{"id":44679,"date":"2025-02-25T06:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=44679"},"modified":"2025-02-25T06:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:52:14","slug":"keeping-it-in-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/keeping-it-in-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping It In The Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/keeping-it-in-the-family\/brian-bubonic-in-teenage-beast-detail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brian-Bubonic-in-Teenage-Beast-detail.jpg?fit=640%2C290&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,290\" 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=\"Brian-Bubonic-in-Teenage-Beast-detail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Detail \u2022 Brian Bubonic&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brian-Bubonic-in-Teenage-Beast-detail.jpg?fit=640%2C290&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44680\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brian-Bubonic-in-Teenage-Beast-detail.jpg?resize=640%2C290&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brian-Bubonic-in-Teenage-Beast-detail.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brian-Bubonic-in-Teenage-Beast-detail.jpg?resize=300%2C136&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was a little under the weather last week which put a damper on my doodling, but I&#8217;ve come back this week with another drawing and another chunk of the <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/02\/11\/i-was-a-teenage-couch-potato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Teenage Beast<\/em><\/a> story.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The story takes place in the punk scene during the 1980s so inevitably there would be a scene in a punk club, and if there was going to be a punk club, I was going to need a punk band. Why not keep it in the family? I went with <em>Brian Bubonic and The Plague.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Brian Bubonic &amp; The Plague 1979\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/brianbubonic\/3287970549\/in\/photolist-61xH6p-6a9ZD8-6gGNPv-4wocSR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3253\/3287970549_d28ccbbd47_z.jpg?resize=640%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Brian Bubonic &amp; The Plague 1979\" width=\"640\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Bubonic on vocals backed by Mick Mange on guitar circa 1979<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>My brother Brian&#8217;s and my first attempt at filmmaking was an 8mm opus called <em>Brian Bubonic and The Plague<\/em> which was about punk rocker <em>Brian Bubonic<\/em>, his band and his incompetent agent. It ran about 4 minutes, and it was obvious that we had a whole lot to learn about lighting, acting and cinematography, but we had a lot of fun. From that point onward our company was known as <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/27\/plague-productions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Plague Productions!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company is no more, but I thought I would bring the band back for <em>Teenage Beast<\/em>. In the drawing below, I am working out a cartoon version of my brother&#8217;s band and cobbling together another puzzle piece of the story. Once again, this drawing was done in a <em>Canson XL Mixed Media<\/em> sketchbook using pencils and my fabulous <em>Sailor Fude De Mannen<\/em> fountain pen.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44681\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/keeping-it-in-the-family\/brian-bubonic-in-teenage-beast-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brian-Bubonic-in-Teenage-Beast-web.jpg?fit=640%2C815&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,815\" 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;}\" 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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 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Baby, BURN! Punk Rock Inferno","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019ve been pouring my heart into Teenage Beast, a punk rock horror story set in the 1980s that\u2019s slowly clawing its way out of my brain and onto the page. Right now, it\u2019s a chaotic mix of notes, half-formed scenes, and sketches that fuel each other. 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I'm piecing together a story via sketchbooks which is fun and much more effective than jotting down notes in notebooks. In the notebooks which I have been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Doodle Tuesday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Doodle Tuesday","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook\/doodle-tuesday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Booga-Booga-Booga-detail.jpg?fit=900%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Booga-Booga-Booga-detail.jpg?fit=900%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Booga-Booga-Booga-detail.jpg?fit=900%2C350&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Booga-Booga-Booga-detail.jpg?fit=900%2C350&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45725,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/08\/27\/punk-rock-girl\/","url_meta":{"origin":44679,"position":2},"title":"Punk Rock Girl","author":"Joe","date":"August 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Although it's been a while since I have posted drawings on this site, I have still been plugging away in my sketchbooks continuing to make my dirty little marks within them as one of my teachers in art school used to say. Teenage Beast is still the story I am\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Illustration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Illustration","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/illustration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/last-minute-customer.jpg?fit=600%2C914&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/last-minute-customer.jpg?fit=600%2C914&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/last-minute-customer.jpg?fit=600%2C914&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46177,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/the-beast-of-times\/","url_meta":{"origin":44679,"position":3},"title":"The Beast of Times!","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm having the beast of times with my Pen+Gear Sketch Diary sketchbook, a gem my wife Tina unearthed for me at our local Walmart. The sturdy paper withstands the rough handling of my pencils and erasers, while its surface handles the ink from my Sailor and Pentel pens better than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Doodle Tuesday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Doodle Tuesday","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook\/doodle-tuesday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Teenage-Beast-Gray-web.jpg?fit=800%2C1029&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Teenage-Beast-Gray-web.jpg?fit=800%2C1029&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Teenage-Beast-Gray-web.jpg?fit=800%2C1029&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Teenage-Beast-Gray-web.jpg?fit=800%2C1029&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45889,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/09\/09\/when-does-the-band-go-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":44679,"position":4},"title":"When does the band go on?","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is another sketch from my developing Teenage Beast story. The crowd awaits the arrival of Brian Bubonic and the Plague. I drew this with sky blue mechanical pencil leads and Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pens in a small UCreate sketchbook by Ticonderoga. It takes ink surprisingly well and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Doodle Tuesday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Doodle Tuesday","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook\/doodle-tuesday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Awaiting-Brian-Bubonic.jpg?fit=640%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Awaiting-Brian-Bubonic.jpg?fit=640%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Awaiting-Brian-Bubonic.jpg?fit=640%2C448&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44965,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/04\/22\/teenage-beast-coming-through\/","url_meta":{"origin":44679,"position":5},"title":"Teenage Beast \u2022 Coming Through!","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"April 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I continue to carve out the Teenage Beast story in my sketchbooks. 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