Wednesday, October 29, 2008

A Goober from the Past

I was throwing away an old loose-leaf binder today when this Xeroxed item fell out:


I sort of remembered saving it some time ago. A quick Google search turned up this teaser from a 1992 Chicago Sun-Times story:

Ernest Borgnine, troubled by a failing marriage, says he once considered suicide - until his life was saved by fellow actor George Lindsey.

Lindsey, who played Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show," became such a good friend that Borgnine's life changed for the better, Borgnine said in an interview to be broadcast Monday on Fox TV's "A Current Affair."

The depressed Borgnine left home one ...




Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Human Tornado; 1927-2008

Rudy Ray Moore, a/k/a Dolemite, died this past weekend at the age of 81.
Here's a drawing I did of him for Cool & Strange Music Magazine.


Dolemite is my name
And rappin' and tappin'
that's my game
I'm young and free
And just as bad as I wanna be.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Umami

Here's a peek at a two-page spread for the holiday issue of Pittsburgh's award-winning Table Magazine. I'll post the complete image after the magazine is actually printed.
The article is on new discoveries in the study of taste.


Thursday, October 02, 2008

LUX

I just got some very nice coverage in the lastest issue of Pittsburgh's own LUX Magazine.

Now, let's see if this little viewer thing works (flip to page 36).