The fact that I started doing these when Calvin & Hobbes was about to end was not coincidental.
Cartoony Looney – 21
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Cartoony Looney – 20
As I hope will become apparent, my drawing developed rapidly after this awkward beginning, although I struggled for a long time trying to find a workable design for Jeanie.
Cartoony Looney – 19
Early on, doing a good job with the artwork was secondary to me. Later it became an obsession to a fault, but at first I put most of my effort into establishing the relationship between Wendell and Beckle, with Jeanie being the straight man of the trio.
Cartoony Looney – 18
This is one of the first Jeanie Beanies I drew. It’s quite apparent that my drawing hand was badly out of practice!
Take note of the date, October 24, 1995, only a few months after Amazon began taking book orders online. So I felt relatively safe in setting the characters inside of a bookstore.
This example also shows that after it was finished I felt Beckle needed something. That was when I came up with the hat gimmick.
More Prue!
This should start at the right point to see Prue. There’s an introduction you can watch by going back a bit in the video.
https://youtu.be/Pcf4R1kzYiQ?t=787
Prue was with Mary Quant and Vidal Sassoon from the very beginning, and it’s a shame she wasn’t given an opportunity to talk about those days at the start of Swinging London.
Happy Birthday to Prue!
Prue’s birthday isn’t until the 24th, but I’d better take advantage of this brief video while it’s available. Unfortunately, the BBC iPlayer doesn’t work in America.
Prue recently appeared on The One Show, talking about her old boss and chum Mary Quant, as a preview of an exhibition about the fashion designer at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, aka the V&A. I’ll have to ask Prue who the woman is speaking, standing next to her. Prue was clearly looking for an opportunity to speak up, but without more video there’s no way to see if she succeeded.
Dame Mary Quant was a trailblazer for women in business. An exhibition of her work opens tomorrow at the @V_and_A. pic.twitter.com/FkQBYB6aRS
— BBC The One Show (@BBCTheOneShow) April 5, 2019
This is a preview video for the exhibit.
https://youtu.be/e_6oZoFDd48