Betty and Wilma

Another quick Heads Up post! Why do I give Jay Brant's Heads Up work so much space? Simple... I love it. I have no idea why but this "Desperate Housewives" piece makes me smile. Just enjoy it!

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop!

I love this sketch. Penelope was done by Agnes Garbowska in Chicago this year. Agnes's art has always caught my eye at different cons and I was glad to finally get her to do something for HB Town. She also did a pencil sketch for me which is currently up at Sketches from an Unknown Restaurant. Here in HB Town Agnes lives on Speedbuggy drive with most of the other Canadian artists! I do find it ironic that I went all the way to Chicago to get a sketch from Agnes when I see her at all the Toronto shows as well!

Quick Draw McGraw Comic

Not a sketch but this is the cover of a Quick Draw McGraw comic that I picked up in Chicago a few weeks ago. I just love this cover as it is a great example of one that would not get produced today. The book was produced by Charlton Comics in March of 1971. The cover was drawn by Ray Dirgo. I wasn't able to find much more then a little generic info on Ray Dirgo on the Internet but this cover is easily one of my favorites!

More HB Heads Up

Well I promised more of Jay Brant's Heads Up HB characters but went wit hTouche last post. So finally here is Jay Brant's Birdman! I will post more Heads Up soon.

Touche Turtle

This latest sketch is of the often forgotten Touche Turtle as done by Phil Hester. Phil is a very well known comic book artist and writer. Currently he writes The Darkness for Top Cow comics as well as many of his own creations such as The Atheist and Firebreather. Phil has drawn pretty much every big name character from both DC and Marvel, including the revival of Green Arrow with writer Kevin Smith. I was not able to find a website for Phil anywhere, but he will always have a home here in HB Town on Speed Buggy Dr.

Update - Phil Hester can be found on the web at ShockTrauma Studios and also has a myspace page for his amazing Firebreather book here.

Heads Up Shaggy!

Well Chicago is over and I was able to add a few sketches to my books. Here is the first of my new Hanna-Barbera sketches. This sketch of Shaggy was done by Jay Brant of Heads Up Studios. I figure the name of the studio combined with the actual sketch explains quite a bit. Over the next few days I will post a few of Jay's other HB characters. Jay can be found on his website. Here in HB Town, Jay can be found on Jellystone Way.

The Impossibles - Multi Man

The last of Patrick's Impossibles, Multi Man!

The Impossibles - Coil Man

Here is Patrick's Coil Man of the Impossibles!

The Impossibles - Fluid Man

Over the next few days I will post all three of Patrick Owsley's renditions of The Impossibles! Today is Fluid Man. Remember to check out Patrick's blog which is listed in the Residents section.

On a couple of side notes, I have added an HB Town Listings section to make it easier to find posts about specific characters at any given time. Also with Wizard World Chicago coming up I will be "restocking" my supply of HB sketches and posting them here.

Hong Kong Phooey

OK first things first... this is possibly my favorite HB sketch that I own. I love the action pose and it certainly doesn't hurt that HKP is my favorite HB character.

Alright, now that that is out of the way... I picked this sketch up in my Hanna-Barbera sketchbook at the Toronto Comicon show in April of this year. It was done by Marcio Takara, who is an incredibly talented artist. Marcio can be found on his website and is also found at deviantart, digitalwebbing and The DrawingBoard. Now he can also be found here in HB Town on Speedbuggy Drive. Check out his work you will not be disappointed.

Wally Gator

A little more from our friend Patrick Owsley. Links to his blog can be found both in the Residents section and in the post below. Great Stuff!

Finally a New Post

This Top Cat was done by artist Patrick Owsley. I love the style that he has used on this picture, which I want to call painted, but am honestly don't think it is... can you tell I am not an artist? Anyway over the next few days I will post some more of Patrick's work, but you can find more than just HB characters on his blog. He also has work for sale including some very cool Hanna-Barbera prints and original art that he did. Make sure you check it out. Here in HB Town Patrick has taken up residence on Jellystone Way.

Sorry

Hey just wanted to apologize to the 3 or 4 people who check out this blog. I am currently trying to dig up some guest artists (as per the last few posts) until the new convention season starts for me in April when I can get my hands on some new sketches. Thanks for your patience everyone!

A star in the making?

Our latest sketch is from an animation student in the U.K. by the name of Matt Boyer. This is a sketch of Yogi Bear that he posted on his blog a couple of weeks ago. Matt is very quick to point out that he copied the sketch on the left so the pose that pose is not his but the second sketch (the right one) is all his. You can check out his blog to see some of his other work. Here is HB Town Matt will be taking up residence on Jellystone Way.

More from Dom

Another piece from our latest guest Dom. Over on his deviantART page Dom has been amassing his drawings of the "HB Kids." My favorite being Hong Kong Phooey and Spot!! Stop by his page to check out the rest.

First Post of 2008 and a Guest

Happy New Year everyone! I thought we would start the year off with another guest. This time Dominic Giansante. Dom sent me this cool piece that he calls Moby Dick vs Jabberjaw! The coolest thing about this piece is all of the other characters he included... can you name them all? Dom can be found at his deviantart page but here in HB Town he has taken up residence on Mighty Mightor lane. That part of town is filling up fast!!