“Gort and Klaatu Depart the Ship” (2022)

“Gort and Klaatu Depart the Ship” (2022)
by Carson Grubaugh (1981- )
6.75 x 11.5 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

At the Patreon site organized by Sean Michael Robinson and Carson Grubaugh, which accompanies their collaboration on “Living the Line,” they offered a premium, based on Carson’s Google Grab-Bag schtick, that ran through the end of 2022.

He offered an original straight-to-ink sketch. Here is how that works. You are asked to provide a word or phrase (and obviously you can game this a bit). Carson then searches this word or phrase using Google Images. The first photographic image listed by Google Images will be the source material for the straight-to-ink sketch (when your suggestion was the top vote-getter).

Carson has got a great eye. In fact, it freaks me out. He can use a brush (or pen) on paper with NO underlying outline, lay down lines or brushstrokes all over the page, and in about 20-30 minutes he produces a sketch. And all without the training wheels! He records it live. There are videos of this on YouTube (and at the Patreon site).

The Patreon Site:
https://www.patreon.com/livingtheline/posts

The Home Site:
https://www.livingthelinebooks.com

“The Maltese Falcon” (2022)

“The Maltese Falcon” (2022)
by Carson Grubaugh (1981- )
6.75 x 11.5 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

At the Patreon site organized by Sean Michael Robinson and Carson Grubaugh, which accompanies their collaboration on “Living the Line,” they offered a premium, based on Carson’s Google Grab-Bag schtick, that ran through the end of 2022.

He offered an original straight-to-ink sketch. Here is how that works. You are asked to provide a word or phrase (and obviously you can game this a bit). Carson then searches this word or phrase using Google Images. The first photographic image listed by Google Images will be the source material for the straight-to-ink sketch (when your suggestion was the top vote-getter).

Carson has got a great eye. In fact, it freaks me out. He can use a brush (or pen) on paper with NO underlying outline, lay down lines or brushstrokes all over the page, and in about 20-30 minutes he produces a sketch. And all without the training wheels! He records it live. There are videos of this on YouTube (and at the Patreon site).

The Patreon Site:
https://www.patreon.com/livingtheline/posts

The Home Site:
https://www.livingthelinebooks.com

“Bogart and Bacall” (2022)

“Bogart and Bacall” (2022)
by Carson Grubaugh (1981- )
6.75 x 11.5 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

At the Patreon site organized by Sean Michael Robinson and Carson Grubaugh, which accompanies their collaboration on “Living the Line,” they offered a premium, based on Carson’s Google Grab-Bag schtick, that ran through the end of 2022.

He offered an original straight-to-ink sketch. Here is how that works. You are asked to provide a word or phrase (and obviously you can game this a bit). Carson then searches this word or phrase using Google Images. The first photographic image listed by Google Images will be the source material for the straight-to-ink sketch (when your suggestion was the top vote-getter).

Carson has got a great eye. In fact, it freaks me out. He can use a brush (or pen) on paper with NO underlying outline, lay down lines or brushstrokes all over the page, and in about 20-30 minutes he produces a sketch. And all without the training wheels! He records it live. There are videos of this on YouTube (and at the Patreon site).

The Patreon Site:
https://www.patreon.com/livingtheline/posts

The Home Site:
https://www.livingthelinebooks.com

“Kirk and the Gorn” (2022)

“Kirk and the Gorn” (2022)
by Carson Grubaugh (1981- )
6.75 x 11.5 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

At the Patreon site organized by Sean Michael Robinson and Carson Grubaugh, which accompanies their collaboration on “Living the Line,” they offered a premium, based on Carson’s Google Grab-Bag schtick, that ran through the end of 2022.

He offered an original straight-to-ink sketch. Here is how that works. You are asked to provide a word or phrase (and obviously you can game this a bit). Carson then searches this word or phrase using Google Images. The first photographic image listed by Google Images will be the source material for the straight-to-ink sketch (when your suggestion was the top vote-getter).

Carson has got a great eye. In fact, it freaks me out. He can use a brush (or pen) on paper with NO underlying outline, lay down lines or brushstrokes all over the page, and in about 20-30 minutes he produces a sketch. And all without the training wheels! He records it live. There are videos of this on YouTube (and at the Patreon site).

The Patreon Site:
https://www.patreon.com/livingtheline/posts

The Home Site:
https://www.livingthelinebooks.com

“Kirk: Khaaaaan” (2022)

“Kirk: Khaaaaan” (2022)
by Carson Grubaugh (1981- )
6.75 x 11.5 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

At the Patreon site organized by Sean Michael Robinson and Carson Grubaugh, which accompanies their collaboration on “Living the Line,” they offered a premium, based on Carson’s Google Grab-Bag schtick, that ran through the end of 2022.

He offered an original straight-to-ink sketch. Here is how that works. You are asked to provide a word or phrase (and obviously you can game this a bit). Carson then searches this word or phrase using Google Images. The first photographic image listed by Google Images will be the source material for the straight-to-ink sketch (when your suggestion was the top vote-getter).

Carson has got a great eye. In fact, it freaks me out. He can use a brush (or pen) on paper with NO underlying outline, lay down lines or brushstrokes all over the page, and in about 20-30 minutes he produces a sketch. And all without the training wheels! He records it live. There are videos of this on YouTube (and at the Patreon site).

