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IF: punchline
2008-06-15 12:40:58
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “punchline”. I know so many jokes and choosing the right one to illustrate was difficult. Plus, I have already done illustrations for two of my favorite jokes, The Zoo Joke and the Desert Joke. I decided on this joke for “punchline”. and here’s the actual joke….. WARNING! THIS JOKE CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE!


Monday Artday: cd cover 2
2008-06-22 23:20:35
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “design a cd cover”. This is my second entry for this challenge. Thanks to this guy, once again, for inspiration. There’s a joke here somewhere.


IF: hoard
2008-06-22 09:52:40
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “hoard”. hoard (hawrd, hohrd) –noun     a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc. Throughout the nineteenth century, the United States boasted many regional bakeries, such as Chicago’s American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company, the New York Biscuit Company and the


SFG: tiny
2008-06-21 13:38:12
The current challenge word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “tiny”. Herve Villechaize was born in 1943 in Paris. A malfunctioning organ would leave Herve at a full-grown height of just under 4 feet tall. Herve studied painting and photography at the famed Beaux-Arts Museum in Paris. At the age of 18 he became the youngest artist to ever [...]


Monday Artday: cd cover
2008-06-18 22:22:48
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “design a cd cover”. For several years now, I have been compiling a list of possible band names. I have had a lot of help (from this guy and this lady, among others). Sometimes, someone will utter a phrase, as part of regular conversation, and a band name [...]


IF: sour
2008-07-05 14:17:14
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “sour”. The Fox and The Grapes One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a [...]


SFG: spots
2008-07-04 17:34:08
The Sugar Frosted Goodness illustration blog has changed its challenges to bi-weekly and the challenge words are posted on Mondays instead of Thursdays. That said, the current challenge is “spots ”. Out, damned spot; out, I say. One, two,—why, then ’tis time to do’t. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier and afeard? What need [...]


Monday Artday: hair
2008-07-03 06:53:27
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “hair”. The details of Julia Pastrana’s early life are sketchy. She was discovered in Mexico where she worked as a housemaid. She had hypertrichosis terminalis. She had a beard, was covered in glossy black hair. Her ears and nose were unusually large and her teeth were irregular. Theodor [...]


from my sketchbook: anissa jones
2008-06-29 12:03:08
By the time she was six, Anissa (pronounced “ah-NEESE-ah”) Jones was hawking cereal in her first television commercial. A couple of years later, in 1966, Anissa’s acting talents caught the attention of two television producers who were preparing a new television sitcom called Family Affair. They felt Anissa would be perfect in the role of [...]
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IF: fierce
2008-06-28 20:52:15
The illustationfriday.com challenge word this week is “fierce”. Henry Rollins is a fierce figure onstage. Born Henry Garfield in Washington, DC in 1961, Henry’s parents divorced when he was very young. He suffered from low self-esteem, a poor attention span, bad grades, a confrontational attitude, bad behavior and an uncomfortable feeling around women. He was regularly beaten [


Monday Artday: my hometown
2008-06-26 22:18:31
Once again, Monday Artday is using one of my suggestions as the weekly challenge. The challenge this week is “my hometown ” — illustrate something specific to the city you live in or the city you are from. Funny. When I make suggestions for topics, you’d think I’d have an idea in mind. I don’t. Not at [...]


from my sketchbook: the vomit club
2008-07-20 15:19:08
The differences between genres of music has intrigued me for some time. And as different as they seem, these for performers from different eras have something in common. Tommy Dorsey was a giant in the big band era. His orchestra included, at one time or another, trumpeters Doc Severinsen, and Charlie Shavers, drummers Buddy Rich, Louis [...]
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IF: enough
2008-07-19 15:20:13
The illustrationfriday.com word this week is “enough”. Dayenu is a song that is part of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The word “Dayenu” means “it would have been enough for us”. This traditional Passover song is about being grateful to God for all of the gifts he gave the Jewish people, such as taking them out [...]


Monday Artday: steampunk
2008-07-18 22:58:39
The challenge word this week on Monday Artday is “steampunk”. This may be an unfamiliar concept to some, so I’ll do my best to explain it. According to Wikipedia,  the Internet source for everything (including a little bullshit), steampunk is a genre of  fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The [...]


from my sketchbook: karl dane
2008-07-14 23:02:38
Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb was born in 1886 in central Copenhagen, Denmark. As a teenager, he apprenticed as a machinist. He married and had two children, but with the outbreak of World War I, he entered the military. In 1916, after his discharge from military service, he headed to America alone, hoping to send for [...]
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IF: foggy
2008-07-13 22:59:20
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “foggy”. Let me start off by stating that although this story ultimately ends with THIS, it is not the same type of celebrity story found elsewhere on this blog. Mel Tormé was most famous for his beautifully mellow voice, but he accomplished so much in his career. He was an actor [...]


