DRAWING on OBSERVATIONS

Ball point pen on paper towel

Multi-layered, super absorbent, cleans up nice. We buy our no frills paper towels at Costco. They do the job.

Ball point pen on today’s newsprint

Ball point pen on today’s newsprint

Taste of Honey opened on October 4th 1960 on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater staring Angela Lansbury and Billy Dee Williams. Ms Delaney was 19 years old when she wrote the honest portrayal of a Lancashire teenage girl that falls for a black sailor. In the )ct 4 1060 review the New York Times called Ms Delaney’s achievement remarkable.

Ms. Delaney passed away Sunday at her daughters home in Suffolk England. She was 72.

1960 review
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What we’ve known all along, is now official. Mariano Rivera is the best closer that ever played baseball.

Hard to believe a decade has gone by.

A Note: the above drawing was made as part of the Prevailing Human Spirit exhibit which originated at the Society of Illustrators Museum and toured to the United Nations, The New-York Historical Society, The Huntington Museum and The Wethersfield Historical Society.  To help mark the 10th anniversary, the talented and altruistic illustrator Wendy Popp has produced a 100 page commemorative book containing images by Guy Billout, Cathie Bleck,  Peter de Seve, Milton Glaser, Rudy Gutierrez, Frances Jetter, Viktor Koen, William Low, Barbara Nessim, Tim O’Brien and others. All proceeds from this publication will go to funds supporting families still in recovery.

For additional information about ordering a copy please click here.

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A few weeks back the brilliant James Gurney emailed me to ask if I would like to contribute a drawing to his New Yorker “Unfinished Cover Contest”. George Booth drew a fabulous July 4th cover that had so much white space, it seemed to be calling out to doodlers like me.  In the spirit of the popular New Yorker, Cartoon Caption Contest, I was willing to have at it. Like most every drawing I post here, I spent all of five minutes on it. Well, … Continue Reading

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Qaddafi is playing the enemy of my enemy is my friend card…hmph

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NOTE: I’m taking a long weekend. I’ll be back on Monday with a daily doodle.

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Annoyed by all the negative press, Rupert Murdoch and his son James have agreed to testify before U.K. Parliament.

Murdoch told The Wall Street Journal, which he owns,  that he is “just getting annoyed” at all the recent negative press.

To appreciate the irony, read this.

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Boehner and Obama are deadlocked over debt. 

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and here

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Ironically, had The News of the World not closed it’s doors, the scandal that’s rocking News Corp is just the kind of story that it would have loved to cover. But behind the eye catching headlines the tabloid was a major source of power and influence.

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Happy Fathers Day

Elvis drawn on 1956 newsprint

Last month I saw this article in the New York Times, Arts Beat. Elvis Presley Enterprises was looking for art to help celebrate the 55th anniversary of the release of Heart Break Hotel.

I’ve been drawing on newsprint for years. I like how the underlying text of the articles adds context but until now, all the subjects have been as current as my daily newspaper. Drawing Elvis circa 1956 was an opportunity to search for some old articles written before history had a chance to put Mr. Presley’s life into context. As the authors of the 1956 news articles could not have predicted the legend that Elvis would become, the underlying text becomes as innocent as the young Elvis, helping to anchor the drawing to that specific time.

I was just informed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, that my drawing was selected as one of the 56 finalists in the Elvis in ’56 art contest!  Fans will get to vote for their favorite piece at The official site of the King of Rock and Roll

Click here to vote
Click here to read the New York Times Art Beat piece
Click here to view Elvis sing Heart Break Hotel

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Prayer demonstrations, calls for proof and more questions for the Pakistani Government. Things are heating up.

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The next in line to lead al Qaeda is likely Ayman al Zawahiri.

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The griping story of journalist Anthony Shadid, photographers Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario and videographer Stephen Farrell being held captive for six days by forces loyal to Qaddafi in today’s New York Times.

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The great Lily Tomlin will be at the Community Theatre at Mayo Center For The Performing Arts in Morristown, NJ  this Thursday and The Count Basie Theater in Red Bank on Saturday March 26th.

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Germany is asking Europe’s biggest debtor nations: Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain to give up some independence in exchange for fiscal solvency.

Do you think their paying attention in Washington?

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The mid-term election was a bitter pill for the President.

Drawing done to help the victims of 9/11

When you give people the freedom to pursue happiness, you have to take the good with the bad. A few will always push the boundaries of decency (see previous posts) but most people are good.

Lets celebrate that today.

I was fortunate to see Ray Charles sing this song live at the State Theater.

Click here to donate to The Robin Hood Foundation

This morning I ran a 5K to support The Love, Hope, Strength Foundation Click, here to donate

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I was moved reading about the bravery Russian journalists exhibit in reporting the culture of corruption in Moscow.

Read the story here

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“Unless your business model depends on bilking people, there is little to fear from these new regulations.”

Yesterday was a snow day, which means I spent the day digging myself, a neighbor and my In-Laws out from under tons of snow. But Donna and I did manage to put aside some time to be kids by building this snowman. The snow was ideal for packing. Of coarse, most of what I know about snowmen I learned from the brilliant illustrator, cartoonist and author of “The History Of The Snowman” Bob Eckstein.

Bob’s book!

Visit Bob’s site “Today’s Snowman”

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The Roibal’s front porch

Inspired by this college student and this video and I carved mine last night! Happy Halloween Everyone!