inktober52: stairs
A man falls down a flight of stairs and somebody rushes over to him and asks, “Did you miss a step?” “Nope,” he answers, “I hit every one of ’em!” — Milton Berle (a joke he probably stole)
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DCS: don myrick
The original Earth, Wind and Fire horn section formed out of the members of a ’70s jazz ensemble called The Pharaohs. After teaming up with the legendary R & B group, they adopted the name The Phenix Horns. Don Myrick was a founding member and maintained saxophone duties for the band, playing alto, tenor and …
retro movies that never were 18
What if the early Batman serials spawned a spin-off?
inktober52: hurt
“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” ― Mahatma Gandhi This is the third illustration I’ve done that features Mahatma Gandhi. Besides being a very wise and inspirational figure, he is very interesting to draw, as well. Here is a drawing I did in 2009 and here is one I did in 2012.
DCS: cyrinda foxe
Army brat Kathleen Hetzekian moved around a lot – from her birthplace of Santa Monica to Oklahoma to Texas. At 19, she headed to New York City, where she bleached her hair blond and began calling herself “Cyrinda Foxe.” In her early teens, she developed a love for rock and roll. She listened to — …
DCS: alex trebek
As my wife and I progress into the later stage of our lives, we have begun purging the many items on display in our home. The first thing to go was our massive, thirty-plus year collection of Disney memorabilia. That itself was a huge undertaking. We were kept busy for over a year, listing each …
retro movies that never were 17
What if Hitchcock got the script for Memento sixty years earlier?
inktober52: satellite
“I can remember in early elementary school when the Russians launched the first satellite. There was still so much unknown about space. People thought Mars was probably populated.” — Christa McAuliffe On July 19, 1985, then Vice President George H. W. Bush announced that 36 year-old Christa McAuliffe had been selected for NASA’s “Teacher in …
DCS: allen funt
After graduating from the Pratt Institute with a degree in art, Allen Funt began working at a New York advertising agency. Soon, he was switched to their radio advertising department. He found himself writing episodes of the popular radio show Truth or Consequences as well as helping Eleanor Roosevelt with her regular radio addresses. He …
retro movies that never were 16
What if there was one more film in the Bowery Boys canon?