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Tag Archives: humor
Tina Garceau • 2022 in review
Today we continue to present Miss Tina Garceau’s ongoing series of collages using five elements. She calls the series The Friday Five and the gallery below represents her work for 2022 which includes Friday Five No. 101 through No. 131. … Continue reading
Canson XL Mixed Media Pad 7 x 10 inches
I’m still working on this sketchbook. It’s not finished, but I thought I would talk a bit about it this week. This is a similar sketchbook to the one I recently finished off in that it’s a mixed media pad … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Canson, Cartoon, cartoons, comics, Cosmic Maaaaaannnnn, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, mixed media, Monsters, pen and ink, Sailor Fude, sketchbook, The Goo Goo Muck, USA
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2023 in review
Today we continue to present Miss Tina Garceau’s ongoing series of collages using five elements. Continue reading
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, Illustration, photo manipulation, Photography
Tagged 2023, artwork, collage, Friday Five, gallery, humor, Illustration, Photoshop, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, vintage photos
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Amethysts and Orchids
In the event of birthdays, anniversaries and a few other holidays, Tina and I exchange cards we make for one another. Continue reading
Lost on Family Feud — Won at Life
There is a streaming channel that shows nothing but “classic” episodes of The Family Feud. If you so desired, you can enjoy almost fifty years of dumb questions, dumber answers, hosts with personal space issues and regrettable fashions like this … Continue reading
Posted in Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged gameshow, humor, Roku, streaming, time capsule, USA
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The Swingin’ Seventies with Brad Shaw
My meager budget precludes me from being a collector of original art, but when this cartoon by Brad Shaw for an old and long gone men’s magazine became available at a price I could not resist, I did not resist … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Illustration
Tagged 20th century, analog, Brad Shaw, Cartoon, cartoonist, cartoons, girlie, humor, Illustration, Sex to Sexty, Texas, USA, vintage
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Caturday
This shot is from a while back when I uncovered a huge cache of record albums at an old printer. The guys who worked there used to listen to records while they stripped together negatives to make printing plates. It … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Caturday
Tagged cat, Caturday, feline, hang in there, humor, record
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The Absolute Final Issue of DUCKWORK
It may have taken 42 years, but the latest and, sadly, the last issue of DUCKWORK is out!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Philadelphia
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, art school, Broad Street, Cartoon, cartoons, comics, duck, DUCKWORK, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, quack, UArts, unicorn, University of the Arts, USA
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Tuesday Doodle • Stubborn Strathmore Sketchbook
I finally killed off a small Strathmore sketchbook that was lying around the house. It was picked up years ago while it was most likely on sale. The price was probably too good to resist. I honestly don’t remember. It … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged horror, humor, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, Strathmore, USA
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