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Sunday, February 21, 2016

New 10 x 14 Loose-Style Original

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(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Wall Street Investors: Unpublished Sneyd Gag Rough

Since energy stocks are playing havoc with Wall Street investors, Doug's Playboy gag rough reject from Unpublished Sneyd, p. 44, seems timely to share with blog readers.

Doug selected his 100 favorite Playboy gag rough rejects for Unpublished Sneyd, now in a second printing.

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Hampton Inn & Suites in Historic New Orleans Landmark Building

The Hampton Inn & Suites, a block from the Mississippi River and across the street from the Morial Convention Center, is partly housed in a historic converted cotton warehouse; the oil painting in the lobby depicts commerce (grain, coffee, cotton and produce) shipped through the port of New Orleans centuries ago.

We checked into the hotel (in the Arts & Warehouse District) January 7th - seeing both Christmas and Mardi Gras decorations in the side entrance on Gaiennie Street.

A few days later the lobby decorations celebrated Mardi Gras, when 2 million visitors typically come to the Crescent City for parties and parades in the French Quarter.

Wizard World artists and attendees shared the Morial Convention Center with a Mardi Gras ball on Saturday, January 9th. Doug couldn't pass up the opportunity to hold the hand of a Mardi Gras Queen!

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Visit to Katrina Memorial: "Scrap House"

Since New Orleans was a 200-mile drive from Orange Beach, Alabama (where Doug and I spend our winters), we checked into the Hampton Inn & Suites/New Orleans early in the afternoon so we could do some sightseeing before setting up for the Wizard World convention (January 8-10, 2016).

The "Scrap House" memorial to Hurricane Katrina stands across the street from the city's convention center, where many refugees lived after their homes were destroyed.

New Orleans artist Sally Heller used Katrina *trash and converted a standing dead oak tree into a "menacing bayou monster" with its head stuck in a shack.

*The bark was made of metal scraps from salvaged 55-gallon oil drums.

The public art piece was unveiled August 29, 2009 - the fourth anniversary of the devastating storm.

This commemorative memorial faces "Scrap House;" the storm's final death toll was 1,836; 705 people are reported as still missing.

The small, quiet park across from the convention center in the Arts & Warehouse District is adjacent to "Scrap House."

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Doug's February 1999 Playboy Cartoon With Prelims

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Doug's full-page color cartoon was published on p. 92 and also reproduced on p. 34 of The Art of Doug Sneyd, published by Dark Horse in July 2011.

caption: "I realize that money can't buy love. I was hoping to lease with an option to buy."

Final pencil rough on heavy tracing vellum; prelim size: 7 x 9

Color rough, typically a xerox of the final pencil rough; look for minor changes (lady's hat, men's clothing, etc.) between the color rough and the finished cartoon art