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Tag Archives: monster
$8.00 Adonis
Who knew that perfection was available for less than ten American dollars?
It Came From the Save-A-Lot
Here’s another example of that urban phenomena known as Truck Mascots. Truck Mascots are usually discarded toys or stuffed animals that truckers rescue from a sad and sorry fate in a landfill and lash them to the grill of their … Continue reading
Posted in Truck Mascots
Tagged humor, monster, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, toy, truck, truck mascot, Washington Avenue
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Glows in the Dark!
It seems that everything old is new again.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged ABC, ad, comic, comic book, comics, Dark Shadows, DC Comics, Hemlock Grove, Illustration, model kit, monster, soap opera, television, vampire, vintage, werewolf
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So Long, Son of Sketchbook From Hell
Another old sketchbook that has withstood every attempt to commit a decent drawing to it’s pages has bitten the dust. It continued to fight my efforts, but occasionally when I cracked it open on the Market-Frankford El without a notion … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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Son of Sketchbook From Hell
I was up tending to my long neglected third floor studio trying to cut a path through the clutter so I could get some work done when I uncovered another forgotten, hardbound sketchbook on a shelf in a closet. At … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, drawing, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, Tom Jones, Willceau
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Masque of the Desaturated Death
I snapped this photo in the Italian Market in Philadelphia and applied a little Photoshop magic to evoke the spirit of Halloween.
Bend Buxom Babes to YOUR Will!
Imagine making it to Third Base with the hottest girl in school using an ordinary TV set and a set of instructions that only cost THREE BUCKS!!!
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1975, AIM, buxom, chick, girl, hypnotism, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, mail-order, Marvel Comics, MODOK, monster, movie, robot, sex, super-hero, technology, television
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