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I've been sorting papers from my garage and...Haw!...I discovered more John caricatures of me. Here they are, in all their demented beauty!My hair is like a flacid condom dangling over the forehead....
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REICHENBACH FALLS
The story of Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls is known the world over, even by people who never read the books. Here's (above) the Swiss hotel, The Englischer Hof, where Sherlock and Watson were...
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MEMORIAL DAY 2016
On Memorial Day: thanks to the brave soldiers of the past who bought the freedom that allows me to have a blog like this one.
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SOME PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE
I like to think of planes flying low through populated areas. It sounds dangerous and it would be noisy beyond belief, but it nevertheless strikes me as plausible. After all, we live in the age of...
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HOW SHAKESPEARE SETS UP A SCENE
I've often thought that modern screen writers take too much time to set up a scene. They're too wedded to realism, where everything takes forever to do. To make my point I thought I'd compare two...
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MILT GROSS AND RUBE GOLDBERG
Two of my favorite cartoonists were Milt Gross and Rube Goldberg. Milt Gross often gave top flight poses to all the players in the frame, both the aggressors and the reactors. Rube Goldberg staged...
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NEWSPAPER COMICS' GOLDEN AGE
Good old Milt Gross! That's his work above. Sometimes I think the man was incapable of making an unfunny drawing.And Rube Goldberg (above), cartoonist extraordinaire! I love the way he thinks of...
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JOHN K CARICATURE
HAW! Fresh from a box in the garage...another caricature of me by John K. Geez, that guy can draw!
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GREEK ISLAND ARCHITECTURE
Boy, I'd like to visit the Greek Islands and see how life is lived in those beautiful hillside towns. Imagine what the architecture must be like!I wonder what it's like to live in homes (above) that...
View ArticleA FATHER'S DAY GIFT!
As a Father's Day gift to you dads out there I offer two songs. Both are completely inappropriate for the holiday but I'm in a hurry and the songs just happened to be on my mind. Anyway, I know you'll...
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ELVIS GIFs
Gee, I miss Elvis. I was only a little kid when he was at his peak, but even kids knew there was something special there.Above, my favorite Elvis GIF.Very nice!!!!Elvis was the all time best projector...
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THE ULTIMATE HOME OFFICE
Thanks to Alexander Calder I found it! The ultimate home office!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course it's a kitchen in the photo but it's not hard to imagine the kind of accessory changes that would transform it...
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"THE OTHER PARIS"
I'm reading a recent book called "The Other Paris." It's mostly about that city in it's heyday in the 19th and early 20th Century. People used to say about the city, "I'd rather be poor in Paris than...
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THEN AND NOW COMPARISONS
Like a lot of people I'm a fan of British painter John Constable who painted the Flatford Mill (above) somewhere around 1820. His color choices remind me of El Greco's palette...very grey and gritty,...
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VIRTUAL REALITY DANGERS
We all know that virtual reality is just around the corner. The day's coming when men with goggles will be able to enjoy the company of a beautiful virtual woman right in their own living room. It's a...
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MORE EDDIE FITZGERALD CARICATURES
Hey, I found more of my kid's caricatures of me! These were done when she was in 9th or 10th grade, in a burger restaurant near her school. I'd draw her while she ate then she'd draw me while I ate.How...
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FLESH-COLORED PANTS
No, these women (above) are not naked...they're simply wearing flesh colored leggings, which are all the rage now. Pants like these used to surprise me but now I'm used to them. They're really nothing...
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ACTORS AS ART SCHOOL MODELS
Haw! I'm just kidding with the picture above, but it does serve to make my point...that female models dominate art school classes, and not just for the obvious reason. Female silhouettes follow...
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HOW I MET MY WIFE
Folks are always are always asking how my wife and I met. Well, it was in New York City. I was an idealistic young animator, wandering the streets, lost in thought. I wasn't paying much attention to...
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FIGURE DRAWING ROOMS
Art school figure drawing tends to take place in all-purpose rooms that are just big empty spaces. Me, I'd prefer to draw in a room that has more character, like the room above. What a beautiful...
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