Screensavers-Old

A collection of art intentionally designed as screensavers,albeit for older ones with smaller screens.

"gaffe of the magi"---inspired by the work of Gustave Dore'.

"gaffe of the magi 2"---same as above,yet envisioned as an excerpt from the Sunday comics;I originally envisioned this as a cartoon,so I did this.

"predator was busy"---the most unlikely adversaries since Bambi and Godzilla.

"banal motivation"

A wallpaper version of something I did much,much smaller,like 1/5 the size.

"an irish toast"---something I created for the month of March.

"seven days to color".

"Worst.Customers.Ever."

"the easter gorilla"---'nuff said.

"have you met"---a tribute to one of Groucho Marx's famous songs.

"the mad tea party"

"don't ask for babs"

"give beer a chance"--sort of a 'what-if'' scenario,as in "what if John Lennon hadn't died in 1980".

                                                               "hitler's death car"

                                                                    "thanksgiving"

                                                                        "siblings"

                                                                      "new toy"

"team edward"...before the vampire,there was someone else with that first name.

"The 40 names of David Ryder"...and unless you're an avid MSTie,this

won't make any sense.

"the spirit of america"...the creation of which is a rather interesting story.I wanted to create a screensaver for the 4th of July,using the iconic trio of the famous "Spirit Of '76",but reinterpreted as modern people,so I had to come up with a threesome that represented the socio-racial-etc. diversity of modern America.What I came up with---well,I'm not even going to describe it because after hours of thought,and even more hours of creation,I looked at the finished piece and said,"I HATE this."This was approximately five hours ago.So I erased the whole thing and started over,creating what you see above.And I'm satisfied.

"oh dee doo dah day"

A wallpaper celebrating the many different artistic styles applied to Halloween.

"a shot of wild turkey"...if my other Thanksgiving-themed screensaver is too sedate for you.

In truth,no socio-political message here;I did a sketch of a woman dressed in a barrel with several rather embarassingly large holes in it,and I wanted to do it full-color.This "poster" is a framing device,nothing more.

"be mine forever"...just a little Valentine's-themed something I whipped up for my friends at

HorrorHumour at DeviantArt.

"bad toon gals"

 

"hatched"

"go for your skin"

"sorry...no boobies"

"it is against the leh"

"disney assemble!"---also submitted to Superheroes,but

posted here because it was also sized as a screensaver.

"matinee in the forest"

"the jack o'lantern"...created for Halloween,this depicts the old Irish legend from which

we get one of the most iconic elements of the holiday.

A notorious drunkard named Jack tricked Satan into climbing a tree,then carved a

crucifix into the trunk so the Devil couldn't get down.Jack did help him get down,but 

only after making him promise that the demon would never tempt him,to which Satan 

reluctantly agreed.Years later,when Jack died,he discovered that,while he wasn't 

going to Hell,Heaven was also closed to him;he was given a small fire,placed inside

a hollowed-out turnip,becoming a lantern that he'd have to carry around for eternity.

When the Irish brought this tradition to America,they substituted the larger,easier-to-carve

pumpkin for the turnip,now long known as "Jack's lantern".

I call this "candy coated heart of darkness".

More fun for Halloween.

"funny back guarantee"

I was going to say for anyone who lived as a youth in the 70's,but I

realize that anybody can easily get,then read a comic book from that era.

I call this "no invisible hair needed "...rather than try to explain the

admittedly bizarre title,it's a lot easier to just show you the artwork

which inspired it,done by grimphantom,which I first saw on DeviantArt.

Hope it's alright with him my putting this here...and I might as well 

mention he did an alternate version,with the girls nude.It can be 

seen on his blog.

"something wrong with your TV"

"left out for his visit"

Superheroes.

"avengers assemble".

"any criminal anywhere".

"frank does ralph"---The Mighty Heroes,Ralph Bakshi's comical superheroes of the late '60's,done Frank Miller-style.

"belles from beyond venus"---I found inspiration in the work of Dave Stevens.

"belles"...a re-do of the above piece,created for a contest on DeviantArt.

"pronounced mist-THREE-kay-ah".

"the war on children"---a commentary on one of this past century's most infamous and,unfortunately,successful blows against artistic freedom.

"melvin and emil"

In the late 70's,Marvel Comics published "How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way"...I believe it's still available today...an informative and entertaining collection of hints on how to create superhero comics using the many time-tested methods used by the company and its artists.

Midway through the book is two rough sketches of a page of panels depicting the Avengers going up against a massive beast,showing the reader the wrong and right ways to illustrate such a situation.Sometime in '84,I made a copy of the "right" page,colored it and added dialogue.I recently discovered it in a scrapbook,and used it to create this...although many,many enhancements were made,I left the dialogue as is,much of it inspired by what I read in comics at the time.

"the killing joke"

In 1975,DC Comics decided to give the Joker his own comic.Intended as an ongoing series,

it was unceremoniously cancelled after its ninth issue...which included a teaser for the next

issue,which promised a clash between the Clown Prince Of Crime and the Justice League.

It occurred to me that the artwork for this unpublished issue may have been finished,so I

checked the internet,and found several pages...according to the blog I found it on,it had been

auctioned off several years ago...so I finished the opening page,which is what you see above.

This,as you can see,is the original artwork,with the artists credited in the 

lower left-hand corner.Because of its rough nature,I had to do a fair amount 

of improvising,such as the inclusion of the Joker's logo.

This version is an experiment,to make it 

look like an actual comic book page.

"75 years of Batman"

A slightly irreverent look at the Caped Crusader,created for his 75th anniversary.

In this piece,it should be noted that I also pay tribute to the works of Bob Kane,Bill

Finger,Jerry Siegel,Joe Schuster,Gil Kane,C.C. Beck,Carmine Infantino,William

Moulton Marston,Dave Gibbons,Steve Ditko,Wally Wood,Bruce Timm,Tim

Burton and Frank Miller.

Captain Action was created by the Ideal Toy Company in 1966;he was meant 

to be their answer to Hasbro's G.I. Joe,known for the many different uniforms 

he wore.By contrast,Captain Action could be dressed as famous superheroes 

and adventurers...among his available costumes were that of Superman,Batman,

Spiderman,Captain America,Aquaman,The Phantom,The Lone Ranger,Flash 

Gordon,Buck Rogers,Sgt. Fury,Steve Canyon and The Green Hornet.

For whatever reason,he never caught on,and was discontinued in 1968.

The piece above, "the captain modernizes",is my answer to the question...

What if he were still operating today?

"trinity"

"the fickle finger of fate"

"the freedom four"

NOBODY'S ''topping the bill''

A re-imagining of a pivotal event from 

Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's 

Batman:The Killing Joke.

Trivia: During the 1966-68 run of the Batman TV show,his nemesis Two-Face 

was considered for an appearance...and Clint Eastwood was a choice for the role!!!

Hence,this imagining,titled "dirty harvey"

Had they done it,the character was to be,instead of a district attorney whose face is 

splashed with acid by a vengeful criminal,a TV newsman who is the victim of a TV 

camera exploding in his face. Unfortunately,the idea was ultimately considered 

inappropriate for the campy tone of the show,and was dropped.

"no,YOU shut up!!!"

"atomic batteries to power"

"once more into the spiderverse!"

"sentinels of the night"

"liberty guard"

"terror above the midway"

"clobberin' time"

"retro batman family"

"retro justice society"