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Little Nemo in Slumberland is one of the classic comic strips. It features some of the most amazing art ever published. Read on a weekly basis it was probably mind blowing. Read in a collected edition it can get a little dull. All kinds of amazing stuff happens to Nemo and his friends but it just happens. Most of the time it could be happening to anyone. Nemo is never really the agent of any of the action.

Two characters who do tend to stir things up are Flip (on the left) and Impy (on the right). Both characters are basically escapees from minstrel shows. In the original Impy is your basic racist caricature.

Little Nemo is the public domain. Has been for years. It often seems odd to me that no one has picked it up and continued it.

This is also the last page in this sketchbook.

Where the Hell is Matt? from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

The next few posts are of sketches I did recently at the day job. It’s not that things were slow. I just haven’t been able to draw much either at home or at work and I really really needed to. A lot of the time when I haven’t been drawing much I end up with pages of unfinished overlapping indistinct shapes; a riot of images that I can’t focus on enough to complete any particular one. Somehow these sketches resulted in complete images.

I just let myself draw whatever came to mind. In fact, I purposely avoided drawing anything I might have drawn before. I have no idea what this thing is.

This the illustration of George that went to the designer for vectoring.

On January 16th, 2003 I posted this message –

And because one never knows who might be reading – I’m looking for Bernice Jinkerson (or perhaps Jinkersen). We both attended the same high school in Sebastopol. Last I heard she was working for Bill Graham Productions but that was over 15 years ago. I’m not sure that there still is a Bill Graham Productions any more. SJ and I have been wondering whatever became of her. Anyone who might have a clue what’s become of her, please contact me at chaosunit@aol.com. I get a tedious amount of spam so be sure to mention Bernice in the subject line.

On January 14th I got this email –

Hi, Just wanted to let you know Bernie passed away in September 2006 from liver disease. As you most likely know she had a drug problem when in her teens which was brought on by parental abuse (dad).She beat the drug deal and had a good life until she died. When in the drug scene she got hepatitus the bad one which was the cause of her liver failure. We lived in Costa Rica for four years which she loved. She was a great person and I miss her a lot.

It’s taken me a while to figure out what to say.

And the rain washed all away by this morning.

(Photo by Michael Byam)

Bah. What free time I’ve got is going toward finishing illustrations for Terrors From Beyond. Add in the Nephew’s birthday, a visit from Little Sister and that Christmas thing and I don’t see myself getting much posted in the next month. So I’m officially taking December off. I’ll be back on New Year’s Day.

Happy Holidays!