is the front or outside of the card.
Posted in Drawer Cards, Illustration, News
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, cosmic, cosmos, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, Happy birthday Tina, hippy, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Maaaannnnnn!, planets, space, tie-dye, Tina Garceau, universe, Willceau
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Killing the Sketchbook from Hell
A sketch I did with my favorite indigo blue pencil while sitting at the Ridgeway pool in South Philadelphia this summer. This was the first satisfying sketch I did in the dreaded Sketchbook from Hell!
Posted in Curious Clutter, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Technique
Tagged 1980s, 1987, 2012, art, Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic, comic book, comics, drawing, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Sketch, sketchbook, sketchbook from hell
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