inktober 2017: week 2
It’s Week 2 of Inktober. Here’s Jeff Morrow as the mysterious “Exeter” in the 1955 science-fiction B-movie This Island Earth, a favorite of the MST3K crew.
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IF: opulent
Everyone knows about my love of cemeteries. I have been to many cemeteries and I have seen a lot of graves. However, no grave is as opulent as the Taj Mahal. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
DCS: charles bradley
In 1962, Charles Bradley was taken to the venerable Apollo Theater by his sister to see a performance by energetic soul singer James Brown. Charles was inspired. He soon left home to escape poor living conditions and found himself on the streets, homeless and sleeping on subway cars at night. He found salvation with the …
DCS: tom petty
Maybe somewhere down the road a-ways You’ll think of me, wonder where I am these days Maybe somewhere…
inktober 2017: week 1
Well, whadaya know! It’s Inktober again. While other online artists are attempting the “one drawing per day” challenge, I, in my infinite and self-proclaimed laziness, will be doing one drawing per week. After all, I still participate in Illustration Friday (non-stop since 2007, I might add) and I do my weekly Dead Celebrity Spotlight, posted every …
IF: time travel
“When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious shit!”
DCS: hugh hefner
In 1953, Hugh Hefner started a worldwide, multi-million dollar publishing and entertainment empire on his kitchen table with an eight thousand dollar loan. Hef once said: “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream.” Hugh Hefner, the embodiment of the American Dream, passed away in September 2017 at the age of 91.
IF: juice
“Hey O.J., when are you gonna start looking for the real killers?” “Right after this drink.”
DCS: del bissonette
In 1927, as a minor leaguer, Del Bissonette led the International League in five categories — runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, and RBIs. The next season, Del signed with the Brooklyn Robins (a team that would eventually become the Brooklyn Dodgers) as a first baseman. He achieved a .320 batting average and became only the third Major Leaguer to be …
DCS: june foray
Animator Chuck Jones once said: “June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc was the male June Foray.” June, who passed away in July 2017, was the voice of our childhood. Yesterday would have been her 100th birthday.