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I don't get it
The thing she's knitting looks like a sharks egg sac to me
I remember the head and torso of the female figure being part of a 'finish this sketch creatively' challenge. Other artists would then complete the work in interesting ways, as you've done here. Can't remember what the source of that series was, though!
Good eye. I remember those too.
What’s wild is that when I sent in a different drawing from another comic, a guy actually showed up at our house about three months later and talked to my mom. He saw my age, I was probably around 10, and he told her I should come to their little illustration school when I got older.
I was thrilled, but my mom said art school wasn’t happening because we couldn’t afford it. :(
I did end up going to local state university for graphic design tho, and worked my entire career in the field before retiring recently. So it's fun to be able to just make little random toons for Lemmy now. :)
Ah yes, I remember those "copy this figure" ads being in 50's to 70's comics, roughly. IIRC some of those schools wound up being fairly legit, and some weren't much more than scams. I wonder which one it was that contacted your mom.
Anyway yeah, like a bunch other stuff sold through comics, in fact. 'Build your own tank / submarine,' turning out to be sometimes a pretty reasonable and cool play item for kids, or sometimes a couple of flimsy cardboard panels that barely held together. I think one of the most famous ones, though, about a chest full of army men was consistently a scam, with the figures being represented as fully-figured, but were nothing but flat pieces that didn't even stand up very well.
Yeah, I tried to ask her years later, and she couldn't remember. And I was too young to know the details, but some of them were pretty legit. I'm sure he was still just a salesman for them, since it's not like they were giving me a free ride there, but I was still pretty stoked! I should spend a day or two doing a deep dive into them, cuz now I'm curious! lol
How do I get this in my mailbox?
Do you own a printer?
Do you own a doghouse?
Nah, homie, people gotta use snail mail and send a S.A.S.E.
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