Bad Hombres by William W. Johnstone
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book launched with top notch writing and intriguing scenes. The two main characters are pure-Johnstone brand. Well rounded and strong enough to have readers follow them in their treks.

This time the evil they are sent so solve builds up to a near-save-the-world level. It gets ridiculous, but fun. The duo interaction really adds to this series.

One line that really caught me and defined the bad guy, “…then placed it carefully on the table with a move so precise there wasn’t even a tiny click of glass toughing wood.” Outstanding line.

Bottom line: I recommend this book. 7 out of ten points.
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This comes from an April Fools post by Bill Dussinger that we was going to move elsewhere from his life time home. Bill had joined the live ‘Chat’ area and I joked of moving to Mars and something was posted that had me place a dog at the helm.

The ‘Chat’ area turned to high school newspapers and my writing film reviews and whether ‘Alien’ was one of those films (It wasn’t). Then Richard Scarry came up (The critters in the window). Then i brought up Martha Ross mentioning on my Swampy’s Florida page of Fleischer Shoes one time being in Downtown Orlando (Ad on side of space ship).

My fun is making it all up, creating a story, ink to paper as I draw! 🙂

ROBbing a Few Minutes: My Drawing Live Sped-Up of ‘Corgi – Space Cadet!’.

Here’s a drawing I inked live using no pencils, no plan, making it up as I drew. Drawn live reacting to the ‘Chat’ comments during the live drawing program, March 7th, 2023. I drew this live using Facebook on my ‘Cartoons by Rob Smith, Jr.’ page.

https://youtu.be/CFpdI3E_X50

Here’s a drawing I inked live using no pencils, no plan, making it up as I drew.

Drawn live reacting to the ‘Chat’ comments during the live drawing program, March 7th, 2023.

I drew this live using Facebook on my ‘Cartoons by Rob Smith, Jr.’ page.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFpdI3E_X50

Drew this with no pencils and made up as I drew.
Drew this live last week here.

Despite my training to draw comic books, i rarely delve much into it, except for my Swampy’s Florida.

Soon I’ll be working on the upcoming Swampy’s Florida comic book soon. Sans super heroes. Lots of fantasy.

Inked this with no pencils, making it up as I drew during Wednesday live over at my Cartoons by Rob Smith, Jr. live broadcast.

This celebrated Spaghetti Day and pulling a card marked ‘Elves’.

To Americans, Leslie Phillips is nearly unknown. In the U.K., Phillips had been one of the longest performing actors until his death Monday at 98. His work is mostly known for comedies of various sorts and popular series, like the ‘Carry On’ and ‘Doctor in…’ films.

His career spanned from the late ’30s to present. Unlike the lofty silliness of the U.S. Hollywood, where a “Star” is relegated to film or television or whatever the stage in life requires, in the U.K. an actor can do whatever they want and do. Phillips would slide from a comedy to a television spot to a serious film to a children’s television spot and back to film again.

He was one of favorite actors that i was tickled was still with us and was routing for him to hit his 100.

I drew and made most of this as I drew as #INKvember #7.
I’m thinking I made add some other actresses and actors still with us and with a long, noted career to my INKvember activities.
That will also aid getting back t caricature, something that has become far more difficult due to the wrist and arm break.

Taking Your Pet for a Hop.
Drawn live this past Sunday right here.
Made it up as I drew.
The mention of otters and Southern toads brought this drawing on.

Occasionally I’d like to share pieces of artwork I really like.
Here’s one, I find, one of the best paintings of likenesses in a movie poster, I’ve seen.

I don’t know who did the painting. A scribbled signature can be seen appearing to be ‘E. Hantrell’, but I can’t find who that is or was.
Please let me know if you know who the painter was.

The poster art for ‘Carry on, Cowboy’ is stupendous.
The likenesses are excellent. Simple painting method with startling results. It’s not just the likeness of Sidney James, in the middle. It’s also the angle portrayed. Excellent work!

The Kenneth Williams, with arrow in backside, part seems to be the law of ‘Carry On’ posters, as each has his iconic shocked looked.
Charles Hawtry is also perfect, getting Hawtry’s image and him in action as hilarious indian chief.

The ladies are really the best of the lot. Joan Sims, farthest right, appears to be in the background. Taking another view of the poster and she stands out due to the painting techniques.

That leaves Angela Douglas, the only one still with us today. Seems clear to me her head was redone and attached later. Note her neck area, angle of head and light blue splashed around, what might otherwise be, cut lines. Wonder if that was Douglas or someone else?

Still an excellent painting. Too bad the poster is messy otherwise.