I don't have time to write a decent post so here's a cheater...but it's a good cheater! Here's pictures of Don Martin (above), Basil wolverton (below), and Rod scribner (below, lowest).
Don Martin looks great...so 50's! Basil looks like a class clown grown up and Scribner looks like John Daily, Daily being the actor who starred in "It: the Terror from Beyond Space."
Looks like cartoonists back in the day dressed up pretty nice to draw funny pictures. I couldnt see cartoonists now a days propped up with nice posture and a suit drawing boogers and poop cartoons.
ReplyDeleteNot so much.
ReplyDeleteYou don't need to cheat or worry about writing something interesting, just show us your drawings! PLEASE!!
ReplyDeleteyou're an excellent artist
and you have a blog
COME ON MAN YOUR KILLIN US
dont get me wrong though, i really enjoy your stories and theories
hmm
Perhaps a seperate blog for Eddie art...?
Looks good.
ReplyDeleteEddie, heard of Monte Wolverton, Basil's son?
He draws editorial cartoons for Cagle.com and usually uses his dad's wacky style. Look him up sometime.
hey Eddie, what do you think of the far side, and the state of todays comics page?
ReplyDeleteDon Martin.....THE reason I bought so many MAD magazines.
ReplyDeleteBasil Wolverton....THE reason I bought so many Topps Ugly Stickers in 1971.
It's funny, I always imagined Don Martin would look like his characters!
Its odd how we think as a child.
So that's what Basil Wolverton looked like! Wow.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, it does seem like these guys wore ties to draw funny stuff. The blue wool suit or gray flannel suit Madison Avenue wacky artist types. Can you be wacky in a suit and tie?
I submit that you can be twice as wacky AT LEAST as any guy in rainbow suspenders.
Don Martin was cool. Don Martin is STILL cool. My best friend and I used to lie around all Saturday morning painstakingly copying his drawings to make our own "Don Martin" style cartoons.
I miss both Don Martin and my best friend.
I love Don Martin's stuff and that picture is awesome so i drew a characture of it.
ReplyDeleteI managed to turn the great cartoonist into some sort of nerdy demon.
http://everydaystuff.aorange.com/stuff/martin.png
It was a dressier, classier time. There's a vintage photo of the Max Fleischer story department (in Leslie Cabarga's book) sitting around a table, working, and they're all wearing suits and ties. One guy even sports a fedora, indoors. Wouldn't happen today. JFK was the first major famous dude to eschew wearing a hat and it started a trend, despite costing him his head.
ReplyDeleteHey, Eddie, did you see my post about Rod Scribner on my blog? I did it quite a while ago.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! I love those pictures!
ReplyDeleteThe first guy (Don Martin) has that "California cool circa 1950s" look to him. I can picture that guy in a '57 Thunderbird convertable.
I agree with you re: the second guy (Basil Wolverton). He looks like the guy who would be the last guy one would suspect of ringing the doorbell of his neighbor and leaving a lighted bag of dog doo on the neighbor's porch, yet he was the one who played the prank! (For the record, I never played that prank...)
The third guy (Scribner), to me, kind of resembles Jeff Chandler.
Basil Wolverton looks slightly conservative. That's pretty weird.
ReplyDeletei second ryan! we want to see your DRAWINGS! i like your theories, but love your art. post more of that!
ReplyDelete"Basil Wolverton looks slightly conservative. That's pretty weird."
ReplyDeleteBasil wolverton was extremely conservative! Not in his drawings, of couse, but he was a total religious fanatic!
http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/wolverton01.htm
Don Martin sure looked cool. I guess like many others, I expected him to look like his characters. He's certainly missed. DOIT!
ReplyDeleteHere is another great one...
ReplyDeleteCARLO VINCI
See ya
Steve
Steve: Thanks for the great link to Carlo Vinci!
ReplyDeleteDave: You captured his energy and sense of fun!
David: How did I miss that when you put it up? An interesting article!
Katz, Ryan: All of my recent artwork has been for work but if you insist I'll put up some stuff.
Jennifer, Narthax: Jeff Chandler!? And killed by malpractice!!? Aaargh!
Charlie: Strange but true. I wonder if Basil's church was aware of his other work?
Anonymous: Even oil painters used to paint wearing a white shirt and tie under their smock! Sanden still paints like that!
All of my recent artwork has been for work but if you insist I'll put up some stuff.
ReplyDeletethe art work could be recent, past or present - we don't care, we like them all :)
your theory chair drawings were super fun, those would be cool too!
actually any sort of comic would be great! your comics are loose & funny, i love them. the one you did of you & Vincent at the diner was hilarious.
sometime, would you mind doing some ones about Ralph being scary & intimidating?
-ryan
I actually am interested in seeing your commercial work. Even though they aren't "Eddie" drawings, they still are interesting to see.
ReplyDeleteRyan: Thanks for the compliment! I'll see what I can do!
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