February 2012 Blog Posts (45)

February 29, 2012

Woke up this morning and it was a tad nippy for Arizona (low fifties) so started a fire in my Big Bug Creek studio stove and hunkered down to noodle some sketches for Paul Hutton's centennial piece wherein he makes a case for the roadrunner being a perfect mascot and metaphor for New Mexico. Actually, he contrasts and compares, what he calls, "The Badass Roadrunner" and Chuck Jone's famous roadrunner (Beep! Beep!). Here's a quick sketch and layout I…

February 29, 2012

Woke up this morning and it was a tad nippy for Arizona (low fifties) so started a fire in my Big Bug Creek studio stove and hunkered down to noodle some sketches for Paul Hutton's centennial piece wherein he makes a case for the roadrunner being a perfect mascot and metaphor for New Mexico. Actually, he contrasts and compares, what he calls, "The Badass Roadrunner" and Chuck Jone's famous roadrunner (Beep! Beep!). Here's a quick sketch and layout I…

February 28, 2012

Big weather, lots of wind and dust yesterday, sprinkles overnight. On my way into work this morning, I got a call from Juni Fisher who woke up to four inches of snow in Prescott. We were supposed to have breakfast here in Cave Creek, but she's running late.

Over the weekend I scored a postcard of an early Hollywood eatery where Wyatt Earp had lunch with several Western stars in the 1920s.

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February 27, 2012

Worked most of the weekend on Bob Paul images. Here is number 19:

And here's Bob Paul number 20:

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Here is another disappointment for those of us hoping for a blockbuster western.  I had high hopes for this one given that Val Kilmer was in on the project.  It will be available on March 6, this year on DVD - not in theatres.

I watched the trailer today and it seems like a good western tale, loosely based on the real life killing of Dora Hand in Dodge City.  It seems Wyatt had a thing for Dora and he heads off with a posse that includes Doc Holliday to go after the culprit,…

February 24, 2012

About a decade ago, right after we first bought the magazine, I motored down to Tubac for a historical weekend and encountered Mary Hartless, who had an authentic 1880s camera. Inspired, and utilizing the people on hand, she helped me art direct a faux tin type of Billy the Kid with his wife Paulita and their two kids.

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February 23, 2012

Western lovers take note: NBC has cast a new pilot The Frontier being billed as a "Western drama."

Meanwhile, Here's an update on the filming of The Lone Ranger near Silver City, New Mexico. According to our source, the production was postponed because Johnny Depp had personal issues, so that set things back by about ten days. Our good friend Jim "The Trainman" Clark is doing all the train sequences and according to our…

February 23, 2012

Here is our proud staff in front of the True West World Headquarters in Cave Creek, Arizona. We're just east of the Dairy Queen and a wee bit west of the Horny Toad. Please come see us and I'll give you the official tour.

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Yeah, and you might end up shooting yourself in the back. Great article.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22/fire-gun-in-space-what-would-happen_n_1293926.html

OK, who will be the first author to write a Western space novel? I can see one now...Jesse James in Space.

Move over Wyatt Earp. About two galaxies.

February 22, 2012

Still noodling Sheriff Bob Paul images. Here's a scratchboard image I whipped out this morning before I came into work:

Had lunch with the actor Peter Brown, along with with two friends of his at Tonto Bar & Grill. The friends are…

February 21, 2012

Still fretting over my cover assignment for John Boessenecker. So far, I haven't captured the massive frame of my sitter, but I'm getting there.

Last weekend in Wickenburg I met a guy at the parade who is almost exactly the proportions of lanky Sheriff Bob Paul. That is—six foot four and 270 pounds. I wanted to see how that massive of a guy would stand up to next to a Winchester. While the guy was not too thrilled about me taking his…

February 20, 2012

The True West motorcade made it's way through Wickenburg last Saturday past record crowds at the Gold Rush Parade. Here you can see the official True West extended-Checker Cab limo with my not-so-secret service escorts. I'm at the back of the car, in the green shirt, waving, in this very Zapruder-style photo.

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Dear Friends, Family and Fans,

The next Stan Lynde Cartoon feature "Character Counts!" makes a point about our early U.S. president's integrity in politics and what we too often witness in the political arena today.  Here is the link http://stanlyndeauthor.com/?page_id=1314.  Comments are always welcome.…

February 17, 2012

Still perusing the 16 issues of the Razz I received yesterday. My cartoon character, the Doper Roper, loped through each and ever issue, and it was interesting to look at all these years later. For one thing the writing is very weak (I thought it was so hip at the time), but there are a couple of action sequence that actually track in a decent way. Like this sequence where the Doper Roper encounters a hippy who can turn himself into a…

February 17, 2012

Working on an idea I've had for some time. What if the real Wyatt Earp ran into an Old West re-enactor in Vegas at Cowboy Christmas? What would the Sass-head say to the infamous lawman and legendary Westerner? I think I know:

Meanwhile, the…

February 16, 2012

Thanks to Kathy, I bagged a complete set of Razz Revues off ebay. Only set me back $275. In the first editorial, called "Regurgitation" I wrote, "On June 28th, 1972, we decided to produce something that would be a collector's item and worth a lot of money someday. We haven't decided what yet. In the meantime we created and published the first issue of Razz Revue."

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