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Tag Archives: Philadelphia
Midnight Cowboy
I saw this guy when I was on a Route 23 Bus stopped at the traffic light at 11th and Pine in Philadelphia. This guy (a kid, really) was fishing an alternative weekly newspaper from one of the honor boxes … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, dweeb, hick, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Philadelphia, podunk, punk, punk rock, punker, Sketch, sketchbook
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Frog Memories
Monday afternoon I got word that my friend Eunice lost her battle with cancer. It got me thinking about how certain events and people in your life – like a post-college restaurant job I had when I was twenty one could … Continue reading
Posted in Food, News
Tagged Frog Restaurant, Moh Azzizi, Philadelphia, Steve Poses, The Frog Commissary Cookbook, waiting tables
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Making the Pinball Machine Costume
It has become our tradition of sorts to make costumes that light up and have a coin-operated or vending machine theme. In years past, we have made a a candy machine, a jukebox and a fortune teller. This Halloween was … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Holiday
Tagged arcade, bowling, cardboard, costume, DIY, electric, Halloween, handmade, holiday, Joe Williams, kid, LED, Philadelphia, pinball, retro, Tina Garceau, U-Haul
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It Came From The Sketchbook – The Little Black Book
A few weeks ago I decided to give the What I Like About Comics category a rest and blow the dust off of the It Came From The Sketchbook category shaking loose some of the drawings from sketchbooks I’ve got … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, art, art supply, Cartoon, cartoons, Charrette, CO2 Comics, comic, comic book, comics, commute, hard-bound, humor, Illustration, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, Market-Frankford El, Monkey & Bird, pencil, Philadelphia, SEPTA, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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