This is something I created using my actual illustrations (man and sledge hammer) combined with some Photoshop magic. "Iron Horse" would be a collection of tall tales from the American frontier.
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This is something I created using my actual illustrations (man and sledge hammer) combined with some Photoshop magic. "Iron Horse" would be a collection of tall tales from the American frontier.
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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Comments (29)
Has a kind of "Mark VII" appeal to it.
Posted by GarandFan | December 15, 2009 7:37 PM
Posted on December 15, 2009 19:37
John, I love it. One question: Is the road in the background a road or rail?
By the way, the series would look great as a collectible series of leather bound books.
Posted by Tom Wms. | December 16, 2009 11:56 AM
Posted on December 16, 2009 11:56
Hey Tom
It's railroad. Out of focus, the ties look solid like a road.
Posted by john cox | December 16, 2009 2:38 PM
Posted on December 16, 2009 14:38
The MK VIIs (Cougars, & T-Birds) were the last of the F/L/M's that I liked.
That HAS to be John Henry.
Oh, for the days when they made tools with that much pride & character. I have an old 16# sledge (well, what's left of it--maybe 14 pounds or so) I used with my father as kid. Before he passed away, he thought of replacing it--& the new ones were made with such soft garbage metal he just put a new handle in the old one. Now it's darned near impossible to find replacement handles.
Posted by Terwiliger | December 16, 2009 4:41 PM
Posted on December 16, 2009 16:41
By Mark VII, this is what came to mind (on seeing the sledgehammer).
Probably dates me now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akMrmMtVlms
Posted by GarandFan | December 16, 2009 9:35 PM
Posted on December 16, 2009 21:35
OOPS!
I think the hammer looks like the insert of the Lincoln MK VII grill & the headlight surrounds (I wonder if FMC had the production company "action logo" in mind when they designed it).
I was 12 or so when that company closed down. We watched very little TV then--I spent as much time as I could outdoors, & when I was inside, I was too restless to just sit & watch--& back then, kids didn't rule the roost. If you watched at all, you watched what your parents were watching.
Posted by Terwiliger | December 17, 2009 11:48 AM
Posted on December 17, 2009 11:48
"If you watched at all, you watched what your parents were watching."
This will really date me:
"Victory at Sea"
"Milton Berle"
"Jack Benny"
"See it Now"
Posted by GarandFan | December 18, 2009 10:51 AM
Posted on December 18, 2009 10:51
Oh, yeah, how could I forget.
"Howdy Doody"
Posted by GarandFan | December 18, 2009 10:52 AM
Posted on December 18, 2009 10:52
My parents watched the 6 o'clock news, Lawrence Welk, Hee Haw, Dean Martin reruns... "variety" stuff. They thought most 70s dramas & sit-coms were too over-the-top (I just LOVE explaining sit-com jokes to my mother now).
I consider that payback for all of the Liberace specials she made me watch as she tried to persuade me to take piano lessons. If she'd have played some Ray Bryant or Art Tatum instead, I'd have been down with it.
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