Tag Archives: Hippie

Joe College 1970

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Joe

Posted in Illustration | Tagged 1970, Affinity Designer, digital illustration, Hippie, Illustration, Joe Williams, vector | Leave a comment

Unintentional Spin-Art

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Remember Spin-Art concessions at carnivals or at the Jersey Shore? It’s the first thing I thought of when I looked into a 55 gallon drum of waste ink at a local printer. Psychedelic, man!

Posted in Curious Clutter | Tagged color, drum, groovy, Hippie, ink, spin-art, waste | 4 Comments

Turned On & Supernatural Effects

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Back in the ’70s while my parents shopped for clothes and boring stuff, my younger brother and I were left to our own devices wandering the toy and record sections of the department stores that anchored the shopping malls. Invariably … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1973, black light, comic, Hippie, Sad Sack, vintage | Leave a comment

Bud Cort Digs Soft Buttery Spread

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Before he was running around with Minnie Castevet, Bud Cort was shilling soft buttery spread. Take a look! …and if you have difficulty viewing it, head over to the Internet Archive for a streaming or downloadable version!

Posted in Movie Matinee | Tagged 1960s, butter, commercial, generation gap, Hippie, margarine | Leave a comment

The Latest Thing on the Jean Scene!

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Mrs. Crankipants

Hello, one and all! It’s Mrs. Crankipants bidding you a joyous greeting from a time before the internet, a time of three television networks, a time of diminishing expectations and a time that a million hack comedians were all attempting … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Mrs. Crankipants | Tagged 1973, curious clutter, grade school, Hippie, jean bag, Kohoutek, swingy denim jean bag, vintage | 4 Comments

The Return of Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!!!

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Tina’s birthday was fast approaching, and I didn’t have a rock solid, hysterically funny idea for a card so I decided to revisit a friend from last year’s anniversary card, Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!

Posted in Drawer Cards, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment, Sketch, Technique | Tagged birthday, card, color, comic, cosmic, cosmos, counterculture, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, galaxy, Happy birthday Tina, Hippie, humor, Illustration, ink, Joe Williams, outer space, Photoshop, stars, technique, tie dye pattern in Photoshop, tie dye texture in Photoshop, tie-dye, Willceau | 1 Comment

Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Joe_Williams

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 | 2 Comments

15 Years

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Joe_Williams

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 | 3 Comments

My First Paying Job

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This was my first paying freelance job. It was an illustration for the Jewish Exponent accompanying an article that had something to do with what the former hippies were up to 20 years after the hippie era. Essentially, they told … Continue reading →