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Just wanted to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
And just because now you are curious, here is Psalm 98 in its entirety, something I did not include in my printed Christmas card:
O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 2 The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
The Los Angeles Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society is having its annual holiday shindig tomorrow night. This year they are doing it at a restaurant that serves British cuisine. It was my duty to make the invitations once again, so with the venue for the party being what it is, it seemed natural to base the art on the most British Christmas tale that comes to mind, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Playing the role of Bob Cratchit is NCS LA’s own mascot, Cornelius the Bear with Tiny Tim being played by Krazy Kat cartoonist George Herriman. In the NCS LA theme song, we herald the bravery and generosity of Cornelius who, back in the day, saved LA based Herriman from a runaway toboggan while up in the mountains. Since Corny is no longer with us, and since he is from Los Angeles after all, we depict him as an angel bear.
Just in case you are curious, I inked this traditionally using a brush and a watered down sepia ink to give the ink line an uneven quality, and it allows for the brown color to show better. Then I scanned it into Photoshop where the colors and plaid fabric were applied. I tried to give it a bit of a nostalgic look in the method of drawing, but also in the color choices. For color inspiration, I looked to the work of my pal and fellow NCS LA member Dan Piraro who has such a great old timey look to his color choices in his comic strip Bizarro, yet at the same time his work looks edgy and modern.
And there you have it. God bless us, EVERY ONE!
Honestly, I don’t think the bird gets it AT ALL.
Just look at this hideous creature, leering out at whatever passes by wishing for its horrific and untimely death, sniffing the air with unwarranted superiority, and tasting the warm ruby blood of its otherworldly desires in the back of its putrid hollow soul. I feel very badly for the fella it is sitting on.
Today’s monster comes from the world of fairy tales. The Big Bad Wolf huffs and puffs his way into Monster Month from a page in my sketchbook, featuring a cameo appearance of the three little pigs’ derrières.
A dear friend of mine recently celebrated her 90th birthday. To commemorate the occasion, I made her a little card. Why not a cute little pink birthday bunny overjoyed to celebrate the milestone?
Of course, if I came across a real pink bunny tossing flowers in the air with a candle balanced on its head on my birthday, I probably would run in the other direction screaming. But that’s just me.
Once in awhile I doodle on the back of envelopes. When it comes to this, I’m certainly no Abraham Lincoln who famously scribbled The Gettysburg Address on the back of an envelope. No, instead I doodle more inspired things like this little leopard…
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