Posted in comedians, comedy, past life, Richard Pryor on May 31st, 2008
According to Facebook’s “Who Were You In a Past Life?” application, I was…
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Richard Pryor!
This result makes me happy.
Classic Sesame Street - Richard Pryor’s alphabet
Pryor was a tremendous talent - may he rest in peace.
Posted in pop culture on May 29th, 2008
Posted in cartoon traditions, cartoon themed blogs on May 27th, 2008
This could be yours!
Swiss cartoonist Eugene “Zim” Zimmerman (1862-1933) is a new name to me, and boy am I glad I found out about him. Zim was a cartoonist in the early 1900’s and is credited as being the developer of the grotesque school of caricature.
Zim published an INCREDIBLY rare book of […]
Posted in pop culture on May 26th, 2008
bibbitty bobbitty bacon
Posted in Deckter drawings, cartoon/animation blogs, cartoon themed blogs, DUCK WALK, 1920's cartoons on May 25th, 2008
charcoal, pastels, pencil and bic pen on 18″x24″ bond paper
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charcoal and pastels on 18″x24″ bond paper
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charcoal, pastels, and bic pen on 18″x24″ bond paper
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NEW SILENT FARMER ALFALFA DVD’S
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Tom’s Vintage Film
My buddy Tom has just released 3 new Farmer Alfalfa dvd’s stuffed with very rare cartoons from his personal collection (as well as a Mutt&Jeff disc, […]
Posted in pop culture, Deckter drawings on May 21st, 2008
pencil, pastels and bic pen on 18″x24″ bond paper
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marker, bic pen and pastels on 18″x24″ bond paper
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Well, I turned 32 today. Man, I wish I could have my birthday at Showbiz again…
“I’ll bet that pizza tastes GOOD!”
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Posted in Deckter drawings on May 18th, 2008
pencils and pastels on 18″x24″ bond paper
pastels on 18″x24″ bond paper
pencils and pastels on 18″x24″ bond paper
pencils and water colors on 18″x24″ bond paper
bic pen on 6″x9″ notebook paper
click any drawing to enlarge
Posted in Milt Gross, cartoon traditions on May 8th, 2008
cover of Comic Arf magazine (2008), cartoon painting by Milt Gross
Check out what I found on Amazon!
Comic Arf
The new issue of ARF will be re-printing a bunch of Milt Gross comics from the 20’s!
Apparently the comics being reprinted were intentionally created with a blank panel at the end, so aspiring cartoonists could finish the […]
Posted in cartoon/animation blogs, cartoon themed blogs, cartoonist blogs on May 7th, 2008
Dumm comics is here!
Fellow cartoon pals Gabe, Sean, Luke, Katie, Ricky, and Fred have created a wonderful new site where they will be posting daily new comics:
dummcomics.com
And after you read the comics, be sure to check their blogs (click on their names in the sentence above) for a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of these […]
Posted in Corny Cole, dogs, Deckter drawings on May 5th, 2008
BIC pen on bond paper
BIC pen, pastels and pencil on bond paper
click any image for surprise
pencil and pastels on bond paper
When we break for lunch at these all-day life drawing workshops, I always try to get our workshop leader Corny to talk about cartoons and animation he worked on in the past.
BIC pen on […]
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