The Patreon Site:
https://www.patreon.com/livingtheline/posts

The Home Site:
https://www.livingthelinebooks.com

“The Alchemist” (2022)

“The Alchemist” (2022)
by Sean Michael Robinson (1984- ) and Gerhard (1959-)
11 x 17 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

At the Patreon site organized by Sean Michael Robinson and Carson Grubaugh, which accompanies their collaboration on “Living the Line,” they offered a premium where Sean provides you with a portrait (based on a photo) if you signed up at a certain level.

He did a great job on the portrait, and if you have been paying attention, you know that big blank white space is an engraved invitation to have Gerhard finish off the page. Which he did!

1944.08.24 “Bringing Up Father”

1944.08.24 “Bringing Up Father”
by George McManus (1884-1954) and Zeke Zekley (1915-2005)
23.25 x 5.75 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

In 1904, young George McManus was hired by Pulitzer’s New York World as a cartoonist. While he was there he created such strips as The Newlyweds, which comics historians consider the first family comic strip. In 1912, William Randolph Hearst hired McManus away to start a comic strip about a guy called Jiggs, a lower class man who came into a lot of money. With their new wealth, Maggie, Jiggs’ wife, wanted to enter the upper crust of society but Jiggs just wanted to hang out with his old friends at the local bar playing cards and pool and eat his simple favorite foods. This is the classic strip Bringing Up Father.

McManus had masterful line work with a strong deco feel to his designs. Over time, he developed the recurring motif of animating the background paintings in certain panels, and this is generally delightful.

Slang is generally considered a universal constant and an intrinsic feature of language. The enormous growth of broadcast media (movies, radio) in the 1930s and 1940s brought American slang to a wider audience than in previous eras. These two strips I have from August 23-24 highlight the usual generational divide that characterizes slang, as used by youth to set cultural identity. With each generation, although much of the usage dies out, a set words will also always persist and become part of the mainstream, common vernacular.

The whimsy in the funny papers often sits in sharp contrast to the news of the day.

The liberation of Paris began on August 19, 1944 and ended with the surrender of the German garrison in the French capital on August 25, 1944.

1944.08.23 “Bringing Up Father”

1944.08.23 “Bringing Up Father”
by George McManus (1884-1954) and Zeke Zekley (1915-2005)
23.25 x 5.75 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

In 1904, young George McManus was hired by Pulitzer’s New York World as a cartoonist. While he was there he created such strips as The Newlyweds, which comics historians consider the first family comic strip. In 1912, William Randolph Hearst hired McManus away to start a comic strip about a guy called Jiggs, a lower class man who came into a lot of money. With their new wealth, Maggie, Jiggs’ wife, wanted to enter the upper crust of society but Jiggs just wanted to hang out with his old friends at the local bar playing cards and pool and eat his simple favorite foods. This is the classic strip Bringing Up Father.

McManus had masterful line work with a strong deco feel to his designs. Over time, he developed the recurring motif of animating the background paintings in certain panels, and this is generally delightful.

Slang is generally considered a universal constant and an intrinsic feature of language. The enormous growth of broadcast media (movies, radio) in the 1930s and 1940s brought American slang to a wider audience than in previous eras. These two strips I have from August 23-24 highlight the usual generational divide that characterizes slang, as used by youth to set cultural identity. With each generation, although much of the usage dies out, a set words will also always persist and become part of the mainstream, common vernacular.

The whimsy in the funny papers often sits in sharp contrast to the news of the day.

The liberation of Paris began on August 19, 1944 and ended with the surrender of the German garrison in the French capital on August 25, 1944.

“A portrait with a hand” (2002) Logov Anton Vasilievitch

“A portrait with a hand” (2002)
Logov Anton Vasilievitch (1984-)
Oil on canvas, 28 x 24 in.
Coppola Collection

Logov Anton Vasilievitch was born in 1984 in the city of Rozdilna, Odessa region.
In 2004, he graduated from the Odesa Art School (so this is an example of his work as a student) and in 2010 – the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. Scholar of the Ya Gallery art center. Since 2008, he has been actively participating in group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. Lives and works in Kyiv.

I have picked up a few pieces of interesting Ukrainian art over the years.

I liked the suggestive, simple gesture and colorful ensemble in this painting.

“Casablanca Airport Scence: Take Two” by Carson Grubaugh

“Casablanca Airport Scence: Take Two”
by Carson Grubaugh (1981- )
6.75 x 11.5 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

At the Patreon site organized by Sean Michael Robinson and Carson Grubaugh, which accompanies their collaboration on “Living the Line,” they offered a premium, based on Carson’s Google Grab-Bag schtick, that ran through the end of 2022.

He offered an original straight-to-ink sketch. Here is how that works. You are asked to provide a word or phrase (and obviously you can game this a bit). Carson then searches this word or phrase using Google Images. The first photographic image listed by Google Images will be the source material for the straight-to-ink sketch (when your suggestion was the top vote-getter).

Carson has got a great eye. In fact, it freaks me out. He can use a brush (or pen) on paper with NO underlying outline, lay down lines or brushstrokes all over the page, and in about 20-30 minutes he produces a sketch. And all without the training wheels! He records it live. There are videos of this on YouTube (and at the Patreon site).

The Patreon Site:
https://www.patreon.com/livingtheline/posts

The Home Site:
https://www.livingthelinebooks.com