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You Should Be Dancing!

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Joe

Face it, chum, being a wallflower is going to get you zip, zowie, nothin’! You’re going to be somewhere with plenty of girls, but you’ll be too afraid to approach them! Why? Because you dance like Jerry Lewis falling out … Continue reading →

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Monsters Not Playing Nicely

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Joe

In this week’s edition of IT CAME FROM THE SKETCHBOOK I’m featuring some of my couch doodles of monsters doing what they do when they get together which is not getting along. Monsters usually don’t play nicely with one another … Continue reading →

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Chasing the Cool Kids

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Joe

Back in the 1970s Marvel Comics was trying to chase an audience beyond the typical comic reader which was comprised chiefly of seven to twelve year old boys. Somebody thought a rock album based on their most popular character would … Continue reading →

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The Creatures That Haunt My Sketchbooks

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Joe

I continue hacking away at the cheap sketchbook made for the shelves of Philadelphia-based discounter Five Below. I am forging ahead trying to put this crappy little pad out of my misery. If I were sensible, I would just put … Continue reading →

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Hacking Away at a Cheap Sketchbook

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Joe

I continue to throw graphite at the unwilling little sketchbook of which I have written about lately. I’ve had no evidence of anything close to supernatural brilliance bubbling up from the pad’s cheap little pages, but I continue to make … Continue reading →

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Sketchbook • Gruesome Graphite Grotesques

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Joe

I sit on a couch with a cat and a spouse scribbling graphite grotesques into the night. Continue reading →

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What I Miss About Comics — Boss Battles

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Joe

This panel reminds me of when extreme boredom would drive a few grade schoolers to play war on a sheet of loose-leaf paper. Essentially two or more boys would start carefully drawing out soldiers, jeeps and tanks on that sheet … Continue reading →

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Na – Na – Na – Gonna have a good time!

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Joe

Back in 1984 Philadelphia’s own Bill Cosby was a giant in the field of entertainment. He was the star of both the television and silver screen, filled arenas with his stand-up comedy act and sold tons of vinyl records recording … Continue reading →

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Get to the Point!

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Joe

A search through some old art bins in the studio set me tumbling down a rabbit hole of wooden pencils, pencil sharpeners and crafting the perfect point.

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