Comic Cards Project: Day 2 • Black Canary

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Black Canary was a character created in the 1940s with a look based on the actress Veronica Lake. In the late 40s and early 50s superheroes fell out of favor and their stories were no longer published. But like a lot of the old characters, Black Canary was revived in the 1960s. I first discovered her when I was 10 … Read More

Comic Cards Project: Day 1 • Batman

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I’m working on a personal project, illustrating a deck of playing cards using characters found in DC comics between 1957-1967 — the height of the kitschy Silver Age of comics. I’ll be posting one illustration every weekday for 11 weeks, which will take us just about until the end of May. 55 posts = 52 regular cards, 2 jokers, and … Read More

Aquaman’s Birthday

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  September 25, 1941, seventy years ago today, the first Aquaman story hit the stands, printed in More Fun Comics #73. Created by writer Mort Weisinger and artist Paul Norris, he is one of a handful of superhero characters to appear continuously since those early days of comic books. Here’s a little painting I did of the sea king a … Read More

Zany Zoo

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I recently discovered these Drink-Aid packages. Apparently Funny Face wasn’t the only multi-character cartoon powdered drink mix of the 1960s.

The Aquatones

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Soon after the release of the one and only CD by my first band, The Smarties, I recruited some friends to help me record a solo project, The Aquatones. Named after my aqua-colored Fender Mustang, The Aquatones consisted of musicians who had all been members of The Smarties at one time or another. Mark Bilyeu, one-time bass player for The Smarties, … Read More