Monday Artday: cocktail lounge
2008-07-09 21:39:02
The challenge for this week on Monday Artday is “cocktail lounge ”. I’m sure the topic of “cocktail lounge” conjures up images of swingin’ little cozy hideaways where a cool cat can order a hip martini-du-jour and smooth-talk a sophisticated chick. Think Frank Sinatra, Buster Poindexter and Dean Martin with a bit of Lord Buckley’s silky speech. I [...]


SFG: mischief
2008-08-05 21:53:09
The current challenge word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “mischief”. In Northeast Philadelphia where I grew up, as in most places thoughout the United States, the night before Hallowe’enwas recognized as “Mischief Night”. In the 1960s, the time in which I grew up, the so-called mischief was usually of the “prank” variety and, for the most part, harmless.


IF: poof
2008-08-03 19:31:30
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “poof”. I have always loved magicians. My mom introduced me to magicians when we watched Tony Curtis’ totally inaccurate portrayal of Harry Houdini in 1953’s “Houdini”. When I was a kid, on every “Ed Sullivan Show” on Sunday night — between a performance by Vikki Carr and Morty Gunty [...]


Monday Artday: summer
2008-07-30 22:52:19
The Monday Artday challenge word this week is “summer”. I love summer. I was born in the summer. I wait all winter for summer to come. I dislike the snow and the cold weather. Summer has always meant warm weather and vacations. Elsewhere on my blog, I have talked about going to pre-casino Atlantic City when I was [...]


IF: canned
2008-07-28 22:12:37
The challenge word this week on illustrationfriday.com is “canned”. Arthur Godfrey ranks as one of the important on-air stars of the first decade of American television. As the new medium was invading American households, there was something about Godfrey’s wide grin, his infectious chuckle, his unruly shock of red hair and his folksy ukelele playing that [...]


Monday Artday: opposites
2008-07-24 22:01:33
The Monday Artday challenge word this week is “opposites”. Bewitched’s Samantha Stephens was a typical late-1960’s housewife. She was demure and straight-laced. She had a loving husband, Darrin, a hothead who was incompetent in his job. She had an adorable daughter who followed in her mom’s footsteps and an infant son. Her mother, Endora, who was estranged [...]


from my sketchbook: judy tyler
2008-07-22 21:45:56
At 17, Judy Tyler played Princess SummerFallWinterSpring on the Howdy Doody Show. She played the role for two years and moved to Broadway to star in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Pipe Dream. Judy appeared on the cover of Life Magazine and was nominated for a Tony award. Although she lost to Lotte Lenya’s performance in “A [...]
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Monday Artday and SFG: olympics
2008-08-20 21:33:53
The challenge word this week on both Monday Artday and sugar frosted goodness is “olympics”. There are things I don’t like. I don’t like being manipulated and told what to like. The media in the United States has been manipulating and telling us what to like for years. The influence of the US media combined with [...]


IF: detach
2008-08-18 22:16:20
The challenge word on illustrationfriday.com this week is “detach”. All Brenda Ann Spencer wanted for Christmas 1978 was a radio. That’s all. Just a radio. Her father bought her a rifle instead. On Monday, January 29, 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire on children arriving at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, across the street from her house. [...]


Monday Artday: 1 character, 4 panels
2008-08-17 17:34:20
The challenge on Monday Artday this week is “1 character, 4 panels”. This challenge was posted on August 4 as a two-week challenge because the person who mantains the Monday Artday illustration blog was going on vacation. So was I. So, I’m walking across Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim, California, with Pudge’s Mom and Captain Wow. We were [...]


IF: sail
2008-08-08 20:13:17
The challenge word this week on illustrationfriday.com is “sail”. In Greek mythology, Charon is the ferryman of the dead. The souls of the deceased are brought to him by Hermes, and Charon ferries them across the river Styx, to Hades. The fee for his service was a single obolos coin which was placed in the mouth [...]


from my sketchbook: bob crane
2008-08-07 20:07:13
In 1956, Bob Crane was the number one morning disc jockey on Los Angeles’ KNX-AM radio. He filled the broadcast with sly wit, drumming, and guests such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Bob Hope. Crane known as “The King of the Los Angeles Airwaves.” With high ambitions, Crane pursued acting opportunities. He subbed for [...]
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SFG: comfortable
2008-09-13 21:33:43
The current challenge on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “comfortable.” If you are too young to remember when “The Tonight Show“ was hosted by Johnny Carson, then you probably don’t remember Myron Cohen. Myron Cohen was a textile salesman working in New York City’s “Garment District“. Early in his career, he developed client relationships by telling joke


Monday Artday: the brothers grimm part 2
2008-09-12 20:39:07
In doing research for this challenge, I read quite a few of the tales collected by The Brothers Grimm. I really enjoyed some of the more obscure and abstract stories, specifically “The Mouse, The Bird and The Sausage.” Once upon a time a Mouse, a Bird and a Sausage lived together in a single house. They [...]
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