Tag: caricature
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Luke Harper WWE Caricature
Haven’t done a WWE caricature cartoon in a while so this one goes out to Luke Harper (aka Jon Huber). He always wears a dingy sleeveless shirt. WWE needs to make him a his own wrestling shirt in their shop that says “this IS my clean shirt”
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George RR Martin finishes new book – 2016
George RR Martin, the author of the Game of Thrones series, is known not to be sentimental about leading characters in his books. In fact he is known to kill off a few of your favorites regularly. Which got me thinking. With all the celebrity deaths in 2016, did good old George write that book?
Hoping 2017 is a good year for all of you (and celebrities).
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Ken Bone
Ken Bone and his red sweater are getting his 15 minutes of fame. After supposedly splitting the pants on his nice gray suit, Ken grabbed his “Plan B” outfit of a nice shirt and his red sweater before heading out to last Sunday’s Presidential Debate. Since then, he has been the subject of memes, Halloween Costumes and media adoration. Ken, you certainly are “Bad to the BONE”
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James Ellsworth Cartoon
My latest caricature study is that of one James Ellsworth. Now that Heath Slater has been signed to the WWE Smackdown brand, the hottest free agent in the wrestling biz is James.
James is what is known as a jobber in the wrestling business. A jobber is typically local talent when a wrestling promotion comes to a town, who is thrown into an obviously mismatched match to make a regular wrestler look strong. Typically, you never hear from or see these guys again. Let me clarify, typically you never hear from them in the first place. Jobbers are usually waiting in the ring just waiting to be squashed.
But James was given mic time before his match to utter the phrase, “Every man with two hands has a fighting chance”. He then went on to be obliterated by the much larger Braun Stroman (see pics at WWE.com). There was something magical about this jobber and wrestling fans went nuts for him (see here and here)
The WWE listened and brought James back in this past week for another comedic bit which continues to go over well. So hats off to you James, and keep your chin up!!!
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Vanessa Ives – Penny Dreadful
Vanessa Ives, played by Eva Green, is a central figure in Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful” Series. For those not familiar, the series puts all of famous monsters from literature (Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, Werewolf, Dr Jekyll, Dracula) in Victorian London (yet in this season, the central characters have been pushed out to their own story lines outside of London in many cases).
Eva Green’s portrayal of Vanessa Ives can be both chilling and make you feel bad for her. In this season, Dracula is playing the long game to get her into his lair. Yet as good as the series is, it seems to get no love in the first two seasons from the Emmys. And it hasn’t gone unnoticed (see here and here)
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Last week of the challenge. Adding $32 to the running count as I got 7 more twitter followers and 25 more FB followers.
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The Anatomy of Hillary Clinton
I have been poking fun at the right for a while so it is time for Hillary Clinton and the left to get their turn. In case you missed my Anatomy of Ted Cruz, it is here.
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Charity Challenge Week 2 Results
Speaking of love, my biggest efforts in the charity challenge are usually Google Plus. With the changes to their system, I have noticed over the last 6 months that engagement is down considerably. Last year in the first week I had 545 new followers there. This year, a measly 1 net new follower. Maybe it is becoming the ghost town everyone claimed it to be. But not giving up and thanks for all those who support the efforts each year.
Cartoonist using “Bearman” in their cartoons ($10 each):
- Jon Esparza of Johns Crazy Stuff
Blog about the Challenge ($5 each):
- Bill Murphy of Casually Employed
- Peter Marinacci of Wombania
New Google Plus, Facebook, Twitter Followers ($1 each)
- 10 Google Plus
- 0 Facebook
- 7 Twitter
Week 2 Total of $37 and Grand Total of $118!!
Find out how you can support the Charity Challenge at no cost to you here.
Let me know if I missed anyone.
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Xavier Woods UpUpDownDown
Xavier Woods is the stage name of WWE Wrestler, Austin Watson. So of course my non WWE followers won’t get the caricature reference. Xavier loves video games and comics, so I figured who else would make a great cartoon than him. His web video series “UpUpDownDown” has him providing hilarious commentary as he plays video games with or against his WWE and other friends.
Xavier is also known for his hair. While he tends to mostly wear it in a low man bun, for special events he has been known to do some crazy stuff including an homage to Rufio from the movie Hook at one PPV.
So in my homage to Xavier and in honor of UpUpDownDown, he got the caricature treatment of an UpdoUpdoDowndoDowndo.
Charity Challenge still going on…Click here for details
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RIP Prince
RIP Prince. The words “It’s such a shame our friendship had to end” from Purple Rain is such a fitting sentiment. Another childhood icon gone too soon.
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The Anatomy of Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz, the only presidential candidate that I haven’t poked fun at directly gets his treatment today. Let’s take a look at the Anatomy of Ted Cruz together. As the Republican Party is now looking for any alternative than Donald Trump, Ted Cruz is preening and Jeb Bush is kicking himself for not staying in the race.