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.  

Hector's Hectic Life #35 by Lem

Hector's Last Days: The Mort Walker-Charles Schulz Tribute

In 1959, I went off to Philadelphia to study IBM TAB Equipment, its programming, wiring and operation. At the school I met Tom Newman. He was from Clementon, New Jersey and we had a lot in common. We were the same age, we were both in this technical school and we were both studying art with an interest in cartooning. I admired Charles Schulz and he was a fan of Mort Walker. One day he wondered what Beetle Bailey would be like if written by Schulz. I went home and drew the four panel comic that appears in Hector's Hectic Life today.

We continue Pacquin's attempt to connect with Charles de Gualle, who he think is his father, add the Kingston Trio to Tatters and another random image of America.