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Tag Archives: comics
You No Canna Refuse
Back when movies were cultural touchstones made for adults, they were not as heavily merchandised as they are today. A soundtrack album may have been released and a paperback novelization would be on a shelves in bookstores, and that was … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, Cartoon, comics, gangster, iron-on transfer, movies, Sad Sack, tee shirt, The Godfather
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Fat Sacks of CASH
Apparently, some time around the middle of the twentieth century this fellow was making FAT SACKS OF CASH selling America’s Greatest Family Newspaper GRIT. At least that was the potential promise to young entrepreneurs willing to sell this weekly publication … Continue reading
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1967, advertisement, comic book, comics, Grit, Marvel, newsprint, Two-Gun Kid, vintage
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Another Cheap Sketchbook Bites the Dust
The Llama Sketchbook: December 27, 2017 to September 29, 2018 Well, at least there is a llama beneath the stickers. In the back and forth of my commutes, my sketchbooks take a beating so I encrust them with whatever stickers … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, cheap sketchbook, comics, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey and Bird, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Dick Blick Licked
I’ve put another sketchbook to rest. I’ve had this one for a while. I bought it from Dick Blick back in 2012. I think I bought it because I thought an 8 inch by 10 inch pad would be a … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, Dick Blick, handmade, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, sketchbook
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Just Like Heaven
A year ago I was polishing off what turned out to be one of my all-time favorite sketchbooks which I referred to as The Sketchbook from Heaven. I tried to find or, in some cases, make a replacement, but nothing … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Apocalypse, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, handmade, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pink Zeppelin, sketchbook, The Atomic Warrior, USA, WW III
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Ask Your Father
Ma, it says right here that they’ll send ya ‘ONE PREGNANT MALE who will give birth to as many as 25 babies!’ How can that be, Ma? How can that be?
Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1977, comic, comic book, comics, Earth 2, JSA, One Pregnant Male, Power Girl, seahorse, stripped comic, Superman, USA, vintage, Wally Wood
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Sketchbook from Heaven • 1/22/2017 – 5/7/2017
Usually when I finish off a sketchbook, I have either a feeling of accomplishment because I’ve managed a few competent scribbles within or relief in that I finally put an especially irritating pad that I made the mistake of purchasing … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, Christmas, comic, comics, Illustration, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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Going…going…
The Sketchbook from Heaven is fading fast. I only have a couple of blank pages left as of this writing. I’ll soon be moving on to the sketchbook I cleaved in two in order to approximate the aspect ratio of … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic book, comics, doodle, handmade, Illustration, Joe Williams, paper, pencil, science fiction, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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The Brotherhood of Post-Apocalyptic Mutant Dinosaurs
Father Rex of The Brotherhood of Post-Apocalyptic Mutant Dinosaurs.
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, dinosaurs, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, The Atomic Warrior
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