Exhibitor Preview Page
Drawn to Humor: The Art Of the National Cartoonist Society – Chicago Midwest Chapter
The NCS Chapter Members below will be exhibitors at our BAC Art Show, September 15 – November 3, 2019.
DB1
Title: “Short-Handed”
Type: Newspaper Comic Strip
Description: Syndication clients include newspapers and web sites.
Medium: Digital Art
Published: April 20, 2015
Additional Details: Digital Print
Framed Size: 11″ x 14″
Price: $150
BK1
Title: “A Chicago Debate”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: A group of Chicago aldermen depicted as pirates on an island at midnight reach consensus on raising their salaries.
Medium: Ink on paper
Published: Daily Herald (July 30, 2006)
Additional Details: Original art
Framed Size: 12″ x 15″
Price: $250
BK2
Title: “What Goes Around”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: Former Illinois governor George Ryan (R) stands defiantly in his sinking rowboat after being convicted on corruption charges.
Medium: Ink on paper
Published: Chicago Tribune (Sept 10, 2006)
Additional Details: Original art
Framed Size: 12″ x 15″
Price: $250
BK3
Title: “Under New Management”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: President Trump tweets to his base while sinking in a Washington DC swamp of his own failed policies and poor administrative appointments.
Medium: Ink on paper
Published: Piedmont Post (CA), (August 23, 2017)
Additional Details: Original art
Framed Size: 12″ x 15″
Price: $250
BK4
Title: “Old Swampy”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: Old Man 2018 shows off a very small fish to the New Baby 2019 who is tangled up already in his fishing tackle. This is one of my annual New Years Day cartoons.
Medium: Ink on paper
Published: Piedmont Post (CA), (January 2, 2019)
Additional Details: Original art
Framed Size: 12″ x 15″
Price: $250
BK5
Title: “Why Are You So Afraid?”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: Cindy Lou Who from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” asks a menacing hooded NRA intruder pointing an assault rifle at her why he (or she) is so angry. This cartoon appeared in the week following the tragic elementary school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT.
Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Published: Piedmont Post (CA) (December 19, 2012)
Additional Details: Hand-colored reproduction. Original publication was in black and white only.
Framed Size: 12″ x 15″
Price: $175
MH1
Title: “Marty and Spud, the Lost Land Adventures”
Type: Cover artwork for a collected edition
Description: Used as cover art for the first collection of Marty and Spud comics.
Medium: india ink over printed blueline pencils
Published: Marty and Spud, 2012
Additional Details: original art
Framed Size: 11″ x 7″
Price: NFS
MH2
Title: “Marty and Spud: Swing”
Type: original art for print
Description: Done for the first Marty and Spud print that is sold at comic book conventions, appearances, etc.
Medium: india ink over printed blueline pencils
Published: Hansel Studios
Additional Details: produced as a color print
Framed Size: 11″ x 17″
Price: NFS
MH4
Title: “Underdog”
Type: comic book page
Description: Used as cover art for the first collection of Marty and Spud comics.
Medium: digital print
Published: Underdog 1975 Special, published by American Mythology, January 2018
Additional Details: the artwork for this special was produced digitally, this is an artist’s proof
Framed Size: 11″ x 17″
Price: $50
BD1
Title: “Stop Horsing Around”
Type: Magazine gag cartoon
Description: This picture illustrates the conflict of Man versus Nature. You can lead a horse to watercolors but you can’t make him paint seriously.
Medium: Color inks and colored pencil
Additional Details: Digital print. As an added bonus I will include the original watercolor and colored pencil artwork.
Framed Size: 12″ x 15″
Price: $200
BD2
Title: “Christmas Week on Jeopardy”
Type: Greeting card design
Description: This is definitive proof that Jeopardy is rigged! And perhaps explains how Santa can be so generous with gift giving.
Medium: Watercolor and colored pencil
Additional Details: Digital print. As an added bonus I will include the original watercolor and colored pencil artwork.
Framed Size: 12″ x 15″
Price: $300
BD3
Title: “Not So Fast!”
Type: Magazine Gag Cartoon
Description: This picture illustrates the futility of Man trying to control Nature. And explains why an artist’s language is just as colorful as their Autumn landscapes.
Medium: Watercolor and toner
Additional Details: Digital print. As an added bonus I will include the original watercolor and colored pencil artwork.
