This week we honor the work of Boston based cartoonist/animator Bob Flynn, who illustrated a variant cover for the latest issue of Kaboom’s Over the Garden Wall. Flynn has been contributing comics and covers to titles like SpongeBob Comics, ARGH!, Nickelodeon Magazine, and Heeby Jeeby Comix, which he co-created. I really like his bubbly, liquid-y, cartoon drawings; they really ooze to life on the page!
In addition to comics, Flynn has worked as a character designer for the animated series Bravest Warriors and he is the Director of Art & Animation at FableVision Studios.
You can read one of his self-published comics Brain #1 for free on his website here, and you can check out more of his art there while you’re at it!
For more comics related art, you can follow me on my website comicstavern.com – Andy Yates
What says “Chuck Jones centennial celebration” better than this kitschy painting of Bugs and Daffy riding motorcycles? According to the Chuck Jones Gallery, the artist Mike Kungl has created something of a masterpiece: “With his sleek styling, geometric patterns and luxurious color palette, he is able to evoke the sophistication of the Art Deco era and at the same time add a contemporary look to the beloved cartoon characters brought to such magical life by Chuck Jones.” The gallery is selling the limited edition piece for $600. Pay an extra $300 to have an artist “hand-embellish” the piece. For an extra $500, they’ll complete the deal and have one of their gallery employees whiz on Chuck’s grave.
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Last weekend, Profiles in History in conjunction with Van Eaton Galleries (disclosure: they are an advertiser on Cartoon Brew) staged a massive animation art auction. I’m not a collector, but found it fascinating to browse through the auction results and see what prices the lots commanded as well as what pieces didn’t sell (for example, lots of Fantasia art).
Here’s a sampling of twenty pieces and how much each sold for. The last few prices are staggering.
1.
Original MGM Studios Barney Bear model drawings
Sold for $354
2.
Frank Thomas original production layout drawing from Pinocchio
Sold for $354
3.
The Ren & Stimpy Show complete 135-page storyboard for the episode, “Stimpy’s Fan Club”
Sold for $944
4.
Four drawings of Adolf Hitler from Scrap Happy Daffy
Sold for $944
5.
Tex Avery’s Blitz Wolf original title background
Sold for $1,121
6.
Bart Simpson panoramic multi-cel background setup from The Simpsons
Sold for $1,416
7.
“Once Upon a Winterime” cel and production background from Melody Time
Sold for $1,652
8.
Original model sheet from Mickey’s Mechanical Marvel
Sold for $2,006
9.
Doug Wildey Jonny Quest original model sheet
Sold for $2,124
10.
The Flintstones Pebbles original model sheet (drawn by Gene Hazelton?)
Sold for $3,540.00
11.
Mickey’s Service Station production background
Sold for $7,080
12.
Original Tim Burton artwork for Jack Skellington as “Santa Jack” from The Nightmare Before Christmas
Sold for $7,080
