This is a recreation of a 19th century photograph I bought at an antique shop here in Dayton. The title was written in ink on the back of the photo.
Tag: portrait
Jul 20
George Herriman
The only drawing I’ve done this week is on the comic I’m finishing up… so I figured I’d just post this portrait of George Herriman I did a few months back. I read about 8 years of George’s ‘Krazy Kat’ strip last year and highly recommend it to everyone. George was somehow capable of fusing …
Jul 06
Carl Rodd (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me)
I recently finished watching the Twin Peaks DVDs and was disappointed to find out that it just leaves you hanging… no closure to the storyline. I guess they planned to do another season or film… but it just never happened. Anyway, last weekend I did this drawing of Carl Rodd, the trailer park manager in …
Jun 29
Dr. Fredric Wertham
Here’s a lino block print I did of Dr. Fredric Wertham. He was the psychiatricist who wrote “Seduction of the Innocent” and basically got the comics code started (and EC Comics put out of business) based on his theory that comic books were corroding the morals of this country’s youth. I just finished reading a …