Little Hokum Rag

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Fifties

Esquire cover 1951 or 1952

This is up on ebay for bidding.

It reminds me of something, but I can't say what.

There's the little Esquire guy with the bug eyes ... whom Liz doesn't seem to notice.

If you don't have a model handy, here's a handy website full of art e-books for the art lover. Vintage photos are quite beautiful and entertaining. Sumthin' for everyone. I actually don't use these things for my art, but I enjoy looking at them. I prefer to draw from memory and imagination.

Fishes Eye Publishing

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Vintage Halloween Costumes

Earliest Mickey Mouse 1931

1964 Rarest Rat Fink Costume

Well, it's not that far off and I know you are thinking about what to wear, so why not head over to the

Halloween Museum

and check out their vintage Halloween Costumes. These are classics!

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Monday, September 24, 2007

Musical Beans

The Hokum Scorchers sang a traditional song about different kinds beans and what they could do to you. But, I never heard of this guy before:

"In the early part of the 20th century, Vaudeville stages in both France and America thrilled to the pooting of the wondrous, the amazing, LE PETOMANE! Joseph Pujol, a man of singular talent, was born in Marseilles, France in 1857.....would fart toons, suck water up into his rectum and spray like a firehose, and even performed that old standard of stage performers everywhere: impersonations.... According to Wikipedia, his fame lives on in the fringes of society: plays have been written on him, documentaries filmed, and–ostensibly–Johnny Depp himself has mentioned that he would like to portray M’sieur Pujol on film." - read more story by Derek C.F. Pegritz at

ectoplasmosis

Le Petomane courtesy of Damn Interesting .

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Tickler T-shirt by Amy Crehore

I am working on having some Tickler t-shirts printed up. I may play around with the logo size and position, but this is basically the design and colors. It's an ink drawing of "Bubble Gum Music", one of my "Little Pierrots". I will let you know when they are available.

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Rice Plate

"The Nibbler" copyright Amy Crehore 2006

"The Charmer, The Tickler, The Flower Muncher, The Nibbler, The Two-Timer, and The Examiner. Each are available (as limited edition signed giclee prints) for $200 directly from Amy Crehore."
Thanks, RICE PLATE , for blogging my Monkey Love prints (and my Little Pierrot prints).
Rice Plate is a cool blog with lots of great links and crazy features.