Fairfield Country, Connecticut in the 1960’s was home to many cartoonists. The details are at this link. As I said in my last post, I grew up in Fairfield Country in the 1960’s, but unfortunately my family left before I could take advantage of being surrounded by cartoonists and comic book artists.
Category: Cartooning
Are There Famous Artists Anymore?
Before finding some small success as a cartoonist, Charles M. Schulz began his career as one of the instructors at the Art Instruction School in Minneapolis. But the greatest of correspondence courses for illustration and cartooning was The Famous Artists School in Wilton, Connecticut. Among its faculty was my favorite classic illustrator, Jon Whitcomb. As stated in the video, he specialized in drawing pretty girls, which is probably why he is my favorite classic illustrator.
As a kid I rode my bike countless times to buy comic books at a shopping center that was two miles away, in Wilton. As a teenager I came to realize what, and who, I had left behind by moving to Massachusetts. I had been living in the midst of many cartoonists and illustrators! With absolute certainty, I can say that if my family had remained in Norwalk, Connecticut, I would have pursued an art career, most likely starting as an assistant to an established cartoonist or comic book artist.
Spider-Men On Display
An exhibit of original Spider-Man comic book art is currently on display in New York. It’s only a mile from Steve Ditko’s office at 200 West 51st St., so is there any chance that the co-creator of Spidey will drop in and check out the display? It’s safe to say, absolutely not!
http://13thdimension.com/inside-the-greatest-spider-man-art-exhibit-youll-ever-see/
The pages were provided by art dealer Mike “Romitaman” Burkey. I’ve done business with Mike in the past, and he is an honest and reputable dealer.
All the Joe That’s Fit to Print!
This isn’t fake news! The great Joltin’ Joe Sinnott is profiled in The New York Times. Click the picture to enlarge it, then look at the brown frame near the upper left corner. It’s a birthday card to Joe drawn by Stan Lee! Here’s a picture I took of it, and you can click this one too to see it full size.
Buy Me Some Peanuts and Bobbleheads
Charlie Brown pitches for the Red Sox! Sort of. Tomorrow at Fenway Park in Boston will be Peanuts Night.
BAM! POW! RIP!
Today’s sad news is that Adam West has died. Haven’t heard yet if he had been ill or if this was sudden and unexpected.
