Sketch O’The Week
July 6th, 2022 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Mother? It’s another classic horror icon subject for this week’s sketch… Anthony Perkins in his role as Norman Bates from the Alfred Hitchcock 1960 masterpiece “Psycho”! There are a lot of interesting facts about this film, here’s I few I learned about when researching the movie for the parody Desmond Devlin and I are doing in our CLAPTRAP book: Despite Hitchcock’s fame and the commercial success of his previous films, Paramount did not want to back “Psycho”, considering it to be a “sleazy horror movie”. As a result, Hitchcock had a shoestring budget to work with and was deferred a lot of the rights to the film. That’s why he shot it… READ MORE
June 29th, 2022 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
There have been a lot actors who have become iconic in the horror film world, but you would be hard pressed to name one who is more synonymous with the genre than the great Boris Karloff. His last film appearance was over fifty years ago, but he’s still the King of Horror, and he scared the hell out of audiences in the days where you couldn’t show blood or gore onscreen. READ MORE
June 15th, 2022 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s another subject I received multiple suggestions to draw as part of my “horror icons” series… Peter Cushing! The Hammer horror films of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s are beloved by horror film aficionados, and Cushing starred in many of them, playing many roles like Van Helsing and Dr. Frankenstein. Incidentally as I continue with my little horror film series of sketches, I’m going to try and draw the subjects in character from one of their more famous films or shows, even if that means drawing them in some form of makeup. I’m still going to avoid doing crazy prosthetics, but it’s more interesting to add the… READ MORE
June 8th, 2022 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m sure you are horrified to see I have done another horrible caricature of another horror film legend, the diminutive in height but not in stature Peter Lorre! The original of this was snapped up by one of The Inked Stained Wretch subscribers, so it won’t be in the store. READ MORE
June 1st, 2022 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
We continue our horror film themed “Sketch o’the Week” with a person that, while not very well known the the general public, is a beloved cult figure in the world of B-List horror film fans. Tor Johnson was a Swedish professional wrestler before became one of infamous director Ed Wood’s cast regulars, as well as appearing in many other B-films. In the comic book world, he’s equally famous as having appeared as himself in many of the early comics of my fellow MAD man Drew Friedman. READ MORE
May 25th, 2022 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
What hump? Our sketch subject this week is pronounced “Fronkensteen”! We continue our horror film inspired sketches with a lighthearted one of the late, great Gene Wilder as “Dr. Victor Frankenstein” from the Mel Brook’s classic “Young Frankenstein”. Terrific movie, great actor, fantastic performance. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. READ MORE
May 18th, 2022 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I sometimes do themes with my weekly sketch, like my ongoing “classic rock stars” series. I think I’m going to spend the next few weeks doing a series of horror film related, starting with the legendary father of horror himself, Vincent Price. I’m going to avoid doing horror characters in heavy makeup like Pinhead or Freddy Kruger, but instead do actors who are either famous for their work in horror films or as a famous character that does not involve a lot of prosthetics. READ MORE
May 11th, 2022 | Posted in Classic Rock Sketch Series
“Welcome to the Sketchbook, we got fun and games!” This week’s sketch subject is “Guns’n’Roses” frontman Axl Rose! “Appetite for Destruction” was released right in the middle of my time in art college, and got played relentlessly during a lot of all nighters when I was trying to wrap up school projects. I never did see them live though. READ MORE