Framed Size: 12″ x 15″
Price: $250
KK1
Title: “How Questioning Hannah Arendt Made Me Question Myself.”
Type: Newspaper feature illustration
Description: Essay for “The New York Times Book Review”
Medium: Pen and ink, watercolor
Published: New York Times Book Review (April 20, 2019)
Additional Details: Original Art
Framed Size: 11″ x 14″
Price: Not For Sale
RL1
Title: “Oh Behave!”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: Congressional infighting.
Medium: Tombow pen and marker
Published: Instagram: @laughingmatterscartoons 5-7-19
Additional Details: Hand-colored digital print
Framed Size: 11″ x 14″
Price: $125
ED1
Title: “Bubb Comics”
Type: Newspaper comic strip
Medium: Pen and ink on Bristol board
Additional Details: Almost all cartoonists dream of creating a successful newspaper comic strip. This was one of my early attempts using the style of studio greeting cards.
Framed Size: 16″ x 20″
Price: Not For Sale
ED2
Title: “Greeting Card Art”
Type: Humorous illusration.
Description: Stylized art for greeting cards. This style of art was used for studio cards, a type of greeting card that was always humorous and usually a little offbeat.
Medium: Color rendered in opaque watercolors
Published: United Card Company, in Rolling Meadows, IL.
Additional Details: Digital prints. This is a small sample of the 1000’s of cards we designed over 20 years.
Framed Size: 16″ x 20″
Price: Not For Sale
ED3
Title: “Magazine Art”
Type: Comic book pages
Description: This artwork is from a series of Bible stories titled “Stories of Long Ago.”
Medium: Pen and ink with digitally applied color
Published: “Kids Ark Magazine” (2018)
Additional Details: Digital prints. My son Michael and I wrote and illustrated this series from 2003 to 2018
Framed Size: 16″ x 20″
Price: Not For Sale
ED4
Title(s): “Jeremy, the Bible Bookworm” and “The Mystery of the Missing Reindeer”
Type: Cover designs for children’s books
Description: The Jeremy books are a 12-book series containing biblical messages for children. “The Mystery of the Missing Reindeer” is a children’s Christmas story.
Medium: The Jeremy covers were done in opaque watercolor, while the Christmas story was done in pen and ink with color applied digitally.
Published: “Bible Bookworm” (Malhame & Co. NY, NY), “Mystery of the Missing Reindeer” (Spadea Press Syndicate, Philadelphia, PA and Encyclopedia Brittanica, Chicago, IL)
Additional Details: Digital prints
Framed Size: 16″ x 20″
Price: Not For Sale
EL1
Title: “Cooties”
Type: Cartoon Painting
Description: Acrylic painting of Cootie Toys in space.
Medium: Giclee print
Additional Details: Artist proof
Framed Size: 20″ x 20″
Price: $585
JM1
Title: “On The Run – Page 3″
Type: Portfolio piece
Description: Page 3 of the illustrated song… On The Run
Medium: Silk screened Print
Published: Comic Jazz: A Comic Art Portfolio, 1983
Framed Size: 18″ x 24″
Additional Details: Part of a comic art portfolio which included 7 silk screened prints and a cassette tape of the 5 page illustrated song,“On the Run”, a Homage to Steve Ditko and Space Babe #1. Work began on the collection in 1982 after exhibiting the original art at the Chicago Comicon. See/hear full portfolio
Price: $20 for entire “Comic Jazz: A Comic Art Portfolio, 1983”
JM3
Title: “Art For Art’s Sake, Page 3″
Type: Comic story
Description: Inspired by the work of Toulouse Lautrec, this 6 page story follows a futuristic painter whose dealer constructs an elaborate environment for him to work. Story by Rich Mrozek
Medium: Pen, ink, colored pencils and watercolors on cardboard
Unpublished: 1980
Framed Size: 18″ x 24″
Additional Details: Original Art
Price: Not For Sale
JM4
Title: “I Saw All The Action At The Chicago Comicon”
Type: Silk screened 3-D Poster
Description: Created as a promotional piece for Com-X, a computer BBS(Bulletin Board Service), which provided comic-related news and events to early computer users.
