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Getting Back on Track
Lately, The Teenage Beast has been gathering dust as I have been enthralled by my Frankensteinian mania for resurrecting dead and near dead computers. As much as I would like to move into a log cabin and spend my days … Continue reading
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Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, USA, Willceau
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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
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2025 in review
Today I present Miss Tina Garceau’s continuing series of collages using five elements. She calls the series The Friday Five and the gallery below represents her work for 2025. Click on the images for a larger preview. Back to Gallery Main … Continue reading
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Posted in Collage, Friday Five
Tagged art, assemblage, collage, digital illustration, Friday Five, humor, ongoing series, Philadelphia, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage photos
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The Last of 2025
I figured I would wind up the year with another drawing of the Teenage Beast.
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Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged analog, cartoons, comic, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, punk, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA, Willceau
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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
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Tagged cat, feline, ginger cats, Joe Williams, photography, Plywood, Plywood the Cat, South Philly, USA, Willceau
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Dream a Little Dream
The advertisements in girl comics were always different. Whereas ads in boy’s comics appealed to hapless adventurers with home built go-kart kits, antisocial ne’er-do-wells with practical jokes and future glue sniffers who had prurient interests with x-ray spectacles, girl ads … Continue reading
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Both Sides Now
Sometimes if you’re not crazy about a drawing, the best thing you can do is start all over again. Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged analog, analog tools, art iteration, beast of times, boldness, comic, contrast, drawing process, horror, Illustration, imperfection, inking, Joe Williams, learning curve, revision, Sketch, sketchbook, tracing paper, transfer paper, USA, Willceau
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