Tag Archives: Illustration

So Long, Cursed Sketchbook

Fuxi Sketchbook No. 2 of 2 5/16/23 – 10/3/24 I was finally able to put this disappointing sketchbook out of my misery. Why was it disappointing? Well, the size, price and the binding were right. It measured 5.5 inches by … Continue reading

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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

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The Frankenstein Monster in COLOR

This panel from The Frankenstein Monster No. 10 published by Marvel in 1974 screamed out to me. I miss traditional comic coloring! It is so much better than the overwrought digital coloring found in modern comics. Art by John Buscema … Continue reading

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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!

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Scratching a Scratchboard Itch

The recent closure of The University of the Arts has set me careening down memory lane like a runaway train crashing into memories of my days at The Philadelphia College of Art. The Philadelphia College of Art mutated into the … Continue reading

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Friday Five – Number One Hundred Seventy Six

One hundred seventy sixth in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.

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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Comin’ At YA!

Today’s digital doodle was a happy accident I made while playing with Affinity Designer’s step-and-repeat feature. I was playing around with a logo I worked up a while back for J.L. Curtis’s series of science fiction books and seeing how … Continue reading

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