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Old Favorite Off The Mark Cartoons
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This is the first off the mark cartoon ever published way back in 1987. It's currently the cover of my media kit, on a greeting card and was a best-selling T-shirt a few years back. (I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up on my gravestone.) |
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This cartoon, from 1992 and often described to me as "gross," has been another popular one. It appears on a best-selling greeting card,on T-shirts, and would have been on the cover of my calendar if the company did not go out of business right before it was released...but I'm not bitter. |
This is another one that will not die. It appears on a best-selling greeting card and has had many reprint requests. | |
From 1987, one of the first few I did, along with the Nails gag. I 'm not sure half of the papers I'm in now would publish this one. It has appeared on T-shirts and greeting cards. |
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I've toned down my work somewhat since this 1987 cartoon. I don't think I could get away with having a car parked on a dog in a family newspaper. A person, yes...a dog, no.
If I had it to do over, I would certainly continue drawing the car to Derek's right, and I'm not sure it even needs that caption along the bottom.
(By the way, I derived my logo from that poor squashed dog under the wheel.)
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I wasn't sure if this cartoon from 1988 would get me in trouble, but, as it turns out, it has been reprinted in publications for the Physically Challenged. | |
One of the first few I did, along with the Nails and TP gags, published in 1987, but drawn in 1986. I guess I was really into inanimate objects. It has appeared on T-shirts and greeting cards. And when I color an older, cruder-looking cartoon for products like that, I get to smooth out those rough edge |
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From 1988...one of my wife's favorites. A copy is hanging in my in-laws' bathroom. | |
I always liked this one because I thought of it while visiting Stonehenge. I kind of skimped a little on the amount of rock formations. |
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This cartoon from 1991 has always gotten a good response. I thought it was nothing special when I drew it. It seemed a bit too obvious an idea to me. I may have been right since I have now seen it done a few times by others. |
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This cartoon from 1989 was a lot of fun to do. I think you had to see the original commercial to really understand it. |
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This is a very early one published in 1987. A skating club contacted me to use this for their sweatshirts. |
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This cartoon is from 1988. Even though the snake is referred to as "he," I named him Alice...after Alice Cooper. | |
An '87 cartoon. My drawing style had not yet congealed. And now that I look at it, I think the daughter-in-law has an awfully long neck. |
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Another '87 cartoon. This one led to a complaint from an editor. Gee, I can't imagine why. I would not submit this cartoon these days since I've become more sensitive to what readers will tolerate. |
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This one from 1991 is my first "monster walking through the city" cartoon. And, for better or for worse, there were a lot more to follow. (To see more Zilla Monser cartoons, click here.) |
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This rather roughly drawn cartoon from 1987 is probably a bit too risque for the average family paper. | |
Here is the same cartoon redrawn for a greeting card. The difference is striking and makes me realize how far my drawing has come. But, sometimes, I like the old, crude one better. |
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My first Christmas cartoon. Sometimes a good violent drawing helps put one in a festive mood. |