I couldn't resist slipping a couple of Teen Ellises in there! (HATE the middle picture's dialogue blurb--so out of character--but I was pressed fer time!)
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Teen Ellis Tuesday
I couldn't resist slipping a couple of Teen Ellises in there! (HATE the middle picture's dialogue blurb--so out of character--but I was pressed fer time!)
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I love these. Stuart Ng is a pretty quick trip for you I reckon. Just down to ...Torrance , right? And you're not to deep there in Orange County.
Hop-skip , a half hour, you're there.
I dig the success and the appeal that Brush Pen Breakfast enjoys among the very rarefied inventory of the Stuart Ng offerings.
I also enjoy that one photo of me has become the basis for this thing of Teen Ellis. A great creative leap.
Ha! Glad you approve, El!
It takes a fair bit longer to drive to Stuart's than 30 minutes...maybe when traffic is nil I could do it in 30. Joe Sanabria and I went up there the other day (I'm trying to convince Joe he needs to do a sketchbook), and getting home took us almost two hours!
Yeesh. The 405 misery index. I don't miss it. I miss where it's at. I don't miss IT.
I've never understood the fez as a symbol of at home relaxation. I figure it comes from Laurel and Hardy movies. I figure this guy is important to it ...James Finlayson, a small, balding, moustachioed Scotsman known for displays of indignation and squinting "double takes", made 33 appearances and is perhaps their most celebrated foil.
If you don't understand the Fez, then you haven't worn one. I brought mine to work... I want to get a smoking jacket and slippers to go with it and spend the whole winter working in that get up.
Great stuff as always, Mar-tay!
Great sketches, Marty. I've often wondered about the fez thing. First time I saw it in comic form was in this comic by Walt Kelly:
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/wp-content/y/MoreWDComixsm16.jpg
BTW, ECCC has finally updated their website to include all of the Artist Alley attendees...
http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/artist-alley/
The site doesn't explicitly say that there are no more tables in artist Alley, but I suspect that it's all waiting list now.
Also, they just sent out their message to AA people that they are taking submissions for the Monsters and Dames book now. Yippee!
Regarding the FEZ thing:
I believe they served as much for a protection against the cold. Think of those drafty old estates in a time before central heating, and a little head warmer can become a very useful thing...also, decorum prevented a man from wearing a proper hat indoors, so alternatives were found...in the "Portrait of a Lady" flick, fer instance, think of the way Malkovich strolled around their great house in his skull cap. Caps like these show up in informal portraiture of the era, too, (often on the artist's own head).
As a bald man, I can tell you a cap like this can be useful!
p.s. I think a real fez might look a little less costume-y than the stiff-walled models favored by the Shriners and cartoon characters.
Monster and Dames. I think I'll do it. While I'm wearing a Fez.
Love that Donald Duck Fez cover Ronnie. Showing what Marty is talking about, it being a mushy construction like a bucket cap. Mr Magoo.
FEZ
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