FORTUNA WEEK 2O12, K & L

FORTUNA WEEK 2O12, I & J

FORTUNA WEEK 2O12, G & H

FORTUNA WEEK 2O12, E & F

FORTUNA WEEK 2O12, C & D

FORTUNA WEEK 2O12, A & B

This year, there are 6 cards with the

same theme: Film-Making ! Here

are sides A & B, with the original

art for side A. As usual, things

do not always look as good

shrunken down as they

do full-size, so I had to

re-letter to clarify.

3 WISE MEN

Pastel for my Grandparents done in

1990; simple in concept & execution.

I was a smoker @ the time and literally

used a pack of Camel cigs as reference

for the animals here. This piece became

a night light, left on in a hallway, up

until my Grandparents passed away

and it was inherited by my folks...

who shoved it behind the water

heater in the basement, adding

cobwebs to the story...

GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST, 1945

Pop-Pop in the Phillipines,

World War II. Minimalist

Art-Department did a nice

job considering the crappy

conditions. Would love to

have seen the dark-room

they set up to process

film of homesick G.I.s

SITT'N ON SANTA'S LAP !

Here I am, little Lysdexicuss,

circa 1972. I would be asking

him for a few Mego Super-Hero

dolls, of course. And maybe a

shiny yellow Tonka !

Next up on the lap, early 1990's,

my Niece & Nephew, with Power

Rangers, Ninja Turtles, and an

American Girl Doll on their

minds.

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 20 & 21

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 18 & 19

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 16 & 17

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 14 & 15

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 12 & 13

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 10 & 11

ATTACK

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 8 & 9

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 6 & 7

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 4 & 5

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 2 &3

TWAS THE NITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, COVER PAGE ONE

For the next 12 nights until X-Mas

Eve I will be posting an Original

Interpretation of this Classic Tale.

If you are an Animal Lover (or just

an Animal !), this may be of some

interest. The Main Character is

a loose rendition of my own

Pop; the Granma character

is in no way representative

of my Ma ! (disclaimer

necessary !!) So here

we go~ with the

cover & page

one:

HOMEMADE X-MAS CARDS, CAN U SUPPLY A PUNCHLINE ?!

Could not find the original

punchline to the homemade

Christmas card directly

below... It was short &

sweet, I think, hand-

written inside each

cardstock print.

Can you think up

a funny punchline

for it ? I will post EVERY

response and even illustrate

imagery if required. Thanx !

Now this next card I found in

my dusty ol' box of artistic

endeavors does have a

punchline~ which~

though a tad abstract,

appears more applicable

here in 2o11 than when I

busted it out in the Mid-

1990's !! The hand-written

message was only in this

particular copy, which

was returned to sender

(me) because Louis

DeAngelis moved

to a different

apartment !

Otherwise

I would have

no record and/or

zero recollection

of this X-Mas offering:

MUGSY MALONE EATS SANTA'S COOKIES, LINE-ART

SITTING WITH SANTA CLAUS...

Busy archiving the Family's old

photos, I came across these two

of my Sister sitting with Ol' Saint

Nick on two separate occasions

in the early 1960's...