Raquel Welch

 

My Favorite Monsters

 I did this series of some of my favorite movie monsters (et al) for an upcoming art show, NERD ALERT II (co-hosted with my pal, Matt Caputo)... From the top: the xenomorph from Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece, ALIEN, Norma Bates from Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960, oh also, SPOILER ALERT!), the Bride from James Whale's THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935), Good ol' Brucie from Steven Spielberg's JAWS (1975), Count Orlok from F.W. Murnau's NOSFERATU (1922, a hundred goddamn years ago!!), and finally the demon Pazuzu from William Friedkin's THE EXORCIST (1973). 

The Alien piece is sold already, the others (they measure 3.5 x 5") will be available at the NERD ALERT II show (at the PS Wine Bar at Pet Shop in Jersey City, running November 4-6 only!), and whatever doesn't sell will be going up on the Etsy shop after that. 

Yellow Submarine

 I did this piece as a birthday gift for my friend, John. I combined elements from four different sources and the background is in fluorescent inks (which you can't tell, but I swear it's true!). 

The Flaming Teen-Age

 Recreation of the text-heavy poster for the 1956 exploitation film, THE FLAMING TEEN-AGE, a true unvarnished confession of a juvenile delinquent! Can you imagine? 

The Empire Strikes Back Wrapper Redux

Another Wrapper Redux (or Wredux, if you will). 

WRAPPER REDUX SERIES III

Some months back, I decided I was done doing Lichtensteinian redrawings of other people's artwork because as much as I enjoy doing it, it wasn't the most creative work. WELL, SCRATCH THAT, HUMANS, HERE'S 13 MORE OF THESE. As with the other Wrapper Redux (or "Wredux," depending on how alliterative I'm feeling at the moment), are available for sale (original art) at the Tough Guy Goods Etsy shoppe.  

Topps Baseball 1972 Series

Topps Batman 1966 (one of many wrappers for this series)

Fleer Official Drag Champs 1972

Topps Frankenstein Stickers 1966

Topps Kung-Fu 1973

Topps Monster Initial Stickers 1973

Leaf The Munsters 1964

Topps Return of the Jedi, 1983

Topps The Six Million Dollar Man, 1974

Topps Supergirl, 1984

Philadelphia Chewing Gum Co. Super Hero Stickers, 1967

Topps Superman III, 1983

Topps Tarzan 3D Picture Cards, 1953

Agent Jeffries Stardust

A mashup of David Bowie's character from TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, Agent Jeffries, with his character Ziggy Stardust. 

 

Star Wars Trading Card Wrapper Redux

 

Star Trek Trading Card Wrapper Redux

Wrapper Redux Series 2! All New!

 Yeah, I did another round of these things... to be blunt, doing reinterpretations of existing artwork has been about all I've been able to mentally handle during the pandemic. I'm a bit wiped. But, hey, they're fun! So... yeah (four new Star Wars and Star Trek wrappers are posted separately). 
Again, most of these are available in the ToughGuyGoods ETSY Store... 

Batwrapper '66

 

Trading Card Wrappers Redux

 A series of drawings of vintage (mostly Topps) trading card and sticker wrappers, a project that kind of snowballed out of control. Gee, I wonder if I'll ever go back to drawing new stuff out of my own head instead of just doing reinterpretations (and these are mostly pretty literal) of existing things in the universe? WHO KNOWS, WE'RE LIVING DURING END TIMES! 

(Note: In case we survive, the above sentence refers to the Covid-19 Pandemic, which, as of this posting, is in its fifth month with no signs of stopping. I've been doing a lot of art to keep myself busy, but don't have the mental wherewithal to be overly creative, hence dozens of Lichtensteinian work that I've been posting here. Man, that's way more info than you needed, isn't it, Internet?). 

Most of the original artwork for these pieces are available at my Etsy store, ToughGuyGoods. And other stuff, too! 

Springtime for Batman #2

Some Days You Just Can't Get Rid of a Bomb

Perhaps the most oft-quoted line from the 1966 theatrical BATMAN movie starring Adam West and Burt Ward, "Some days you just can't rid of a bomb!" just lends itself to artistic interpretation. I'm not the first person to do this, and I guarantee I won't be the last.