{"id":955,"date":"2010-03-15T18:36:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T23:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=955"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:10:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:10:59","slug":"beware-the-ides-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/03\/15\/beware-the-ides-of-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware the Ides of March!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was recently asked to do some sketches of Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero<\/strong><\/a> for a project this guy was trying to pitch. He needed them in a hurry, so I made some doodles and sent them off. I went to high school with the guy and thought he was all right, but I never heard from him again. I called. I e-mailed. I hired a psychic. Maybe I should file a missing persons report.<\/p>\n

I’m not sweating it \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it’s not like I’m giving away Bugs Bunny, and they didn’t take that long to do. They are just Fred Flinstoney sketchbook sketches done in front of the television. Oh, well.<\/p>\n

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I was recently asked to do some sketches of Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero for a project this guy was trying to pitch. He needed them in a hurry, so I made some doodles and sent them off. 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