Friday, August 31, 2012

MARTIAN MADNESS!

Just added this Funko MARS ATTACKS Martian Wacky Wobbler to my collection...on display in the office/studio!  8^)

FROSTY!

My pal Dom Giansante added this cool snowflake background to my FROSTY THE SNOWMAN art!  8^)

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Monday, August 27, 2012

FROSTY!

A "re-do" character art inking of FROSTY THE SNOWMAN for a Rankin/Bass project with my pals, Rick Goldschmidt and Wes Garlatz!  8^)

Thursday, August 23, 2012

BAT-PRINTS!

Need to make room for these 11x14 Bat-prints on the office/studio wall!  BATMAN & ROBIN...THE PENGUIN...THE JOKER...THE RIDDLER and THE BATMOBILE...classic Batman art by CARMINE INFANTINO & MURPHY ANDERSON!  8^)

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW!

Enjoying THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW on MeTV!  Love this illustration by David Cowles!  8^)

POTAMUS PUZZLE!

Just added this cool 1960s Whitman PETER POTAMUS & SO-SO frame-tray puzzle to my collection...love the art!  Vintage Hanna-Barbera!  8^)

Monday, August 20, 2012

PHYLLIS DILLER - 1917-2012

Very sorry to hear that the legendary PHYLLIS DILLER has passed away.  So glad to have this Rankin/Bass MAD MONSTER PARTY postcard signed by Ms. Diller (thanks to my pal, R/B Biographer and Historian Rick Goldschmidt).
Love this publicity art for DILLER's 1972 "appearance" on Hanna-Barbera's THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES.  Art by Jack Manning.

SECRET SQUIRREL!



Saturday, August 18, 2012

GREEN LANTERN!

Enjoying my Silver Age GREEN LANTERN comic books on this Saturday afternoon!  8^)

Friday, August 17, 2012

ELVIS!

Remembering ELVIS, who passed away 35 years ago yesterday...listening to his music in the office/studio!  8^)

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

REMEMBERING RON PALILLO!

Sorry to hear that RON PALILLO passed away yesterday.  PALILLO is best remembered as Sweathog Arnold Horshack on the 1970s ABC-TV sitcom, "Welcome Back, Kotter".  Here's the "Welcome Back, Kotter" cast painted by the legendary Jack Davis for the cover of TV Guide.  8^)

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

MICHAEL!

For an upcoming Rankin/Bass book project from my pal, Rick Goldschmidt...MICHAEL from the 1971 Rankin/Bass JACKSON 5 TV cartoon.  This is my character art with colors by my pal, Dom Giansante!  8^)

BOZO's CIRCUS!

Love these "behind-the-scenes" pics of BOZO's CIRCUS!  I grew up watching this show, which was on Chicago's WGN-TV...Monday through Friday...live at 12 Noon.  Here's BOZO (Bob Bell) and COOKY (Roy Brown) posing with a couple of studio audience members, after that day's show.  8^)

Monday, August 13, 2012

JOE KUBERT - 1926-2012

Very sorry to hear that legendary comic artist JOE KUBERT has passed away.  Loved his work on HAWKMAN and TARZAN!  8^)

Sunday, August 12, 2012

BAT-PIC!

ADAM WEST and EARTHA KITT on the set of BATMAN!  8^)

DAREDEVIL!

Meant to post this last week...representing August in the Vintage Marvel Comics 2012 calendar (and hanging on my office/studio wall)...it's DAREDEVIL The Man Without Fear! #12 (March 1966)!  8^)