{"id":44452,"date":"2025-01-14T03:39:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T08:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=44452"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:29:15","slug":"it-came-from-the-filing-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/01\/14\/it-came-from-the-filing-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"It Came from the Filing Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The Goo Goo Muck\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/54240088746\/in\/dateposted-ff\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54240088746_1b1c19a793_m.jpg?resize=189%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Goo Goo Muck\" width=\"189\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>My obsession with a drawing I penciled almost 40 years ago continues and keeps dragging me back no matter what I do. It started when I was trying to organize a flat file cabinet and I came upon the penciled original I drew on a 14 inch by 17 inch sheet of Bristol board some time in the mid-1980s. I decided to try out my fabulous <em>Sailor Fude De Mannen<\/em> fountain pen on that yellowing sheet of paper. I made a few lines, and I thought that was going to be it, but I just couldn&#8217;t stop. The Sailor pen is a lot of fun to draw with and I was happy with the results.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/12\/31\/the-city-is-a-jungle-and-im-a-beast\/goo-goo-muck-yellowed-detail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Goo-Goo-Muck-mosh.jpg?fit=640%2C995&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,995\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Perfection V30\/V300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Goo-Goo Muck-yellowed-detail&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Goo-Goo Muck-yellowed-detail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Detail&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Goo-Goo-Muck-mosh.jpg?fit=640%2C995&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-44311\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Goo-Goo-Muck-mosh.jpg?resize=157%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Goo-Goo-Muck-mosh.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Goo-Goo-Muck-mosh.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/>I figured with the finish of my <em>Goo Goo Muck<\/em> drawing that my obsession would be finished, but it was reignited anew with the discovery of an old manila folder marked <strong>Teenage Beast.<\/strong> Within the folder I found a story outline scrawled across several sheets of looseleaf paper dated 1986 and a few attempts at a logo treatment. I used to jot down story ideas all of the time, but I did not recall working on a logo. It seems like I was putting the cart before the horse because I didn&#8217;t even have a completed illustration at that point much less a story and I was already working on the logo. Fiddling around with letters was easier than potentially ruining a penciled drawing with ink.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44441\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?attachment_id=44441\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-Cutout.jpg?fit=800%2C716&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,716\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Teenage-Beast-Cutout\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-Cutout.jpg?fit=640%2C573&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44441\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-Cutout.jpg?resize=640%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-Cutout.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-Cutout.jpg?resize=300%2C269&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-Cutout.jpg?resize=768%2C687&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><!--more-->I was going to go with <em>Teenage Beast<\/em> because I feared that the term <em>Goo Goo Muck<\/em> was trademarked or had some sort of copyright protection applied. I didn&#8217;t want to toil on a character only to receive a cease-and-desist letter just as I was taking it to market. I was getting way ahead of myself.<\/p>\n<p>I cooked up <em>Teenage Beast<\/em> in the mid-80s so it was going to take place within the hardcore punk scene. The ransom letter look seemed like the way to go although it was a lift from <em>The Sex Pistols<\/em> logo. Being a copycat was always a fate worse than death, but using the newspaper letters didn&#8217;t bother me. It was <em>the<\/em> punk look rather than being specific to one band. Punk was all about DIY and newspaper letters were a whole lot cheaper than dry transfer type like <em>Chartpak<\/em> and <em>Letraset<\/em> which cost a prince&#8217;s and king&#8217;s ransom respectively. Besides, I had created my logo that I used on my first business card with newspaper letters. I think I got more chuckles from people receiving my card than accusations of ripping off punk bands. It worked for me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44443\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44443\" data-attachment-id=\"44443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?attachment_id=44443\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Williams-original-logo.jpg?fit=800%2C711&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,711\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Joe-Williams-original-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Williams-original-logo.jpg?fit=640%2C569&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Williams-original-logo.jpg?resize=640%2C569&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Williams-original-logo.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Williams-original-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C267&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Williams-original-logo.jpg?resize=768%2C683&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I found my original layout for my personal logo. I tried a few variations and stuck with the first one.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There were some photostats of the <em>Teenage Beast<\/em> logo in the folder as well as the original. Back then, I had access to a stat camera which shot high contrast photographic reproductions for the printing industry. It was either black or white &#8212; no gray values. I took the stat; scanned it and digitized it so that I could manipulate it. Maybe I could make something with this logo.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Teenage Beast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/54252578253\/in\/dateposted-ff\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54252578253_b4d9ceb3af_z.jpg?resize=640%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Teenage Beast\" width=\"640\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>I&#8217;m not crazy about it, and I don&#8217;t think it will mix well with a hand-drawn and inked illustration. It screams digital despite its analog origins. I decided to try drawing and inking a logo by hand. I traced out the <em>Teenage<\/em> type and gave it a couple tries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on the images below for a larger view.