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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
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Monkey & Bird
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 Thanksgiving!
Posted in Food, Glorious Food, Holiday, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, game show host, holiday, humor, Illustration, Mrs. Crankipants, Photoshop, tacky blazer, Thanksgiving, Tina Garceau, turkey
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Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!
A war wages within me between traditionally and digitally inking my cartoons. I go back and forth between my pens and brushes and my Wacom tablet. It depends on the job, my mood or whatever is close at hand. Cosmic, … Continue reading
Posted in Drawer Cards, Sketch, Technique
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, cosmic, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, Hippie, humor, ink, Joe Williams, Pentel Pocket Brush, Photoshop, Sketch, space, tie-dye, Willceau
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15 Years
Fifteen years ago on a similarly rainy day, before a gathering of family, friends and a priest who had buried most of the gangsters in South Philly, Tina and I got hitched! As I’ve said before, Tina and I exchange … Continue reading
Posted in Drawer Cards
Tagged 15 years, anniversary, Cartoon, cartoons, cosmic, cosmos, crystal, crystals, digital illustration, drawing, Hippie, hippy, ink, Joe Williams, old hippie
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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!
Posted in Monkey & Bird, News
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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Information Tsunami
This was an illustration I did for The Jewish Exponent back in the 80s. It was for an article on the incredible surge in the amount of printed information. It went on to detail the trials and tribulations of researchers … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past
Tagged 1980s, books, Cartoon, cartoons, ephemera, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, newspaper, technical pen, tidal wave, tsunami
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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
Posted in Monkey & Bird
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic, comics, digital illustration, handmade, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Tina Garceau, Willceau
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From Reykjavik With Love or Uh-Ruh, Uh-Ruh, Is That Your Hat?
My brother-in-law Brian Bubonic and his trusty Samsonite have traveled the globe – New York, Paris, Reykjavik, El Paso, to name a few. What do these cities have in common? They are all places where Brian has lost hats.
Posted in Crafts, Drawer Cards, Illustration
Tagged Brian Bubonic, card, Cartoon, cartoons, collage, comic, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, handmade, hats, humor, Illustration, Jerry Woodard, Long Tall Texan, Martha Stewart, New York, Paris, photo manipulation, Photoshop, ReykjavÃk, spin, Tina Garceau, travel, Valentine, volvelle
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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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