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So Long, Son of Sketchbook From Hell

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Another old sketchbook that has withstood every attempt to commit a decent drawing to it’s pages has bitten the dust. It continued to fight my efforts, but occasionally when I cracked it open on the Market-Frankford El without a notion … Continue reading →

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Jocko Madigan

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Son of Sketchbook From Hell

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Altered States

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Midnight Cowboy

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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It Came From The Sketchbook – The Little Black Book

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Sweet Sixteen

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Joe_Williams

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.

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