Big Wow Comic Fest: Monday Wine Tasting/BBQ at Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards

Big Wow Comic Fest guest artists, their families and friends were also treated to a Monday wine tasting and BBQ, held at Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards in Saratoga, California. 

Although the boutique winery, established in 1892, is next door to Silicon Valley, it's a spectacular site "tucked among redwood groves along the historic "Chaine d'Or" high in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

We all had a wonderful day!!!

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Red Sonja: Preliminary Pencil Rough

Doug's preliminary pencil rough for an 11 x 17 limited edition Red Sonja print.

To see more preliminary pencil and color roughs, visit the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:

www.comicartfans.com

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10 x 14 Original: Blond at the Beach

The 10 x 14 original, on Arches of France cold press watercolor paper using aniline dyes, is loose and colorful yet features a classic Sneyd female and a vibrant background wash.

This is one of several originals seen during Doug's main segment (at approximately 7:30-10:30) on the 28-minute video titled:  The Rogues Gallery:  Conversations from the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.

It went "live" Monday, March 16 at:  www.vimeo.com/122269568 and features interviews with Doug, Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragones, Jeff Smith, MC Frontalot, James Rolfe, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, Bill Plympton, Sarah Wilkinson and Larry Kaufman.

To see more of Doug's original art, visit the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:

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Please note:   This is a scanned photograph of the original.

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Big Wow Comic Fest: Back to the Future Car

The Back to the Future car attracted a lot of attention during the 2-day convention in San Jose; Doug and I got a chance to see it up close at the San Jose Hilton Monday morning. 

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March 1986, p. 117 Playboy Cartoon

Doug's full-page color cartoon - caption:  "I violate local community standards.  What do you do?" - was also reproduced on the dust jacket front flap of The Art of Doug Sneyd, published by Dark Horse Books in July 2011.  The 248-page hardcover book, now in a second printing, features 270 of Doug's Playboy cartoons; his first cartoon was published in the September 1964 issue.

To see more full-page color cartoons, visit: 

the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:  www.comicartfans.com

the Doug Sneyd Gallery at:  www.bigwowart.com

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Ivy Doomkitty Visits Doug

 It's always fun to visit with Ivy!

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Big Wow Comic Fest: Playboy Cartoonists Dean & Doug

Doug's first comics-cartoon convention was May 2007 in San Jose.  Dean and Doug, who had not previously met, were assigned adjacent tables in Artist Alley; it was a great opportunity to discuss their projects, careers and experiences as cartoonists.  

The two were also assigned adjacent tables in Artist Alley at the 2014 Big Wow Comic Fest in San Jose, California.

Since that first convention in 2007, Doug and I meet Dean and Barbara for dinner during the San Diego Comic-Con International, where both Playboy cartoonists exhibit.  

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Ice Block Video "Goes Live" Monday, March 16th

The Rogues' Gallery:  Conversations from the 2014 San Diego ComicCon goes live Monday, March 16, at www.vimeo.com/122269568; the 28-minute Ice Block video features interviews with Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragones, Jeff Smith, MC Frontalot, James Rolfe, Doug Sneyd, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, Bill Plympton, Sarah Wilkinson and Larry Kaufman.

JJ Koester - Ice Block Co-founder, Producer - focused interview questions on how the artists approached their work and how the veteran cartoonists have seen the industry change over the course of their careers.  For example, Sergio began his career at Mad Magazine in the early 1960s; Stan's been publishing Usagi Yojimbo since 1984; Doug's full-page color cartoons have been published in Playboy since the September 1964 issue.

Ice Block, media specialists in Tokyo who focus on the creation of unique multi-media content, describes The Rogues' Gallery as offering "insight into the minds of great artists from a wide array of fields in the creative arts."

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Playboy Interview with George C. Scott: December 1980 Issue

Killing Patton, on the New York Times Best Seller list for over 5 months, focuses on the final year of World War II and the December 1945 death - accident or assassination??? - of General George Patton.

George C. Scott starred in the 1970 movie Patton, which won 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

So, when I noticed "George C. Scott Interviewed:  A Probing Conversation with the Last Angry Man in Show Business" on the cover of the December 1980 issue of Playboy, I had to check it out.

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Doug Donates Watercolor Original to Charity Auction

Doug donated an 11 x 17 watercolor original to the Big Wow Comic Fest charity auction; John (from London, England) was the winning bidder.  He stopped by Artist Alley on Sunday to talk with Doug. 

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Big Wow Comic Fest: Meeting TV-Film Icon Richard Kiel

Doug enjoyed meeting celebrity guest Richard Kiel, whose career in TV and film spanned nearly 50 years.  The 7'2" actor, who made his television debut at age 21 in the NBC western Laramie, was famous as the James Bond villain Jaws. 

Richard Kiel died at the age of 74 on September 10, 2014.

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

March 1966 Playboy: Snow Bunny on Cover

If the Playboy rabbit had to endure this year's brutal winter in the Midwest and Northeast, I'm not sure he would be smiling.   

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Wonderwoman and Harley Quinn Visit Doug

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Cosplay at Big Wow Comic Fest

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Preliminary Pencil Rough: Nov. 1988, p. 169 Playboy Cartoon

We thought you might be interested to see a preliminary pencil rough for Doug's Nov. 1988, p. 169 Playboy cartoon; it was also reproduced on p. 104 in The Art of Doug Sneyd, published by Dark Horse Books in July 2011.  The 248-page hardcover book featured 270 of Doug's full-page color Playboy cartoons; his first Playboy cartoon was published in the September 1964 issue.

Caption:  "He has two distinct personalities - one chases women and the other watches football."

Artwork size:  7 x 9 1/4, done on heavy tracing vellum.

To see more of Doug's Playboy preliminary pencil and color roughs, visit the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:

www.comicartfans.com

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)