Monday, August 28, 2006

84 Mickey the Assistant Manager


84 Mickey the Assistant Manager
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
My latest hobo in the 700 Hoboes Project is also a submission to this site, where you can vote on it for some reason. There are no prizes involved.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Today is George Herriman's Birthday

On August 22, 1880 the greatest cartoonist in the history of time and space was born in New Orleans.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Harpie shirt


Harpie shirt
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
The "Alphabet of Monsters" project is slowly becoming available on t-shirts here.
Wear at your own risk.

It looks like the designs work best on the dark shirts or plain white. I'll let you be the judge though. You can even customize them with glib sayings! What's not to love?

I've been interviewed via some sort of pod connected to a jawbone. I don't quite understand the whole process, but you can hear my "made for silent movies" voice at jawboneradio.com. Show number 125, which is ironic because 125 is a very wonderful number.
Thanks Len!

Happy 100th Friz.


Happy 100th Friz.
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
Today is the 100th birthday of Friz Freleng. Read more about it here from a nice variety of sources.
This caricature of him in his dapper days is my tribute. Every time I draw a bulbous nose or tiny tiny feet on a character, it's Friz.
My wife is an equally ardent fan of Mr. Freleng's cartoons. I asked her for her thoughts on this occasion. She said he was a cute old man.
True that.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

The 1 hour alphabet


Y is for Yoda
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
Here's a little project I undertook last night. I drew and colored an alphabet of drawings in the space of an hour.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Big Beautiful Wonder Woman


Big Beautiful Wonder Woman
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
My submission to bbww.



This is an eponymous entry I created for a recent contest on Dial B for Blog. I didn't win (it wasn't really an art contest). Universe Destoyer Lad won, and who can argue with that?