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This is the recent cover illustration I did for Allen Forkum's "Automotive Report".
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This is the recent cover illustration I did for Allen Forkum's "Automotive Report".
Thanks everybody. I'll do this once again down the line.
I've e-mailed the winner and let him know he is the proud owner of a bit of blogoshpere history.
Well, it's been 233 years since the world's greatest de-pantsing and we're still rockin' in the free world! HAVE A HAPPY FOURTH, MY FELLOW YANKEE DOODLERS!
Recently finished this job for Direct Brands. The art director took my original pencil rough and played with it in Photoshop to give me an idea of the final design incorporating the cover graphics. From there I can go to finish and make the illustration as eye-catching as possible.
Sylvia Cross, the gallery owner at 120 Sycamore Place here in Decatur, thought it would be fun to fill the gallery space with roughly 140 of the caricatures I've done over the years. The opening was July 4th and the visitors got a kick out of all the different personalites I've lampooned. Not many sales, but the vibe was very appropriate to such a loose and unconventional group of work.
I put the pieces up for sale at $100 each. You can find almost all of them on the old Cox and Forkum site at the Newsmaker caricature button and at this site's caricature archives. If there are any takers out there, e-mail me your choice. If it's available, I'll let you know and I'll be happy to send it along.
As much as I'm enjoying the activity on the comment threads, I'm having a hard time getting my own comments to appear on even given post. Apparently, my comment posts are being sent back to me for my own okay. HUUH? So, if it my lack of commenter responses seems aloof, that is not the case. If there's anyone out there who has experienced this problem (MoveableType), I'd sure like to hear a solution.
UPDATE Been messing around with it and now I'm able to comment.YEEAAY!
48" x 48"
oil on canvas
$750
This is my most recent painting that's part of the "Southern Gothic" theme I've been working on.
This the work I did for Automotive Report, August issue. I was asked to go for Flagg's take on Uncle Sam.
48" x 36"
oil on canvas
$625
A recent addition to my new body of work.
Remember, people, brevity counts.
"OBJECTIVE JOURNALISM AND AN OPINION COLUMN ARE ABOUT AS SIMILAR AS THE BIBLE AND PLAYBOY MAGAZINE."
-Walter Cronkite-
"THAT'S IT. IF I'VE LOST CRONKITE, I'VE LOST MIDDLE AMERICA."
-Lyndon B. Johnson-
When I was young kid in the 60's and 70's, Walter Cronkite seemed to me the only newsman in existence. As if our television was his personal pipeline into our house.
A thankful shout-out goes to Sid Stafford for this suggestion.
9" x 5"
graphite on paper
I came across this little graphite study as I went through a few boxes of older drawings. I think this could be a fun oil on canvas if I do it large, maybe 72" x 40". Really says "summer" to me.
7:30 AM, LAST TUESDAY.
MELLISSA LOOPNER TOLD ME THAT TIA KUPCHEK IS BLEACHING HER PUBES!! I KNOW MELISSA HAS GYM CLASS WITH HER, SO SHE CAN'T BE MAKING IT UP.
TOTALLY GROSS!!
This is the most recent toon Allen and I did for the August issue of Allen's paper.
Let's be skeptical of ObamaCare, people.
In 1994,Christopher Buckley inflicted his satiric wit on the cigarette industry. I just finished reading this novel. Very, very funny. Very dark.
This is an illustration I constructed from a photo I took and then messed with in Photoshop.
Speedster Ricky Henderson was inducted into Cooperstown this weekend with some larcenous numbers:
* 1,406 stolen bases
* 2,295 runs scored
* 2,129 unintentional walks
* 81 homers leading off a ballgame.
This guy made thievery a beautiful science.
John Cox is a painter, cartoonist, and illustrator for hire. For information about purchasing existing work or commissioning new work, contact him by e-mail at john555cox [at] hotmail.com.
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