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April 2010 Blog Posts (72)
Lessons Learned At Procrastination Seminar
It was a week ago today that I spent the day in a procrastination seminar. It cost my wife $185 ("Money well spent," she told me). So, to save you $185, here are the four main things I got out of it:
• Ask yourself this question: What do I need to stop doing and start doing in order to succeed? (I told this… Continue
Added by Bob Boze Bell on April 30, 2010 at 9:55am — 5 Comments
Male Bird Tango
Every spring we have birds who start pecking on our windows. I read somewhere, perhaps in Clay Thompson's column in the Arizona Republic. that these are male birds who see themselves in the reflection and think it's a rival male trying to make time in their territory and so they peck at the reflection.
This year's annual male bird tango started more than two weeks ago and one bird in… Continue
Added by Bob Boze Bell on April 29, 2010 at 9:51am — 1 Comment
When a Younger Rode to Defeat Arizona-style Nativism
Born in Liberty, Missouri, Charles Bruce Younger Sr. was only twenty-three when he took a stab at killing the political campaign of his older cousin, Fontaine Talbott Fox. Their cousins in the future Younger Gang were yet in their teens.…
ContinueAdded by Eric James on April 29, 2010 at 9:33am — No Comments
Billy the Kid's First Press Conference
Worked last night on sketches for the Digging Up Billy the Kid cover illustration. I have great reference—thanks to Robert Ray—of a dead guy sitting up in his coffin and giving his first press conference:
That, and the other photos led me to here:…
Added by Bob Boze Bell on April 29, 2010 at 8:57am — 7 Comments
This Artist Has A Passion For Horses And Dogs
Added by Robert L. Heighes on April 29, 2010 at 3:00am — No Comments
The Very First Kick Off Party For Arizona's Centennial: 1912-2012
I think it's safe to say, that this will be a first. This coming Saturday we are going to start the Kick Off Party for Arizona's Statehood Centennial: 1912-2012. I am going to start this party at Pages Bookstore in Carefree. Here's the inside skinny from Pages:
Bob Boze Bell will entertain you at 2 p.m. with stories of the West and his own zany kick-off to the 2012 Arizona centennial celebration.
Seating is limited,… Continue
Added by Bob Boze Bell on April 28, 2010 at 5:01pm — No Comments
Half Dead Model Models Dead Billy
One of the advantages of almost dying is being able to mock up that look when needed. Case in point: I needed a good model to help me create a cover concept of Billy the Kid, freshly dug up and holding a press conference.
Robert Ray took this half dead model out in the back, behind our office and shot off a dozen shots. This is the best dead head look of the bunch, not very flattering, but definitely half dead:…
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Added by Bob Boze Bell on April 28, 2010 at 3:10pm — 2 Comments
How to Enjoy A Wench On A Sandbar
Got this in this morning from Chalfont St. Giles, Britain:
Bob ~ Something happen to your blog? -- it hasn't been updated for yonks, while your posts are available on the "Community" section of the TW website. No sweat, but I can't believe I'm the only one who noticed this. Incidentally, and I quote you ["take the anchor, out in a small boat and plant the sucker on the far side of the sand bar, take out the slack with a
wench, and then hand… Continue
Added by Bob Boze Bell on April 28, 2010 at 9:00am — 3 Comments
When You Look At This Artist's Work It's You See It With Kaleidoscope Eyes
Added by Robert L. Heighes on April 28, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments
Mickey Free: Headhunter
Went home for lunch and looked through my stack of 10,000 Bad Drawings sketchbooks and found this page of roughs from March 7, 2007:
This was right after Paul Hutton and I joined Bob Brink in New York to attend the annual New York Comic Con in February of 2007. No doubt inspired (or infected) by the mucho macho Manga…
ContinueAdded by Bob Boze Bell on April 27, 2010 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments
Buckaroo Fever
Just been watching some old movies and remembered reading somewhere maybe in TWMag ....the great explosion in all things cowboy during the 50's and 60's was called "Buckaroo Fever". Really makes me reminiscent for those days. Thank goodness we have DVD's. of old TV shows and movies.
I guess trying to watch some recent sitcoms triggered it. I couldn't imagine my parents seeing the vulgarity and sexual innuendo on TV today...geez!
Added by Danny Meadows on April 27, 2010 at 11:28am — No Comments
Steamboats Skimming The Colorado
Thanks to the Googling expertese of Meghan Saar, I finally located Richard Lingenfelter, the author of "Steamboats on the Colorado". He lives in San Diego and on the phone answered a critical question for me about one of the techniques that the early Steamboat pilots used to get over sandbars. When these intrepid men, like Jack Mellon, would encounter a sandbar they had several methods for getting over them (all they needed was two… Continue
Added by Bob Boze Bell on April 27, 2010 at 10:44am — 2 Comments
Belgium Westerns Fan Loves Joel McCrae
As I mentioned yesterday, we received a ten page letter from Belgium raving about Johnny Boggs' current column on "The Ten Best Westerns You've Never Seen."
Here is one of the pages from Peter Stadlbaur of Maubray, Belgium:
Johnny picked "Fort Massacre" (the title loosely in German, above) as his number…
ContinueAdded by Bob Boze Bell on April 27, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Site presents the Spicer Hearing
Added by Jen on April 27, 2010 at 8:35am — No Comments
This Artist Pours His Heart And Soul Into Every Project He Creates
Added by Robert L. Heighes on April 27, 2010 at 4:03am — No Comments
“Hidden Histories” Discovers Untold Stories of the Western LGBT Community
Added by John Trudell on April 26, 2010 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments
Toes Were The Days
Here are a couple photos from my art class last weekend. My first class at Vision Gallery showed up at ten. Here they are getting ready to draw:
The kid with the quick wit, John, is fifth from the left front. All of them were quite willing to bail in, especially when I told them to take off their shoes and draw with…
ContinueAdded by Bob Boze Bell on April 26, 2010 at 10:55am — 1 Comment
Clouds Everywhere You Look
One of the benefits of living on the high Sonoran Desert is looking out the front window and seeing some pretty spectacular clouds. For example, this is right out my kitchen window (although I did run out and shoot it from the driveway):
That's Ratcliff Ridge in the foreground, studded with a high stand of saguaros.…
ContinueAdded by Bob Boze Bell on April 26, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment
What would Jesse James' cousin, Dan James, do about Arizona ?
American’s iconic outlaw Jesse James had a modern day cousin who wrote movies and books using pseudonyms. One of the names he wrote under was Danny Santiago.…
ContinueAdded by Eric James on April 26, 2010 at 7:37am — No Comments
This Artist Went From The Printing Business To Wood Sculptures
Added by Robert L. Heighes on April 26, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments
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