retro movies that never were 18
What if the early Batman serials spawned a spin-off?
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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?
inktober52: shoes
In 1971, President Richard Nixon appointed Earl Butz to his cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture. Earl was a vocal supporter of farmers and was instrumental in changing agricultural policy implemented by Franklin Roosevelt‘s “New Deal.” His first order of business was to abolish the program that paid farmers not to plant crops. His motto to …
DCS: joe burrus
Joe Burrus wanted desperately to be as famous and as beloved as Houdini… and he was very, very determined. Billing himself as “Amazing Joe,” the recovering drug addict began performing magic around the Southern California area, sometimes bringing his act all the way up the West coast. His fascination with Harry Houdini grew until it …