![]() ![]() Mad Magazine also provided a wide variety of other imagery from the their wonderful parodies of current TV shows and movies to their great back covers that you had to carefully fold to reveal it’s true content to the regular strips such as Spy Vs. I particularly liked drawing him when he was in the character of one of his alter egos such as the World War I pilot battling the Red Baron, or Joe Cool who was definitely the Big Man on Campus. A kid on my school bus, Tom Hillman, who was a couple of years older and a drawing whiz, showed me the basics of how Snoopy was put together with a few simple circles and ovals and a curved line here and there. Snoopy was the first thing I really learned to draw well. Neuman from Mad Magazine or the icon of all kid icons, Snoopy,who holds a special place in my memory. ![]() Many have never left, such as the eternally grinning Alfred E. Maybe it’s simple nostalgia but there’s something kind of comforting in seeing these icons from your past for just a moment just to know they’re still there. For me, many are cartoon characters and other highly visual creations, all influencing my eye. The characters that lived so vividly with you as kid come back to life the second you see them, taking you back to specific memories associated with them. One of the great things about the internet is being able to, with a few clicks, come across things and images that have been stored away in your memory for a very long time. ![]()
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