Adam Koford: Postcard Detective

Adam Koford is a cartoonist and writer whose clients include Warner Brothers, Disney, American Greetings, Mad Magazine, Hasbro and more. As busy a creative guy that Adam is, he still makes time for fun projects.

Adam Koford has begun a series of cartoons at his Instagram. He is going through old postcards and drawing up what he has researched and/or imagined. Easier to show you rather than tell you. This is a great idea and involves some detective work (Who were these people writing these postcards? What was really going on?) and some really fun cartoon results. My thanks to Adam for permission to share this. 

Adam Koford's Instagram is here.

CARICATOUR #1 May 1968 Part Two of Two

This is the second part of a full scan of the satirical magazine CARICATOUR #1, May, 1968. Part one is here. This short-lived magazine was published by Art Pottier. It's copyright 1968 by Contemporary Publications, Inc.

Highlights include the back page drawing by Lugoze of LBJ walking arm in arm with Eartha Kitt, while Lady Bird scowls, as well as the above MGM Studios cheesecake shot of Sharon Tate. ("This picture is not connected to any specific news event as Vietnam, the U.S. Pueblo, race riots, taxes, strike, L.B.J., etc. And that's just one good reason why we print it.") Ms Tate, sadly, is now not remembered for her movie career. The next to last page has another Lugoze work of art: a nude of Everett Dirksen, Republican senator from Illinois. The quote, "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money," is attributed to him.

Other cartoonists include Louis Nitka, Marcelo Rodriguez, David Pascal, Mike Hodgson, Henry Martin, and Art Pottier

 

 

 

 

 

Part one is here.

CARICATOUR #1 May 1968 Part One of Two

CARICATOUR #1, "Put-downs and put-ons on what's up," was a short-lived satirical magazine published by Art Pottier. This is the first issue, dated May, 1968, and it's copyright 1968 by Contemporary Publications, Inc.

The highlights include Charlie Rodrigues' "Allen Ginsberg for President! Bob Dylan for Vice President" centerfold feature (at the bottom of the page), as well as the above uncredited PEANUTS Spoof, "Chestnuts."

Despite so-so production values (B&W newsprint with a newsprint two-tone cover), the roster of great cartoonists who contribute is top flight: Legoze (Luis Goyenechea, the South American cartoonist who drew the terrific cover); New Yorker gag cartoonists Sid Harris, Ed Fisher, and Al Ross; Jules Feiffer; and veteran cartoonist Charlie Rodrigues (Cracked, New Yorker, National Lampoon, Stereo Review, etc.); international cartoonists such as Nitka, Mahood (The Times - London), Picha (Belgium), Waite (The Times - London); as well as Art Pottier (Cracked), himself.

This is the first of 2 parts. This was originally from the collection of the one and only cartoonist extraordinaire Don Orehek.

 

 -- This is an edited version of a blog entry of September 20, 2010.

Charley Harper Illustrations

Every year I make sure and buy the Charley Harper calendar. Its a tradition. I keep it nailed up in the kitchen, by the door, so I can see it as I go in and out. I love his humorous and graphically geometric approach to depicting nature, particularly birds. 

From his official bio: 

"Charley Harper (August 4, 1922–June 10, 2007) had an alternative way of looking at nature. His serigraphs were large expanses of rich color, which gave the viewer a very different perspective on the animal kingdom. A conservationist as well as an artist, Harper revealed the unique aspects of his wildlife subjects through highly stylized geometric reduction. Harper said he was 'the only wildlife artist who has never been compared to Audubon,' yet his wildlife art was just as instructive—the only difference was that Harper laced his lessons with humor. Harper believed that humor made it easier to encourage changes in our attitudes and awareness of environmental concerns."

 Here are some early examples of his illustration work from the books Tin Lizzie (1955) and Dinner for Two (1958 edition). He was developing his style here. This is all thanks to the Charley Harper Prints site. 

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Charley Harper in Ford Times Magazine 1961 - 1965