1960's "Mr. Magoo"

I don't remember the 'Mr. Magoo' comic strip from 1964. There were plenty of other diversions vying for a 12 year old's attention in those days. But I did like the Magoo animated shorts. You can come to your own conclusions about the strip. These images were scanned from the 1967 Pyramid pocket book edition.

writing & drawing comics...

I thought it might be fun to go from very old artwork to very new artwork.
These are a few pages of thumb-nails and early roughs from a story I'm working on.

early days...

1961-1964

1969...

the old neighborhood...

Is it art?

Or is it just a shaky shutter hand?

Hoffman-inspired heads...

'30s style Bjorn...

The original design (bottom).

crescent...

...last night's moon. A Venus moon.

Here's an image from 'sumoetx's photostream' on flickr™...

Cartoon Cocktail Napkins...

From 2004, a fun assignment from 30 Sixty Design
for "Lou & Mickey's" restaurant in San Diego.
I was responsible for pencils and inks,
as well as a bit of copy edits.








Thanks to my buddy, creative director Dave Fuscellaro.

I've started another blog--

--dedicated to story books.

Here are a few cover previews.
Just click on the link "Vintage Story Books"
to go there.

Potter's three-headed pooch--

This is the only Harry Potter piece I created while at WBSS.

thanks to "feets" for the iphone shot.