Komik Strip Kartoonz: I wanna take this time to......

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My name is Tim Winstead and I've been drawing cartoons of one sort or the other for as long as I can recall. No formal training whatsoever and even less listened to advice just provided more of a reason for me to try and realize my goal of cartooning for a living, albeit....life itself did pose some hurdles...... which I stumbled over countless times. I still don't 'toon for a living, but strangely enough I have been very fortunate to encounter certain people who have left an indelible impression on me. First and foremost is Phil Yeh, a highly creative person with volumes of very colorful and imaginative illustrations and experiences that very few will ever know. This profoundly creative man has enough energy to light up a stadium and the kind of commitment to a craft that is rare by today's standards and it's HIS commitment to our craft ,which is a quality I have always admired.
I have also 'met' some other great artists as well via social networking. Off the top is a highly talented graphic artist, who by day .....dons the guise of a school teacher, Mr. Johnny Hamm. The work this man can produce is exceptional and though we have never met...I have known him for quite a long time.The kind of art he produces is unlike the mainstream stuff we all see. I call him a mixed media maestro. I am blown away by the composition of his work. Now, we shift to another exceptional cartoonist, Mr. Coleman York, who is the creator of HUGO comics. Outstanding in his own right, he has always struck me as someone of class and style. A very humble attitude mixed in with a little sage advice and a bit of ' We all gotta look out for one another' persona.Then there is Karl Zorowski, who is a devout priest....and a very exceptional person and..... just so happens to be the creator of ' Church Mice'. I have never met Karl, but he is another of the great people I know from the message board I mentioned earlier. And last but not least, there is Andrew Bos, who employs his cartoons in ways I hadn't seen before. A huge talent, of which I hope to see more of. In between all of the tiny little, gaps in my life, which are way way too many to try and list here....one thing has ALWAYS been a constant. That is I love to draw cartoons. Always have....always will, and chances are I may NEVER make a living drawing cartoons, but one thing is sure.....I will ALWAYS love my drawing cartoons and even though my life didn't exactly play out as planned, I'm very grateful that it took the direction it did. My life in ' toons has been....creative. But then again....aren't we ALL creative in our own way ? Please feel free to visit any time and should you have a question about cartoons/cartooning, or any of the topics you've seen on this blog.... please let me know at otb666tw@gmail.com and Ill post your question with an answer. If I can't answer it. I'll find somebody who can. If you have a topic of your own, I'll be more than happy to post it, and see what kind of responses we get. That's pretty much the crux of this blog. My aim is to provide a forum for anything and everything 'toon. Thanks and come back often.

Monday, April 22, 2013

I wanna take this time to......

Welcome back to my seldom viewed, rarely read, and even scarcely commented on blog. Albeit, I have made every effort to command some semblance of a readership...it behooves me to stray off course just a tad. In doing this, I'm actually staying within the realm of what it is I'm trying to achieve. Some years ago, possibly a decade now, I was fortunate to stumble upon a message board represenative of cartoons and the cartoonists who created them. I, myself was but a "greenhorn" if you will, in the knowledge and skill sets those who 'toon utilize in the craft they hone. After some time as a regular visitor to this forum, I began to amass a better understanding of the how-tos, what-fors, and why-is -thats. Ok...fast forward to the part where this new awareness begins to pay off in the guise of associations. During what seemed a rapid fire succession of posting 'toons, getting critiques ( good and bad....but most times, they were really good ), some associations were more profound than others. Case in point...a mutual appreciation for the work of another cartoonist was normal and expected . After countless visits to this message board to cull as much needed info as possible,... a following of sorts would give way to e-mails and favorable critiques of the work of another. Ladies and the rest of you...I would like to introduce the much overdue work of a guy I "met", and knew only as JL. The message board, however was met with an untimely demise,in that it became overrun with spammers, and those who sought to undermine this forum and what it was intended to do. That was ...to present a platform in which we ,as cartoonists,illustrators and artists in general...could be used as a way to display and receive input on their work. Now..what?..almost a decade later and this guy I knew as JL tracks me down and we did some catching up. I have recently seen a little bit of his most current work and as luck would have it...it falls right into that obscure little niche' I like to call 'outside the box_ism '. Ok.....so I sorta made that term up..but you get it, right? Anyway..as of a few days ago..he has given me permission to post some of his work right here on my ever illustrious, can't look away , crave it night or day blog. Hey...somebody's gotta amp it up in here...might as well be me. My plan is to show some fresh, never before seen ( ok....maybe few have seen it.) cartoons that don't exactly stay in the lines... This material is unique in that it is unlike any toon I've seen....and let me tell you, I've seen tons of 'toons. So..without further delay.......May I introduce to my readers( yeah...that one guy in the back )Mr.Johnny Hamm. The single panels to your right were done by Johnny Hamm and are some of the most unique I've seen to date.His style of cartooning is exactly the kind of artist submissions I would love to begin featuring here at Komik Strip Kartoonz. As his time permits, I would like to feature more of his work. Here's to you, JL.......your talent now has a home.( um...sort of ).

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AnonymousApril 24, 2013 at 6:28 PM
I would first like to thank Tim for featuring a few of my toons. Like Tim, I initially discovered the old cartoonist message board looking to get a few pieces critiqued and pick up some tips from some old pros. I made several contacts but Tim was the one guy whose path I kept crossing. Tim's work caught my eye from way back when. When we first started communicating I couldn't believe I was actually corresponding to this uber cool cartoonist whose work I was in awe of. Anyway jump to now...still cartooning but kids, work, life sometimes take a front seat to the old pencil and paper. Slowly I'm getting back to producing a piece here and there. The ones being displayed are a few of my more recent work. One being a card I did for my dad's cousin after she'd had an accident (not this bad) and kinda sorta a similar conversation she had with her husband. The others are ones I did for Tim to help celebrate his day job. Anyway, thanks Tim for the fantastic write up and the display...so proud to have some of my work next to yours, talk about awesome.

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