The final illustration for Screen Door Entertainment's Christmas card. The company logo is the wave.
Company Christmas Card
The final illustration for Screen Door Entertainment's Christmas card. The company logo is the wave.
If breakfast has a name, it must be...
Part of an archeologist's complete breakfast including toast, juice and shankara stones. Indy's only 6 months away and the merchandise is going to start hitting stores soon, gotta clear off some shelves.
Check out these new pics just released on the official web page, Harrison Ford looks great...
This movie is going to be huge...for one reason...my own Father is willing to wait on line for however long it takes, to go to the first screening on the first day, even if it's a midnight show!
Flashback Friday - Evel Knievel
My brother just e-mailed me with the news that Evel Knievel died today. Ted just wrote the word...
"Bummer"
It's the perfect word.
As 70's kids, we used that word all the time.
As 70's kids, Evel Knievel was a living breathing superhero.
As 70's kids, for Ted and I, very few were as cool as him.
He was sooooo 70's...
Knievel's stunts were big TV events. I remember waiting days in excitement to watch ABC Wide World of Sports for the weekend when they would air... LIVE ...the jumping of Snake Canyon in his rocket cycle.
The Knievel stunt cycle was a must have toy at Christmas. Ted and I spent hours creating incredible stunts and making ramps just like in these commercials...
Looking back with 40 something eyes... he was a overblown, cheesy, self absorbed, showman and daredevil. Then again, a recent generation of kids have guys who launch bottle rockets from their butts as daredevil heros.
Ted and I were lucky to be 11 and 9 years old when Knievel was the coolest. He really was one of a kind. It is a bummer.
Thanksgiving Memories #6
I learned to play CANASTA while visiting in Portland. It's a favorite card game of Kirk's Mom. We would play almost every night. Mrs. Scott is very competitive...
Thanksgiving Memories #5
The best part of driving to Portland is the scenery and mountains. Ted's girlfriend Leah had never been this far north , so I played tour guide...
Mt. Shasta is particularly beautiful. It slowly emerges in the distance and remains in view for miles.
It's a dormant VOLCANO! It last erupted 200 years ago, not that long ago in geological time. Sure enough...guess what happened when we stopped for breakfast... really! See, here's a picture...
It's our story to Monica and Kirk why we were late and I'm sticking to it.
Mt. Shasta is particularly beautiful. It slowly emerges in the distance and remains in view for miles.
It's a dormant VOLCANO! It last erupted 200 years ago, not that long ago in geological time. Sure enough...guess what happened when we stopped for breakfast... really! See, here's a picture...
It's our story to Monica and Kirk why we were late and I'm sticking to it.
Thanksgiving Memories #4
Last Tuesday...Ted, Leah and I drove to Portland, Oregon to spend Thanksgiving with my sister, Monica and brother in law, Kirk. We left at 10 pm, committed to driving all night till we got there. Our first stop was for coffee at Starbucks down the street before hitting the freeway.
Ted gave the car a holy latte blessing ...
The first 2 hours of the long drive flew by as we told classic road trip stories...
During a stop for gas, Leah went inside to use the bathroom. I thought it would be funny to move the car out of sight when we she came out...
This was the "rear view" mirror image for the next few miles...
Revenge was had when all the darkest and creepy "rest areas" were picked to stop at when I needed them...
even after the sunrise...
Ted gave the car a holy latte blessing ...
The first 2 hours of the long drive flew by as we told classic road trip stories...
During a stop for gas, Leah went inside to use the bathroom. I thought it would be funny to move the car out of sight when we she came out...
This was the "rear view" mirror image for the next few miles...
Revenge was had when all the darkest and creepy "rest areas" were picked to stop at when I needed them...
even after the sunrise...
Thanksgiving Memories #3
My brother Ted, his girlfriend Leah and I hit the road leaving Portland after a fun 5 day Thanksgiving visit at 6pm last night. They dropped me off at my house a little over an hour ago. It's exactly 957.8 miles from my sister's curb in Oregon to mine in LA. Cartoons and stories about the whole visit once I get some sleep.
Thanksgiving Memories #1
I'm going to fill this week with Thanksgiving memories. Here's the first. It's an old cartoon, but thought a good one to kick things off. All new cartoons to come.
Old Comic Book Stuff (1988)
This was one of those projects that started strong, got rolling and faded away. Back in 1988 I was working at Aaron Bros. Art Mart. One of the other starving artists working there was Andy. He was a comic book fan like me. He wanted to create the next great comic franchise. Everyday he would talk ideas about a superhero team based on the signs of the zodiac. I got caught up in it. I penciled the first 8 pages or so.
I don't remember much of the story now, but these pages involved... two renegade alien scientists that are on the run with "secrets to the universe". A larger, more powerful alien race is trying to stop them. They escape to Earth where they select a group of humans. Each will be given a special power based on the horoscope to protect the "secrets to the universe".
The original art is lost, these are scans from some old copies I have. Click on images to enlarge.
I don't remember much of the story now, but these pages involved... two renegade alien scientists that are on the run with "secrets to the universe". A larger, more powerful alien race is trying to stop them. They escape to Earth where they select a group of humans. Each will be given a special power based on the horoscope to protect the "secrets to the universe".
The original art is lost, these are scans from some old copies I have. Click on images to enlarge.
Happy Birthday Mom
Mom, circa 1968.
Disneyworld 1972. Me, Mom and brother Ted
Today... sister Megan, niece Devin, Mom and sister Monica.
Fall Football
November always reminds me of playing football as a kid. Immaculate Heart of Mary grade school excelled in education but never had a championship winning athletic dept.
As a matter of fact, many of us needed basic equipment orientation from day one.
As a matter of fact, many of us needed basic equipment orientation from day one.
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