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Posted: May 12, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: Cowboy Cartoonist, JP Rankin, jprankin, Rankin, Senoritas, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Cartoon Saloon
I received via the big, brown UPS today a very prized possession!
A unique name badge crafted by the one and only Rick McCumber!
https://www.facebook.com/RickMcCumber.cowboysilversmith.artist/?fref=ts
Thanks Rick and Cindy!
… one I did on a beer box flap for my friends Gwen and Corne from The Cocky Rooster Bar!
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Posted: April 12, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: jprankin, thecartooncowboy
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Posted: April 12, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: #bakersfield, #merle, #merlehaggard, #okiefrommuskogee
The first cassette tapes I ever bought were Merle Haggard from Columbia Records and Tapes.
I have put lots of quarters in jukeboxes across these United States over the years in honky tonks, beer joints and dives.
I can say that I have probably played more Merle Haggard tunes than any other artist.
I have been thinking about what The Cartoon Cowboy would draw as a memorial to Merle.
So here it is. (Please feel free to Share)
R.I.P. Merle !
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Posted: February 12, 2016 in Black and White, Uncategorized
Tags: #cowboycartoonistinternational, #cowboycartoons, jprankin, thecartooncowboy
I consider Ace Reid to be the Greatest Cowboy Cartoonist that ever was, and although there have been other great ones and there are some really good ones now, Ace was and is the measuring stick by which we are all measured.
If Ace Reid was the Greatest Cowboy Cartoonist then I consider Madge Reid to be The First Lady of Cowboy Cartoonists.
She told me almost 20 years ago when she first saw my cartoons that I needed to be myself, and that I needed to find my own “niche” … at the time I didn’t understand that comment, and it took me quite a few more years until I did.
I believe that I have found my “niche” and I attribute a large amount of that to Madge Reid.
As I said I had the “honor” of seeing her again tonight at The Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas where she spoke about Ace and his cartoons.
Thank you Madge Reid,
JP Rankin
JP Rankin "The CARTOON COWBOY" 