It’s a long long way between planets. It’s an even longer distance between stars.
A Traveler in the Void – B&W
The being in this illustration had no interest in posing for a portrait. It had things to do and places to be. A more revealing look at its species can be found here.
The Trash Comes Calling – Color
The original Milpitas Monster didn’t kill anyone. It primarily ate garbage. It did threaten the lives of a few people but it didn’t eat anyone. Silly monster. Humans are delicious.
The Trash Comes Calling – B&W
THE MILPITAS MONSTER premiered on May 21st, 1976. The film tells the story of a giant monster, born from the local landfill (garbage dump), who terrorizes a small city in Northern California. It’s the best giant monster movie made by a high school class that I’ve ever seen. No, I haven’t seen any others. It still has its charms. And I do enjoy the concept regardless of how well some of it was executed.
I’ve done a couple of different versions of this critter before – here and here. I will probably do a few more in the years to come.
When the Forest Stretches Its Limbs – Color
New day. New sights. New smells. New winds. New dirt beneath the roots.
When the Forest Stretches Its Limbs – B&W
Coming through. Coming through. Sorry if I step on something you worked hard to build.
A Lingering Scent of Gasoline and Buttered Popcorn – Color
Time passes. Memories fade. When human civilization goes, some of our books will outlast us. If they have been stored somewhere dry and comfortable. Our films? Our films will go when we do. Without the technology to play the film and the power to run the technology, a film is (most accessibly) just a spool with a sequence of images or (less accessibly) an obsolete digital file.
A Lingering Scent of Gasoline and Buttered Popcorn – B&W
And we’re back to our regular schedule – a black and white illustration posting on Sunday with a color version posting the following Wednesday.
This one is a more refined version of an image I did for the Drawloween/Inktober challenge last year. The prompt for that image was “Drive-In Creature Feature”.
I don’t have any real nostalgia for drive-ins. They weren’t a significant part of either my childhood or my adolescence. If I had a choice I’d have rather seen a film in a theatre building rather than a drive-in. I know people often used the drive-in for activities other than watching movies but I’ve got a one track mind. I go to the movies to watch the movie. I only remember going once, to see a double bill of Godzilla vs. Megalon and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. I’m sure that I have more than that but none of the films have stuck in my memory.
I do have sympathy for ghosts and creatures who have outlasted their original era. Most of us become the latter and, eventually, all of us become the former.
Tribute to a Master
This illustration was done in 2012 for a Moebius tribute book that, sadly, was never published. I discovered Moebius’s work in English translations in the magazine Heavy Metal and was instantly a fan. His art still inspires and influences me. 
Happy Birthday Nizzibet!
On this day, a number of years ago Nizzibet was born. The world has been better for this event. I know that I am a better person for having known her. So today we will celebrate the occasion by … doing something. There will probably be food involved. And naps.
Happy Birthday to my favorite everything!
