Happy 2009 America!

2009

A New Year & A New Era!

Happy New Year From Michael Doret and Laura Smith!

Images © copyright Michael Doret and Laura Smith

Michael Doret and Laura Lynn Smith sent me a New Year's Greeting!

This was their last year's card:

Blippo!

Copyright © Michael Doret

Michael Doret sent me a jpeg of his Blippo Type Treatment for the Doug Johnson Cover of the 1972 Manhattan Yellow Pages (and the other burroughs) on my previous posting.

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Influenza! Doug Johnson

Images copyright © Doug Johnson.

All rights reserved.

When I started out as an illustrator I met one of my heroes, illustrator, Doug Johnson in Austin, Texas at illustrator, Larry McEntire's Studio . Doug Johnson was one of the best illustrators around in the 70's and 80's. He had that uniqueness that defied imitation. His artwork had those incredible highlights (blobs of paint we called "blippos" at The Sketchpad), and master airbrushing that was topped off with superb design.
Even when I was a realist illustrator in the late 70's I wanted to copy him. I loved his signature and later I found out Michael Doret helped out on Doug's design when he shared studio space with Doug and Charles White III. Michael designed the "Blippo" Type on the Manhattan Yellow Pages above.

Scans (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 24) courtesy of the Doug Johnson Museum @ Realraum Berlin.
Thanx, Chrisse for your efforts to keep the worx of Doug Johnson alive!
Apologies for my oversight.

Jpeg of the Around the World with Ike and Tina Turner album cover courtesy of Mike Salisbury from his OneHellofaneye Blog.
BTW- Mike Salisbury was the UA Creative Director for that album.

Here is an El Fenix Mexican Restaurant with Doug Johnson's illustrated logo done up big here in Dallas, Texas.

Gone Fishin'!

Here is an old birthday card I bought that had a tin whistle attached to it.

Post Xmas!

Here are some Xmas Cards I got from my friends via regular mail:

Danny Pelavin

Lynda Gray

Sylvia Borbolla

Julia McLain

Here's a couple from the past:

Brian Zick

Michael Doret and Laura Lynn Smith

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Happy Hanakkah!

HAPPY HANUKKAH!

Die Hard Xmas!

Q: What's Christmas without Die Hard and Bruce Willis?
A: Yippie Kai Aye, Mthrfckr!

Colin Fulcher aka Barney Bubbles 1942-1983

Images copyright © Barney Bubbles
All rights reserved.

Read how graphic designer, Colin Fulcher aka Barney Bubbles flew under the Radar of the Graphic Design World here in the USA but managed to provide a volume of work worthy of total recognition @ johncoulthart.com.
Sometimes when you do so many designs that are great but different, people can't connect the dots. His worx span three decades of graphic design genius. I am totally impressed and bow to this unsung fallen hero.

More on Colin Fulcher @ wikipedia.
Get his book @ Amazon.com. [Thanx, Norman Hathaway!]

[Thanx go to John Coulthart for placing his fine posting in memory of BB's Talent.]