Saturday, February 27, 2010

Cartoon Anime Wallpaper



Cartoon Anime Wallpaper

Computer projection cartoon

Ken Hunter's Doctor Q and the Jellymen from the Beezer 1966..






The Beezer 15th October 1966.

Heres the sequel to the Jellymen...what was such a horrible creature becomes a helper and friend to the boy....
This also happened to The Goon who became a friend to Popeye and became Alice the Goon wearing a dress and hat.

Still nice drama to see..
I only have the one example so don't know if all the Jellymen are this friendly in this second outing..

Friday, February 26, 2010

President cartoon

Cartoon Facial Expressions


Lightly drawn lines like the above will help in making sketches.








Make a list of facial expressions and draw a cartoon face for each one. If you run into any problems follow a tip from the Disney animators - make faces in a mirror!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Ken Hunter's The Jellymen from the Beezer 1960..

Did you have nightmares reading this as a kid?

















Thanks to PHIL RUSHTON for scans
and Spy for saving them from comicsuk forum

The Jellymen are a super creepy creation...with good use of the large pages...strong layouts..every page is different..

The image of the Jellymen are up there with Popeye's The Goon..they have a unworldly look..

Look at picture two seeing the Jellymen marching in large numbers what an amazing image..
these should be reprinted....in colour!

Children's book cartoon

Friday, February 19, 2010

Jack Glass's work in The Dandy



1964 Dandy Annual The Bobcat Boy




Dandy 1967.


Reprinted in 1974 Dandy



From 1968 Dandy




from 1961
set in the 30's

Jack Glass was in the first Beano comic so a very long career..
also read that his detailled etching made it impossible/difficult to colour..
from The Beano coffee book..
Though The Beezer had his drawing The Black Sapper printed in a few colours..which I'll show in another post..

Its great his work was used..its just very interesting to look at...the figures do run in a unusual way...looking stiff..But that only adds to the charm of his work..a unique style.

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/search?q=Jack+Glass
See the Stinging Swarm and The Crimson Ball also from The Dandy by Jack Glass at Lews blog..

New design!



I just did this design. Buy it as a T-shirt, sticker, etc. at ZAZZLE.

Mel Gibson cartoon

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

How to Draw a Shark






I hope you enjoy these step-by-step instructions of how to draw a picture of a cartoon great white shark in attack mode. Please leave a comment in the comment box and a link to your shark drawing.

King cartoon

Annual Ash Wednesday Cartoon

Paddy Brennan's The Crackaway Twins The Dandy 1960





This has a real pace to it full of action and drama.
Those twins are terrible:) always getting into fights and trouble...poor Crackaway Jack!! :)

Rushing water is drawn really well and some nice breakaway panels bursting out of the frame. I also like the two rocks at the top of the waterfall which misleads you into thinking the canoe will get wedged up the top stopping it falling over..

I also like the villian of the Red Hood..
these characters always work when you don't see there face it adds to the mystery..
As this only has two colours its just as well he is the red hood and not the green hood!! Adventure strips often used the limited colours the comic was printed in..
The Red Wrecker.The Purple Cloud..for example..

To read please use the magnifying glass in the bottom corner of your computer to 150%
I'm using less memory for each image due to lack of space on this blog..using 75 resolution now..