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/willceau.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/14\\\/it-came-from-the-filing-cabinet\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:18162995}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 245px;\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-original-height=\"245\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 316px; height: 245px;\" data-original-width=\"316\" data-original-height=\"245\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/01\/14\/it-came-from-the-filing-cabinet\/teenage-beast-1-7-2025\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"312\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"44455\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-1-7-2025.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,618\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Teenage-Beast-1-7-2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-1-7-2025.jpg?fit=300%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-1-7-2025.jpg?fit=640%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-1-7-2025.jpg?w=312&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-1-7-2025.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-1-7-2025.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-1-7-2025.jpg?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w\" width=\"312\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"312\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Teenage-Beast-1-7-2025\" alt=\"Teenage Beast logo sketch\" style=\"width: 312px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Teenage Beast logo sketch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 324px; height: 245px;\" data-original-width=\"324\" data-original-height=\"245\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/teenage-beast-logo-1-9-25\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"320\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"44420\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-logo-1-9-25.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,676\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Teenage-Beast-logo-1-9-25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-logo-1-9-25.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-logo-1-9-25.jpg?fit=640%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-logo-1-9-25.jpg?w=320&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-logo-1-9-25.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-logo-1-9-25.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Teenage-Beast-logo-1-9-25.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w\" width=\"320\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"320\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Teenage-Beast-logo-1-9-25\" alt=\"Teenage Beast logo sketch\" style=\"width: 320px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Teenage Beast logo sketch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Once again, I am working in a <em>Canson XL Mixed Media Pad<\/em> and using the Sailor Fountain Pen and a Pentel brush pen.<\/p>\n<p>The type treatment is a work in progress and I will probably take another pass or two at this. I&#8217;m trying to get an underground comic look out of my letters. I may get there. I was thinking of replicating this on another ink drawing or merging a few scans together digitally.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>BONUS!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>I&#8217;ve added this little slideshow to give readers an idea of what a photostat looked like in comparison to the original. If it doesn&#8217;t start automatically, click the little arrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-44452-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/willceau.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Teenage-beast-scan.jpg?fit=800%2C716\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;44464&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Teenage-beast-scan&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Original&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/willceau.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Teenage-beast-stat.jpg?fit=800%2C716\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;44463&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Teenage-beast-stat&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Photostat&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10169\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/10\/22\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook-the-little-black-book\/it-came-from-the-sb-banner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?fit=800%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"it-came-from-the-SB-banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?fit=640%2C96&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?resize=640%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?resize=300%2C45&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?resize=250%2C37&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My obsession with a drawing I penciled almost 40 years ago continues and keeps dragging me back no matter what I do. It started when I was trying to organize a flat file cabinet and I came upon the penciled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/01\/14\/it-came-from-the-filing-cabinet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[120,4953,7,49],"tags":[33,158,312,9,3199,907,5924,43,3661,696,5,23,56,2143,5923,5913,480],"class_list":["post-44452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curious-clutter","category-doodle-tuesday","category-illustration","category-it-came-from-the-sketchbook","tag-1980s","tag-analog","tag-comic","tag-comics","tag-creature","tag-drawing","tag-hardcore","tag-humor","tag-illustration","tag-inking","tag-joe-williams","tag-monster","tag-music","tag-punk","tag-ransom-letters","tag-the-cramps","tag-usa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TB-photostat.jpg?fit=800%2C694&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-byY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44310,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/12\/31\/the-city-is-a-jungle-and-im-a-beast\/","url_meta":{"origin":44452,"position":0},"title":"The City is a Jungle and I&#8217;m a Beast","author":"Joe","date":"December 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently I was trying to clean out and organize a flat file cabinet in my third floor studio. 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