Thursday, June 02, 2011

"THE LONE STRANGER"

I had an idea for a photo story featuring Bob Clampett's parody character, "The Lone Stranger," but gearing up for it took longer than I thought. Now it's time to post and I have only these Photoshop doodles to show. Oh, well......


Maybe I should act out the story myself. That's (Ahem!) me above. 


The Lone Ranger is my favorite cowboy hero ever. The modern hero is usually a normal guy who's thrown into a tough situation and is amazed to discover that he has the "right stuff." Not so, The Lone Ranger. He was a hero right from the start. The show rightly assumed that heroes exist, and that every kid wanted to be one.


The Stranger was a master of disguise (above). What do you think of my gloves? 


Aaaaargh! This picture (above) didn't turn out so well. I'll print it tiny.


8 comments:

  1. Holy Cow!! Are you going to post this? Please do! Uncle Eddie does the best photo stories

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  2. You captured Clampett's Stranger right at the start. It's hilarious. Now that's a cg animated film I'd go to see. Maybe it's the perfect use for motion capture.

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  3. You gotta do this story, Eddie.

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  4. I'd love to see you play it out, Ed.

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  5. Anonymous8:27 AM

    I hope this turns out well. You're the king when it comes to funny, larger than life acting and photography. I don't think I'm familiar with any of the Clampett Lone Stranger cartoons. Shame on me.

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  6. Anonymous8:32 AM

    Okay, so I found one of the cartoons on YouTube ("The Lone Stranger and Porky"), but it's a damn colorized copy. Aaaaargh! Either way, it looks pretty funny, so I'll check it out.

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  7. Michael: Haw! Thanks! I'd love to work on a cg film like this!

    Scrawney, Steven, Damanio, Roberto: Thanks!

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  8. This is Photoshop as Max Ernst would have used it. Especially with those gloves!

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