Medium: 2 color silk screen inks. Original art: Pen & ink
Published: South Side Productions, 1989
Framed Size: 24 ” x 36″
Additional Details: Original b&w art was sent to Paul Tallerday at Blackthorne Publishng for 3-D separations. Negatives were returned and 2 silk screens were created. Printing was done by Jim and Neil Holman in Beverly during the Summer of 1989. Sample on left is original pen & ink drawing.
Price: $10 includes 3-D glasses
JM5
Title: “The Story So Far, Page 3″
Type: Comic story
Description: Following the classic Superman origin story, “The Story So Far” traces the history of comic art in America. Starting with the early newspaper comic strips of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and continuing with the comic books and pulp novels of the 1930’s and up through the comic art of the 1970’s. This is page 3 of the 3 page story.
Medium: Comic collage and acrylics on canvas.
Unpublished: 1977
Framed Size: 36″ x 54″
Additional Details: “The Story So Far – Page 1” and “The Story So Far – Page 2”
Price: Not for sale
RP1
Title: “Coffee Brain”
Type: Webcomic
Description: Hapi Buni
Medium: Pen and ink with pencil
Published: Webtoon (July 26, 2015)
Framed Size: 11″ x 14″
Additional Details: Original art
Price: $125
RPK1
Title: “Out of the Shadows of Outer Spacel”
Type: Illustration
Description: Created for a Woodstock, IL Park District program
Medium: Watercolor and marker on paper
Date created: 2004
Framed Size: 18″ x 24″
Additional Details: Original art
Price: Not For Sale
RPK3
Title: “Dragon Lady”
Type: Illustration
Description: Created as an homage to Milton Caniff
Medium: Pen & ink, mylar, opaque paint and grease pencil.
Published: Solomon and Solomon (s2) art gallery, New York and Las Vegas (2000)
Framed Size: 18″ x 24″
Additional Details: Lithograph, 500 print run plus an artist’s proof
Price: $300
JP1
Title: “Gravity”
Type: Illustration scanned and sized to cover empty store front windows for Street Art project
Description: All of the banners can be modified in size and material (paper or all weather vinyl). I can reproduce most images found at www.spontoonist.com
Medium: pen and ink/water color
Unpublished:
Framed Size: 4′ x 5′
Additional Details: All art can be ordered in multiples and different size formats
Price: Dependent on size. Examples shown (5′ x 4′) list for $500.
JP2
Title: “Voices”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: Editorial cartoon originally drawn for Op-Ed page of Chicago Tribune
Medium: pen and ink/water color
Published: Chicago Tribune
Framed Size: 4′ x 5′
Additional Details: Original art scanned and sized to fit windows of empty storefronts or custom sized to customer preferences.
Price: Example on display $500. Price dependent on size and material.
BQ1
Title: “Rockford Family”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: A family at the dinner table discusses the special qualities of living in Rockford, IL.
Medium: Pen and ink with marker
Published: Rockford Register Star (June 17, 2018)
Framed Size: 9″ x 12″
Additional Details: Original art
Price: $150
BQ2
Title: “Rita Crundwell in Prison”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: Rita Crundwell, the city comptroller who embezzled millions of dollars from the city of Dixon, IL only to spend nearly all of it on expensive show horses, finally goes to prison.
Medium: Pen and ink with marker
Published: Rockford Register Star (February 17, 2013)
Framed Size: 9″ x 12″
Additional Details: Original art
Price: $200
BQ5
Title: “New Jacket”
Type: Web comic strip
Description: These are samples of my online web comic called “Faronsquare” about the colorful characters who work in a retail mall setting.
Medium: Digitally created
Published: Faronsquare.com (February 8, 2014)
Framed Size: 11″ x 17″
Additional Details: Digital print
Price: $100
AR1
Title: “Head of the Tribe”
Type: Newspaper comic strip
Description: The “Moon Crazy” series was originally intended for newspaper syndication
Medium: Brush and ink on paper
Published: Humorous Vein (May/June, 1995)
Framed Size: 8″ x 16″
Additional Details: Original art
Price: $75
AR3
Title: “Waiting Room at Kleptomaniacs Anonymous”
Type: Newspaper comic strip
Description: The “Moon Crazy” series was originally intended for newspaper syndication
Medium: Brush and ink on paper
Published: Humorous Vein (July/August 1995)
Framed Size: 8″ x 16″
Additional Details: Original art
Price: $75
JS1
Title: “CAKE 2018”
Type: Editorial advertisement
Description: Original artwork for the promotional poster for CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo).
