Archive for the ‘Black and White’ Category
“HOMONYMS” … choose them wisely
Posted: November 8, 2014 in Black and WhiteTags: Deer Hunting, Exotics
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“Amarillo By Morning”
Posted: February 8, 2014 in Black and WhiteTags: Amarillo By Morning, Cartoon, Free Hot Dogs, George Strait, Hot Dogs, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Cocky Rooster, Valentines Day
Getting close to Valentines’ Day …
The Cartoon Cowboy is feeling romantic …
If your looking for a place to take your significant other … you can always hang out at “THE COCKY ROOSTER” and listen to George Strait!
“Birthday Wishes”
Posted: February 7, 2014 in Black and WhiteTags: Birthday Cards, Freak Show, Josephine Street Cafe, JP Rankin, Rick McCumber, Sideshow, The Cartoon Cowboy
Are any of you looking for a “UNIQUE” birthday gift or birthday card for that special someone …
If so then give me a shout ( niknar.toons@gmail.com ) and we will see what we can come up with for you.
This is one we did for my good friend and Western Artist – Rick McCumber …
Rankin Family History
Posted: February 3, 2014 in Black and White, PhotosTags: JB Rankin, Kerrville, Pearl, Rankin, Robert Rankin, Tivy High School
This is a photo of my Dad, Robert “Bob” Rankin that was taken somewhere around 1947-48 …
He rode this motorcycle up the fire escape slide at the old Tivy High School – which is now Peterson Middle School.
Seemed like a good plan until he had to come down backwards and it didn’t end well.
My Grandpa picked gravel out of his elbows with a pair of needle nose pliers …
from left to right in the photo –
My Grandfather JB Rankin, Aunt Alyne (Rankin) Harvill, Grandmother (Mama Pearl), Robert “Bob” Rankin, Uncle Stanley Rankin and Aunt, Betty Jean (Rankin) Tracy
Robert D. Rankin
Posted: February 3, 2014 in Black and WhiteTags: Death, Empty Saddles, JP Rankin, Robert D. Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Old Corral
This was a cartoon that I did in 2005 the night by Father passed away …
In 1995 my wife Sam and I produced an advertising placemat around Kerrville, Boerne and Fredericksburg, Texas …
This was what got me started in the World of Cartooning – pretty much up to that point I was a caricature artist only.
If you look real close at Santa’s list you can see he was taking notes on a notepad from Herring Printing Company in Kerrville!
“Jeff Gore” – Cowboy Singer
Posted: February 2, 2014 in Black and White, Famous PeopleTags: Cowboy Singer, Jeff Gore, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
Here is a caricature that I did of my friend and “World Famous Cowboy Singer” Jeff Gore.
… and yes his mustache really is that big!
“The Cocky Rooster Bar”
Posted: February 1, 2014 in Black and WhiteTags: Comfort Texas, JP Rankin, Lone Star, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Cocky Rooster Bar
” …if The Cocky Rooster Bar would have been in Dodge City…
Marshall Dillon would have drank beer there … ”
… if you are ever heading South on Hwy 87 through Comfort, Texas … hang a left and visit Wendy and Daniel at The Cocky Rooster Bar
Sante Fe Junction – San Angelo, Texas
Posted: January 30, 2014 in Black and WhiteTags: JP Rankin, Randy Hoofard, San Angelo, Sante Fe Junction, The Cartoon Cowboy
Did this one for the owner of “The Sante Fe Junction” in San Angelo in 1996 …
Stopped in their once on my way to Lubbock with my running buddy Randy Hoofard
It was us and 3 other people …
Not one of my better pieces …
One that I did in ’98 … not a typical type of cartoon for me.
Don’t remember what i did it for?
“Chicken Training” – The Original
Posted: January 30, 2014 in Black and WhiteTags: Chicken, Cur Dog, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy, Western Horseman
This was the original pen and ink illustration that appeared in the April 2001 issue of Western Horseman.
“Chicken Training”
Posted: January 29, 2014 in Black and White, Famous PeopleTags: Baxter Black, Chicken Training, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy, Western Horseman
This was an illustration that The Cartoon Cowboy did for Western Horseman in 2000 for “On The Edge of Common Sense”, an article written by Baxter Black that still appears in the magazine.
2009 – Tres Senoritas
Posted: January 1, 2014 in Black and White, Pin-upsTags: JP Rankin, Senoritas, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Crying Shame, The Three Amigos
2009 – A little spin on “The Three Amigos”
2008 – Chickens, Angels and Heaven
Posted: December 31, 2013 in Black and WhiteTags: Angels, Chickens, Heaven, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
2008 was kind of a slow year for me and I did not produce a whole lot of cartoons …
But I did manage this one!
This is a personal favorite!
JP Rankin "The CARTOON COWBOY" 