Down the Stretch

Death in the Desert

I did do another techo scene while at IBM school in 1959. Since this is a place of death, I suppose the bird on the cactus was supposed to be a vulture, though it might be an owl. Frankly it came out looking like some weird missing link -- half bird and half frog. 

All I can say is that machine generated imaging has come a long way in the last 51 years.

It Takes Two to Produce One George Washington

This particular "sketch" was done by Tom Newman and me. It looks like a very simple drawing of the first president to have taken two artists to do. The thing is it was done on IBM TAB Equipment in 1959. Both Tom and I were attending IBM school (which is where we met), were both studying Art and both wanted to be cartoonists. So we collaborated in wiring control boards and punching cards to produce this rudimentary portrait.  

Developing a Cartoon

This is one of the cartoons The Kid drew for Hector's Hectic Life in 1959. The first is an initial sketch of the idea and then it is followed by some detail and filling in work.

This is another example of development. (Keep in mind it was done in 1959 when homosexuality was still something seldom spoken of. In fact, The Kid was not even consciously addressing the issue. The Kid just thought it would be funny to have two priests acting like school girls in love. In 1958, Pope Pius XII died and Pope John XXIII came Pontiff. Pope John began making a number changes and at the time the Catholic Church was questioning and changing their stand on a number of issues, which is why the cartoon was drawn with the caption, "Look's like another problem for the Pope.)

Sketching Out Hector

The Kid was just trying to come up with how Hector should look. See Hector's Hectic Life for the cartoons The Kid did of Hector.

Developing a Cartoon

This is one of the cartoons The Kid drew for Hector's Hectic Life in 1959. The first is an initial sketch of the idea and then it is followed by some detail and filling in work.

This is another example of development. (Keep in mind it was done in 1959 when homosexuality was still something seldom spoken of. In fact, The Kid was not even consciously addressing the issue. The Kid just thought it would be funny to have two priests acting like school girls in love. At the time the Catholic Church had been questioning and changing their stand on a number of issues, which is why the cartoon was drawn with the caption, "Look's like another problem for the Pope.)

Ghost Story

What's that Thing Pointed At me?

Rabbit

Horse Study 5

Horse Study 4

Horse Study 3

Horse Study 2

Horse Study 1

water Study (India Ink)

Cloth Study (India Ink)

Rock Study (India Ink)

Wood Study (India Ink)

Camporee (Ink Sketch)

Face Study

Cow

Farm (Charcoal Sketch)

Baseball Player Billy Goodman as Porthos

Baseball Player Stan Palys as Athos

Early Cartoon

Skinny

Wishing Won't Do it

You Ever...

Awakening (Charcoal Sketch) Age 15

New Blog of Newly Found Sketches

I had recently found in an old tub buried in the back of a storage closet some youthful sketches. I originally began adding them to Tatters, but since then I found several more of my childhood and teen drawing, so I decided to create a separate blog for these call Charcoal and Pen Lines.

The sketches in this blog were done from the age of 7 to 19, such as the detail from "Awakening" on the left. This was done in charcoal when I was 15.

Train Spraying Ash (Age 9)

Night Blooms (Age 7)

Fish (Age 7)

Reassuring Hobo Joe

Now that the Kerouac the Kitten is here, we have to let Hobo Joe know he isn't forgotten.