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in 2001 ... The Four Pigmen and Same Crap, Different Day

… and from 2001

This was a fun year and was also the year that Sam (wife) and I got invited the “The Texas Inaugural” in Crawford, Texas and had the opportunity to meet President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush … also got to meet Ted Nugent that evening as well …

So a bunch of us put together a basket of items and presented them to President Bush that evening … this was the cartoon that The Cartoon Cowboy gave to him … probably all boxed up in a warehouse somewhere? Like you see in the movies.

This was also the year that produced “GOAT RIDERS in the SKY”, but you may not be aware of it’s counterpart …

“THE FOUR PIGMEN of the APOCALYPSE” … a cartoon also inspired by Cowboy Artist, Rick McCumber …

… appearing in “THE FOUR PIGMEN”, left to right …

1. JP Rankin “The Cartoon Cowboy”
2. The Rick McCumber
3. Sky Shivers appearing with “Miss Kitty”
4. Jeff Gore

On a side note this is the same cartoon that was stolen by “Bill Miller’s BBQ in San Antonio” and used on a t-shirt.

They had some hack of an artist render their version of the “FOUR PIGMEN” and then put it in a t-shirt.

Needless to say – Bill Miller’s never returned my phone calls.

… and the year 2000

This was the first year that I did The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and was fortunate to meet a lot of fine artists, entertainers and all around good people.

A.W. Erwin had vacated his spot at San Antonio that year and was kind enough to put in a good word for me and I took over his spot that year …

I had also met Jeff Gore, Jean Prescott and Buck Reams, some fine guitar pickers …

… funny where inspiration comes from sometimes.

This is also I believe the debut appearance of The Pic-A-Dillos.

From 1999 … MORE TO LOVE ….

… 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?

From 1998 – “BOB WILLS IS STILL THE KING”

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

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/

This was about the time I had my dog Bingo …

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 …

…really like his work.

This a cartoon that I did in 2001 at The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.

It is a cartoon of a good friend of mine Rick McCumber who is one helluva Silversmith and Western Artist.

Check out his work at ….

http://www.rickmccumber.com/

Working on adding some color to a cartoon that I did in 2007.

Will update it as it progresses.

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 ….

“CHEEP BEER”

Posted: December 29, 2013 in Full Color
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“The two beers I like best are COLD and FREE”

John Wayne in TRUE GRIT as Rooster Cogburn

“FILL YOU HANDS YOU SON UV A BITCH”

This is one I did in 2003 and is a favorite of mine

This is one that I did in 2000 after a trip back from Disneyworld with my Wife and Kids.

I did not actually base mine off of Rockwell’s, but rather off of Mickey Mouse’s!

Mine features a few other famous cartoonist A-10 Etcheverry, Wally Badgett, Mad Jack Hanks and Mel Lothrop.

… another one from the cartoon series from 2007

POPEYE would have made one hell of a MMA fighter … jsia

… Strong to the finish!