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Tag Archives: horror
Seeing The Being
I sit and draw and watch TV. I always have. When I was little, I watched amiable announcer Bill “Wee Willie” Webber present hours of kids shows every afternoon as I drew cartoons on scratch pads, rolls of adding machine … Continue reading
Posted in Weird World of the Roku
Tagged 1980s, 1983, Amazon Prime, exploitation, grindhouse, horror, monster, Roku, The Being, vintage
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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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Almost All of Them Flops
This is a nicely printed flyer that was handed out at a comic book convention in the very early 1980s. On the opposite side of what’s pictured above was a list of horror and science fiction classics released by Universal … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1980s, horror, movies, science fiction, USA, vintage
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Free Movies – Catch Them While You Can!
There is a new station available for the Roku, and if you’re interested, I would install it on your box and watch it’s offerings as soon as possible.
Posted in Weird World of the Roku
Tagged cord cutter, Free movies, free TV, horror, movies, Roku, science fiction
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Sketching and Watching Trash
Friends ask me if I’ve seen the latest episode of such-and-such or gorged myself upon the latest streaming series. They’re usually terrified or at least concerned for my well being when I admit to the crap that I actually pipe … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comics, Dark Wash, Derwent, doodle, handmade, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Mazes and Monsters, monster, Roku, Sketch, sketchbook, streaming, USA, Willceau
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Rumble in the Record Store
Yeah, I’m back again with another doodle in the cheap sketchbook. What can I say? This torch that I found cannot be drowned. It seems that I haven’t enjoyed doodling this much since I was about five years old. Back … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comics, doodle, horror, Joe Williams, monster, New Jersey, Sketch, USA, Willceau
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Shopping Spree
For the people who know me, this is going to sound crazy, but I miss working in art supply stores.
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged analog, cartoons, horror, Illustration, Japan, Jet Pens, Joe Williams, markers, pens
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Affinity Designer After Midnight
Here’s another Halloween Horror Head I created in Affinity Designer while I waited for my son’s early morning bus. I was trying to do something different, but I wound up with another vampire. This one is based on Lon Chaney’s … Continue reading
I Was a Vector Frankenstein
This was the guy that started it all. I did him as an icon experiment in Adobe Illustrator back in 2006. I was trying to keep it as simple as possible and played with the blending modes of the various … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged 2006, Adobe Illustrator, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, Frankenstein, Halloween, horror, humor, Joe Williams, monster, Shelley, vector, Willceau
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