… another from my 2007 cartoon character series.
How many times did you see “Bugs Bunny” get pummeled with a baseball bat and still get up and walk away …
… but I guess Bugs was part of “The Greatest Generation”
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Posted: December 28, 2013 in Black and White, Cartoon & Comic Parodies
Tags: Bikini Bottom, Bugs Bunny, JP Rankin, Patrick, Slugger, Sponge Bob, The Cartoon Cowboy
I have actually always been a very huge fan of Theodor Geisel and greatly admire his work …
I did a few of these cartoons in 2007 where I added popular cartoons of our times into my “Barroom Cartoons”.
…. but I have also always been “Wound Tight” and I would not eat them in a bar…
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Posted: December 27, 2013 in Black and White, Cartoon & Comic Parodies
Tags: Dr. Seuss, JP Rankin, Sam I Am, The Cartoon Cowboy
This was a 2007 New Years Cartoon that was inspired by a relative of mine that has now passed on to wherever it is that dead relatives go (see: Hell, California or Louisiana cartoon).
She did fear for my eternal soul and thought that I would go straight to Hell due to the fact that she once saw me wearing a t-shirt that displayed the National Beer of Texas, “LONE STAR BEER”
… and if The Easter Bunny looks angry … well so would you if you had to SHIT colored eggs in a basket for 73 million kids!
… there are also some of my long time compadres that have made an appearance in this particular cartoon!
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Posted: December 27, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Bigfoot, Dirty Nellies, Easter Bunny, Happy New Year, JP Rankin, Lone Star Beer, The Cartoon Cowboy
I can personally attest to the fact that fat people are hard to kidnap …
… and if this cartoon offends you then I suggest that you immediately STOP TRYING TO KIDNAP FAT PEOPLE!
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Posted: December 27, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Dog and Pony Bar, Fat People, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
Over the years I have spent some time in all three places and prefer the fiery pits of Hades over the other two choices …
… stole the name of the bar from a Tom Russell song!
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Posted: December 27, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: California, Hell, John Wayne, JP Rankin, Last Bar On Earth, Louisiana, The Cartoon Cowboy, Tom Russell
If you always looks at the glass as half full … well, you will never run out of whiskey!
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Posted: December 27, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Cold Day In Hell, JP Rankin, Snowball's Chance In Hell, The Bar At The Edge Of The Earth, The Cartoon Cowboy
As I mentioned I will be moving a lot of things I posted before to this new blog. So if you followed my old blog at thecartooncowboy.blogspot.com you might be seeing some things you have already seen.
Armadillo By Morning is another cartoon that was thought up while at The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in 2001.
At that time a bunch of us were set up in what they called “Bud City”.
Clifton Jansky was playing “Amarillo By Morning” ….a lot
… and well the cocinero is none other than Chuckwagon Cook, Rusty Rankin …
The rest as they say is history …
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Posted: December 27, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Amarillo By Morning, Armadillo By Morning, Cartoon, Clifton Jansky, Cowboy Cartoon, JP Rankin, Rusty Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
One of my good friends sent me this photo today so I was obliged to add the caption.
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Posted: December 27, 2013 in Photos
Tags: bumper jacks, Kubota, Texans, tractors
Here is if I remember correctly the first cartoon that I did for “Pick Up Lines”
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Posted: December 22, 2013 in Pick Up Lines
Tags: Another Pretty Face, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Cartoon Saloon
I started doing some barroom cartoons that are related to “Pickup Lines” … this is one of ’em
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Posted: December 22, 2013 in Pick Up Lines
Tags: Blow Up Doll, JP Rankin, Pickup Lines, The Cartoon Cowboy
A favorite line of mine from Humphrey Bogart’s ….
“Treasure of the Sierra Madre”
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Posted: December 22, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Bandito, Humphrey Bogart, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
I did this cartoon in 2000 at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo …
The three Amigos appearing in the cartoon are friends of mine, from left to right Garland Tucker – Leather Tooler, Will Burgess – Saddle Maker and Rick McCumber – Western Artist.
Rick is explaining to Will how Garland can take a $50 calf and turn it into a $250 belt … just like that!
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Posted: December 22, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Cowboy Cartoon, Cowboy Cartoonist, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
Mel Lothrop is a good friend of mine and fellow Caricature Artist out of San Antonio, Texas ….
For years his calling card has been the “Happy Face” ….
This was a cartoon that I did for him a few Christmas’ back in 2006.
Check out his work at http://mello-toons.com/ or his blog at http://mello-toons.blogspot.com/
… and if you are ever down in Market Square in San Antonio, Texas get your caricature done by him and you won’t be disappointed … and tell him that you heard about him from The Cartoon Cowboy!
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Posted: December 21, 2013 in Full Color, Other Artists
Tags: Caricature Artist, Caricaturist, Mel Lothrop, San Antonio, Texas
To all my friends that are at the deer lease or who will be at the deer lease …
“May the Trophy Buck cross your path and may you be sober enough to hit it” !
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Posted: December 20, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Bandera, Bandera Texas, Deer Crossing, Deer Lease, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy, Trophy Buck, Whitetail Deer
… things are not always what they appear to be.
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Posted: December 20, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Cowboy Cartoonist, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy, Trophy Buckle
JP Rankin "The CARTOON COWBOY" 