"Soozi" by Bob Oksner

I've long admired the work of cartoonist, Bob Oksner.  I particularly like his DC Comics series Angel and the Ape.  Few cartoonists can draw as appealing a female figure as can Oksner.  These  eight Soozi Sunday strips are all the examples I have -- from March, April and May of 1967.  Enjoy this peak at a rarely seen strip!

The countdown to Big Funny continues with vintage comics here at Scary Terry's World.

Dick Tracy: The World is Your Beat

Some years ago, I acquired a big stack of Peoria Journal Star Sunday comic sections from the mid 1960's.  There are plans under foot to do something nifty with them to promote the publication of Big Funny (see previous post for info on that project).  I'll be posting details on that as we work things out -- but in the meantime, I've scanned some highlights and will be posting them here as we await the August 7th opening of the Big Funny gallery show.

Here is a special Dick Tracy strip done to promote careers in the newspaper business.  The art here is largely the work of long-time Tracy assistant Rick Fletcher rather than that of strip creator Chet Gould.  It was fairly common for Chet to have Rick do any promotional or advertising art assignments that came along, while he focused on producing the actual comic strip.

Stay tuned for more vintage comics!  

Big Funny is on its way!

Below you'll find a few sample panels from "Hey Kids, Comics!" (click on the image for a larger view) -- my entry in the Big Funny art show, coming to the Altered Esthetics gallery in Minneapolis on Aug. 7.  My strip features an elderly Yellow Kid reminiscing about the golden age of the newspaper comic strip -- and worrying about its future.

Big Funny is also a publication -- a 48 page Sunday style full-color newsprint collection of new comics by several dozen cartoonists.  The original art will be on display in the gallery -- and the comic section will be available for purchase.  So if you'd like to see ALL of my comic, come to the gallery on the 7th, or pick up a copy of Big Funny.  If you'd like more info, check out the official Big Funny website.  

Also on display here -- the Big Funny logo and the publication itself.  The show and publication are the result of the combined work of the Altered Esthetics  gallery, the International Cartoonists Conspiracy and the Big Time Attic studio.  I'm very pleased to be a part of the project and hope to see a great turnout for the gallery show opening.

Trading card press

Non-Sport Update (a magazine devoted to trading cards of the non-sports variety) has cover featured the Shock Stories and Urban Legends trading cards I drew for Monsterwax.  I haven't seen a copy yet, but here's an advance look at the cover, which uses art from four of the cards.  As  we get closer to seeing these sets issued, I'll post some  preliminary pencil sketches and sketch card art.  

I should be able to announce some exciting comic book news soon -- but in the meantime, I'd better get to finishing the several commissions still on my drawing board!

Monster Model Review interview Part 2

Several years old interview with updated info at the end -- just posted to Monster Model Review on YouTube.

Tor love Bettie!

Drawn in 1994, and intended for an issue of  Tor Love Bettie which never saw print, "Where Bettie?" eventually was published in the comics section of an issue of Scary Monsters magazine.  I found the originals while digging through my files for art to sell on eBay -- and I thought before I offered them up for bid, I'd at least let the story find more of an audience here.  So below you'll find all five pages of this oddball piece -- complete with guest appearances by Criswell, Eck,  the Little Rascals, the Bowery Boys, the Stooges (Shemp!), Mary Hartline, Edison's Frankenstein, Volto, Toto, Snowy/Milou, Vampira, David Letterman as a flying monkey -- and of course, Bela Lugosi.  So please enjoy my tribute to the Swedish man mountain, Tor Johnson, and the ever-lovely Miss Bettie Page.  Click on the images for a larger, more readable view.

More Wild Dog!

Sorting through my files, I stumbled across these Wild Dog cover roughs that I'd completely forgotten about.  Well, it was two decades ago, y'know! These are all very different from the final cover of the Wild Dog Special (WD behind bars).  Drawn with marker on typing paper.