On November 22, 1955, while returning home by taxi from attending a boxing match, Samuel “Shemp” Howard, of the Three Stooges, died of a massive heart attack. Shemp was lighting a cigar after telling a joke when he suddenly slumped over. The Stooges still had four more shorts to film in order to fulfill their …
The current challenge on Monday Artday is “the old west”. In addition to my finished illustration, I included my original pencil sketch. (I showed a pencil sketch once before on this post.) Coincidentally, almost two years ago, I did this drawing when another illustration blog posed the same challenge. When I did an illustration for “the …
The illustrationfriday.com challenge this week is “subtract”. I read the following article in National Geographic Magazine in February 2009: Monkeys Can Subtract, Study Finds February 18, 2009 Add this to the growing list of reasons humans aren’t so special, after all: Monkeys can subtract. The discovery marks the first time a nonhuman species has been …
This week’s phrase of inspiration on the Inspire Me Thursday illustration blog is “I am…” The specific prompt on the website is “Can you sum up the whole of your being in just one word?” I am annoyed.
The current challenge on the Monday Artday illustration blog is “My Little Pony”. Lickety-Split sleeps with the fishes.
The current challenge on Monday Artday is “bigfoot”.
I have always loved watching comedians. I remember seeing some of the legends of comedy on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Mike Douglas Show and (when I was allowed to stay up late) The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I remember watching greats like Alan King, Jackie Mason, Shecky Greene and Jackie Vernon, even if …
My wife (who I’ll call “Mrs. Pincus”) and I have had a running joke for 27 years. We met in February 1982 and had our first date soon after. Our conversation was always great. We found that we had so many common interests. The joke was that we would never ask each other: “So, what …
I research a lot. I am always scouring the far reaches of the internet for interesting stories to illustrate. Several weeks ago I came across the story of Jimmy Boyd. In 1946, seven-year-old Jimmy Boyd was singing with his brother at a barn dance in Colton, California. He was approached by a local radio host …
The inspirational word on inspiremethursday.com is “bamboo”. House of Bamboo (as recorded at various times by Earl Grant, Andy Williams and Southern Culture on the Skids) Number fifty-four/The house with the bamboo door/Bamboo roof and bamboo walls/They’ve even got a bamboo floor! You must get to know/Soho Joe/He runs an Expresso/Called the House of Bamboo. …
