… if you happen to be driving down HWY 473 between Sisterdale and Comfort, Texas … keep an eye out for The Lone Star Christmas Tree.
… if you see it, STOP … take a picture and send it to me … I will post it!
My e-mail is niknar.toons@gmail.com
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Posted: December 19, 2013 in Photos
Tags: Christmas, JP Rankin, Lone Star Beer, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Cartoon Saloon, The Hang Around
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Posted: December 19, 2013 in Full Color
Tags: Happy New Year, JP Rankin, Merry Christmas, Rudolph, Santa, The Cartoon Cowboy
This is a cartoon that I did in 1998 for a Christmas card.
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Posted: December 19, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: JP Rankin, Merry Christmas, Santa, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Cartoon Saloon
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Posted: December 19, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Christmas, JP Rankin, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Santa, Santa Claus, The Cartoon Cowboy
The Cartoon Cowboy would like to wish everyone a “Merry Christmas” and a “Happy New Year”.
2013 has been a good run and it just get’s better from here!
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Posted: December 19, 2013 in Photos
Tags: JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
A new annual tradition at “The Hang Around”, home of “THE CARTOON SALOON” and JP Rankin “The CARTOON COWBOY” …
” … remember it ain’t a party ’til someone get’s drunk and falls down!”
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Posted: December 19, 2013 in Photos
Tags: Christmas, JP Rankin, Lone Star, Lone Star Christmas Tree, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Cartoon Saloon, The Hang Around
Signed by the author John Erickson and “ACE REID”!
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Posted: December 16, 2013 in Other Artists
Tags: Ace Reid, John Erickson
ACE REID – Cowpoke
Posted: December 16, 2013 in Other ArtistsTags: Ace Reid, John Erickson, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
So I was saying the other day that this was the book I read by John Erickson that got be introduced to Jody Logsdon with Laid-Back West Syndicate and that is when I started having my cartoons published in American Cowboy, Western Horseman and Cowboy Sports & Entertainment ….
I loaned my copy out and never got it back.
I found this one on the internet the other day for $9.00.
Signed by the author John Erickson and more importantly signed by “The Greatest Cowboy Cartoonist”
“ACE REID”
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Posted: December 16, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
… ain’t much left of Camp Air, Texas these days.
This is back when they called gasoline Ethyl!
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Posted: December 15, 2013 in Photos
Tags: Camp Air Texas, Ethyl
When I was in Kevin’s shop I also noticed this pencil drawing hanging on the wall … Kevin said that his Granpa did this artwork in 1947 … thought it was very cool!
Check out some of Kevin’s work at ….
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Posted: December 15, 2013 in Other Artists
Tags: Kevin Elkins, Robert Elkins
Stopped by and saw an old friend in May, Texas the other day and picked up a little border collie while I was at it …
Kevin Elkins is a Spurmaker and Silversmith and is quite handy at his trade.
Saw this hanging on the wall of his shop … it’s a logo that I did for him in about 1998 – 1999.
One helluva nice guy!
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Posted: December 15, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Kevin Elkins, Silversmith, Spurmaker
Alright … The Cartoon Cowboy officially has a new sidekick – thanks to my good friend and one heck of a spurmaker and silversmith, Kevin Elkins from May, Texas.
This one’s name is Maggie –
looks a lot like my old Border Collie, Belle Starr that I had to put down last year.
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Posted: December 14, 2013 in Photos
Tags: Border Collie, JP Rankin, Maggie, The Cartoon Cowboy
Thought it would be good to post this one for The Holiday Season and for Deer Season!
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Posted: December 13, 2013 in Black and White
Tags: Christmas, JP Rankin, Rudolph, Santa, The Cartoon Cowboy
JP Rankin "The CARTOON COWBOY" 