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I see Lance is going to be on the cover of MAD, so I was digging up some old MAD magazines, also some old cycling magazines with Lance on the cover... Then I ran across these....
I see Lance is going to be on the cover of MAD, so I was digging up some old MAD magazines, also some old cycling magazines with Lance on the cover... Then I ran across these....
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Nope, decidedly Unamerican and probably quite unborn when thesr were made, but cool pics nonetheless, thanks for sharing!
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Robbie, you ol' racer heads are all alike. The passion to compete never dies. It's like Johnny Cash's song, "Ring of Fire."
Funny Related Story:
Recently I caught up with an older gentleman in his mid '70s riding a mid '80s Univega, equipped with downtube friction shifters, cantis, and a nice Sugino triple. Turns out he moved in a few months back about a mile from the house. We were almost home, so I stopped and chatted. We decided to go for a ride this week.
Soon after we started out, and after he gave me a full rundown on all his ailments (should have charted them), he began telling me about his racing career. Despite his current slow pace and consistent use of granny to climb any hill (which made sense to me), he needed to let me know that he was a racer, "...back in the day."
Well, I thought spending 10-15 minutes on his racing career near the beginning of the ride would suffice so I changed the subject. But as often as I reached for my Suntour Barcons to change a gear, he'd backtrack to racing again!
It was rather amusing and bless his heart for still being out riding. I tip my hat to him! But the racer blood in him, is like the Ring of Fire! It still "burns, burns, burns!"
P.S. He also made a point to tell me many times the Univega was his "winter bike." His real ride is a 2002 Bianchi. "The last steel Bianchi." Apparently it is equipped with 9 speed Campagnolo Veloce.
Funny Related Story:
Recently I caught up with an older gentleman in his mid '70s riding a mid '80s Univega, equipped with downtube friction shifters, cantis, and a nice Sugino triple. Turns out he moved in a few months back about a mile from the house. We were almost home, so I stopped and chatted. We decided to go for a ride this week.
Soon after we started out, and after he gave me a full rundown on all his ailments (should have charted them), he began telling me about his racing career. Despite his current slow pace and consistent use of granny to climb any hill (which made sense to me), he needed to let me know that he was a racer, "...back in the day."
Well, I thought spending 10-15 minutes on his racing career near the beginning of the ride would suffice so I changed the subject. But as often as I reached for my Suntour Barcons to change a gear, he'd backtrack to racing again!
It was rather amusing and bless his heart for still being out riding. I tip my hat to him! But the racer blood in him, is like the Ring of Fire! It still "burns, burns, burns!"
P.S. He also made a point to tell me many times the Univega was his "winter bike." His real ride is a 2002 Bianchi. "The last steel Bianchi." Apparently it is equipped with 9 speed Campagnolo Veloce.
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Maybe I'll scan and post the comic books. It was part of the cycling "underground" culture back then.
There's a pretty cool picture on the back of one, with a guy riding about a 65cm Pinarello, pink, leading a pack.
There's a pretty cool picture on the back of one, with a guy riding about a 65cm Pinarello, pink, leading a pack.
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I'd still like to see some interior pages from those books. I like looking at comic art. Showing stuff like that to me is like discussing insurance claims with RobbieTunes.
A sketch or two (these are very quick 20 min things) from a bicycle/zombie project. They're not meant to be printed, but are part of the idea process:
There's a pile of these somewhere in the studio.
I did this for free for a local bike race, big mistake:
The last is a bit outside of my usual style (bordering on realism, not my usual thing). Thanks for the kind comments comparing me to Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes). He is an amazing cartoonist, with a real sense of the body in motion as well as one of the most fluid brush lines I have ever seen. He is also far better than I am, but this is best explained over many beers. That guy is so good in ways no one ever realizes; his panel to panel composition is subtle, clear, and utterly brilliant. He's the kind of cartoonist other cartoonists rhapsodise about. His bike cartoons are great (there are a small number of them, he's a rider).
I'm actually putting together a book right now, but I hate the digital prep part of my work, which is why I am off to draw up a frontispiece (and why I've been on the board a bit this AM).
A sketch or two (these are very quick 20 min things) from a bicycle/zombie project. They're not meant to be printed, but are part of the idea process:
There's a pile of these somewhere in the studio.
I did this for free for a local bike race, big mistake:
The last is a bit outside of my usual style (bordering on realism, not my usual thing). Thanks for the kind comments comparing me to Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes). He is an amazing cartoonist, with a real sense of the body in motion as well as one of the most fluid brush lines I have ever seen. He is also far better than I am, but this is best explained over many beers. That guy is so good in ways no one ever realizes; his panel to panel composition is subtle, clear, and utterly brilliant. He's the kind of cartoonist other cartoonists rhapsodise about. His bike cartoons are great (there are a small number of them, he's a rider).
I'm actually putting together a book right now, but I hate the digital prep part of my work, which is why I am off to draw up a frontispiece (and why I've been on the board a bit this AM).
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Very timely thread. I was just loaned an original copy of Sproketman. Drawn in 1976 by a Stanford pre-med student promoting cycling safety. Pretty cool! Anyone ever hear of the comic book (which looks like it only ran for two issues)?
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My thoughts immediately when I saw it. Like one of his fantasy trips.
Kind of brings back the days of Competitive Cycling and correspondent Chuck U. Farley.
Kind of brings back the days of Competitive Cycling and correspondent Chuck U. Farley.
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The hero of the second story in the first issue is Grant Peterson.....
Maybe I should scan and post each story, in order, like the one above.
I will have to leave one story out, it's a romance, and the architecture appears proper.
Maybe I should scan and post each story, in order, like the one above.
I will have to leave one story out, it's a romance, and the architecture appears proper.
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Art dates it a bit; that's a real Steranko/Kirby influence there. I'd guess eighties. I think I see some Steranko swipes on the first cover.
Steranko, for the uninitiated/unwashed:
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Back in the late 1980s, The Ten Speed Commandments was popular humor for the avid cyclist.
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I was into Freewheelin' Franklin...
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Hilarious. I guess Grant hadn't discovered Sandals or Sambas at this early date, but those geeky knee socks sure are a givaway. I love the second panel, where the race referee appears to be approximately 9 feet tall and the racers all look like they are 3 foot eight (Grant Peterson's true height revealed, let's leave the other thread in the dark on this one.). Not that I haven't made similar mistakes my own bad self...
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Fat Freddy's cat was my fave. Like Harold Hedd, also. Here's a relevant Freewheelin' Franklin pane. Think I just found my new avatar.
Freaks by CV6Enterprises, on Flickr
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When you're talking Gilbert Shelton (creator of freak bros.), Wonder Warthog is his greatest creation IMHO:
There's a memorable one where a little kid is crying because his moped can't keep up with Japanese made Fastass Sumbichis. Wonder challenges the Fastass Sumbichi riders to a race, and pedals the moped so fast the Fastass Sumbichi riders think their motorcycles have stopped and get off to see what is wrong....
There's a memorable one where a little kid is crying because his moped can't keep up with Japanese made Fastass Sumbichis. Wonder challenges the Fastass Sumbichi riders to a race, and pedals the moped so fast the Fastass Sumbichi riders think their motorcycles have stopped and get off to see what is wrong....
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