… if you are offended by alcohol, barrooms, curvy dames, bad language and chickens … specially chickens, then you may not fit the demographic of my cartoon audience.
Posts Tagged ‘JP Rankin’
“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 …
THE FOUR PIG MEN of the Apocolypse”
Posted: February 6, 2014 in Full ColorTags: Apocolypse, Cowboys, JP Rankin, Miss Kitty, Pigs, San Antonio, San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, The Cartoon Cowboy, The Four Horsemen
Well Folks … it’s time once again for The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo so that means the obligatory FOUR PIG MEN of the Apocolypse cartoon …
It’s was “thought up” in 2001 at the rodeo after splitting a bottle of tequila …
“PEARL BEER in a Can … “
Posted: February 6, 2014 in PhotosTags: JP Rankin, Pearl Beer, Pearl Brewery, San Antonio, The Cartoon Cowboy
… for any of you out there that have ever questioned the “quality” or the “validity” of “PEARL BEER in a can”
This photo should remove all doubts.
This photo taken by The Cartoon Cowboy captured a “halo” encircling a Pearl Beer can proving that ….
… PEARL BEER in a can tastes “heavenly”
Maude Katherine Williamson Rankin
Posted: February 4, 2014 in UncategorizedTags: JP Rankin, Maude Rankin, Rankin
This was my Great Grandmother and the daughter of Captain Lee Williamson whose photo I posted earlier tonight …
She married Walter B. Rankin and that started the whole thing!
Maude Katherine Williamson Rankin
IT’S A CADILLAC” !!!
Posted: February 3, 2014 in PhotosTags: Cadillac, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
“IT’S A CADILLAC” !!!
This was a 1974 Cadillac and my mode of transportation in 1983!
The driver side door was candy apple red so I always carried a spray can full of “white krylon” paint …
Everytime I went through the car wash the paint came off!
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!
“Farmer of Rancher”
Posted: February 2, 2014 in Full ColorTags: American Cowboy Magazine, Enid Oklahoma, JP Rankin, The Cartoon Cowboy
This is one I did for a Baxter Black story either for American Cowboy Magazine or Cowboy Sports and Entertainment.
“COOL SHOES”
Posted: February 2, 2014 in Famous People, Other ArtistsTags: Cool Shoes, Dave Peek, JP Rankin, Mocassins, The Cartoon Cowboy
… in 2000 while exhibiting in “Bud City” at The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo we ran across a fellow by the name of Dave Peeks …
He made leather moccasins and one night was approached by a couple of gals who wanted him to make a set of leather bikinis …
The rest they say is history … have not seen Dave since 2000.
“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 …
“JUMPIN’ THRU LOOPS”
Posted: January 30, 2014 in Pin-upsTags: JP Rankin, Pinup, Pinups, The Cartoon Cowboy, Trick Roping
This is one that I did in 1998 with a trick roping twist!
JP Rankin "The CARTOON COWBOY" 