… had a Great Aunt Vera and Great Uncle Duney who ran Angora in Real and Edwards county many years ago and while this cartoon was not drawn to represent them it did later remind me of them.
… never saw Vera wear anything but boots, men’s khaki pants and men’s shirts … and she was tough.
John Wayne used one of Duney’s horses in the movie “The Alamo” and later offered to buy it from, but Duney wouldn’t sale … a few weeks later the horse died from some rat poison that had got into the feed bag at the feed store…
Duney was also a tad superstitious … if he saw a black cat on the way to work he would turn around and go home … course some folks may call that lazy?
This is one I did in 1998 and while at the Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock that year I had the pleasure of meeting Bob’s daughter Rosetta Wills and she gave me her stamp of approval on this cartoon.
It has been a favorite of mine and many others, especially those who understand and love the music called “Western Swing”.
From 1997 – What Makes You Think The Romance Is Gone?
This was a popular cartoon for me in 1997 …
Notice the fellow in the chair is reading his copy of “Rope Burns”… I think “Rope Burns” is only published electronically now … but I could be wrong … http://ropeburns.org/
So with 2014 coming up it means that I have been drawing cartoons now for going on 18 years … so I thought I would do a little chronological posting to show where I started to where I am now ….
I didn’t always do a New Years’ cartoon so I have just selected one from each year …
Here is one I did from 1996 … I copied a lot of the style of Cowboy Cartoonist Bud McCauley when I first started …
Those of you that know me, know that I am somewhat of a humanitarian and all around good person … so naturally when I came upon this Pseudacris triseriata/feriarum who had apparently drowned and most likely alcohol was involved …
… I was compelled to stop and render aid.
Although I did try and resuscitate the creature it was a hopeless endeavor and little frog went on to wherever good frogs go …
… unless he was a bad frog …
… then I guess he would have went to “Frog Hell” ….
… which I imagine would be a shallow pond full of “Great Blue Herons” … and snakes … lots of snakes
“Never Give Up” frog … just like the t-shirt says ….
JP Rankin "The CARTOON COWBOY" 