Medium: Blue pencil, ink, and gouache on Bristol paper
Published: 2018
Framed Size: 18″ x 24″
Additional Details: This poster was nominated for a Silver Reuben Award in 2018.
Price: $500
JS5
Title: “Follow Your Bliss!”
Type: Gag poster
Description: A motivational poster for people with difficult passions.
Medium: 4-color screen print on paper
Published: Self-published (2016)
Framed Size: 18″ x 24″
Additional Details: This image was originally published as one of a series of 9 stickers by Stinckers, which makes stickers by “world famous cartoonists”. Screen printed edition of 100.
Price: $60
CS1
Title: “Pritzker vs. Rauner”
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: The billionaire with the highest pile of money becomes governor.
Medium: Ink pen and color markers
Unpublished: 2018
Framed Size: 11″ x 14″
Additional Details: Original art
Price: $500
JT1
Title: “Yogi Monster Family Portrait”
Type: Children’s book page
Description: Every letter in the alphabet has a character and a feeling, with a rhyme from Awesome to Zen.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Published: Self-published through Amazon (2019)
Additional Details: Original art
Framed Size: 16″ x 20″
Price: NFS
JT3
Title: “Yogi Monsters Supporting Kidlit4climate”
Type: Character Development
Description: Yogi Monsters rarely express negative feelings but with certain people in power are not taking climate change into consideration they’ll throw a proper tantrum. #Kidlit4climate Campaign was created by Emma Reynolds to stand in solidarity with the young people striking from school for urgent climate action.
Medium: Water Color pencils and Ink Pen.
Unpublished
Additional Details: Original art
Framed Size: 18″ x 13″
Price: NFS
BW1
Title: “Free Range” – Dad walking to school uphill.
Type: Newspaper panel cartoon
Description: Father explaining to son how he somehow walked uphill BOTH ways to school.
Medium: Digital
Published (Online): GoComics.com, Facebook, Creators.com, ArcaMax.com.
Published (Print): Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oregonian, Funny Times, others.
Framed Size: 9″ x 11″
Additional Details: Digital Print
Price: $200
BW2
Title: “Free Range” – Student driver space aliens on the loose.
Type: Newspaper panel cartoon
Description: Student driver space aliens fly over landscape, creating crop circles and confusing everybody.
Medium: Digital
Published (Online): GoComics.com, Facebook, Creators.com, ArcaMax.com.
Published (Print): Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oregonian, Funny Times, others.
Framed Size: 9″ x 11″
Additional Details: Digital print
Price: $200
BW3
Title: “Free Range” – Cow and aliens on the moon, oh my!
Type: Newspaper panel cartoon
Description: Alien spaceship crashes into cow jumping over moon.
Medium: Digital
Published (Online): GoComics.com, Facebook, Creators.com, ArcaMax.com.
Published (Print): Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oregonian, Funny Times, others.
Framed Size: 9″ x 11″
Additional Details: Digital print
Price: $200
BW4
Title: “Free Range – Airplane banner-will you marry me?”
Type: Newspaper Panel Cartoon
Description: Guys’ airplane banner says Will You Marry Me? She spells out “NO” with lawnmower.
Medium: Digital
Published Online: GoComics.com, Facebook, Creators.com, ArcaMax.com.
Published Print: Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oregonian, Funny Times, others.
Framed Size: 9″ x 11″
Additional Details: Digital Print
Price: $200
BW5
Title: “Free Range” – Godzilla’s Mounted Cities in his den.
Type: Newspaper panel cartoon
Description: Godzilla has conquered cities mounted on wall plaques.
Medium: Digital
Published (Online): GoComics.com, Facebook, Creators.com, ArcaMax.com.
Published (Print): Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oregonian, Funny Times, others.
Framed Size: 9″ x 11″
Additional Details: Digital print
Price: $200
Joe Parrish
CARTOONIST
JP1
Title: "The Persistent Giver"
Type: Editorial cartoon
Description: Uncle Sam in a tree handing basket of US financial assistance to agitated woman below. Dog barking at bottom of tree represents anti-American sentiment.
Medium: India ink on Bristol board
Published: Chicago Tribune (1952)
Framed Size: 21" x 21.5"
Additional Details: Original art
Price: Not for sale