CMP cartoons

[Howard]

OK here's the story behind the drawing below.
I have two boys, Sidney (Sid) and Errol (Spud). Sid is 7, Spud came along 2 years later.
One evening a couple of weeks ago I came home from work to find the boys watching the recently aquired "Year of the Carrier". Below is an example of his artwork that has been produced pretty much daily since.
His teacher had no idea what a "carrier" is. She is still not sure buut knows it is NOT a "tank"...

[Howard]

5 years later...
The fore-mentioned Sid is now 12 and his artwork continues to improve.
I am sure a lot of readers here would be familiar with the "Transformers" series of films. Well Sid just entered a competition in a magazine ("Mania") to design your own Transformer...
Well, he got down to work. Behold! Autobot "RUSTY"
Rusty.jpg
PS> He won himself a Nintendo game machine... Very pleased with himself!

Originally Posted by Howard

...I have two boys, Sidney (Sid) and Errol (Spud). Sid is 7, Spud came along 2 years later. One evening a couple of weeks ago I came home from work to find the boys watching the recently acquired "Year of the Carrier". Below is an example of his artwork that has been produced pretty much daily since...

[warren brown]

Not really a cartoon - but I just put this up on the softskin forum! This is an illustration I did today of my C60X - I know - it has a Studebaker GS body - but it was a bit of fun to do. The truck was ex-RAAF - a tanker we think - but I just had a go at trying to paint it in an Airfix box cover style.The Blitz, the Marsden Matting and the Zeros were hand painted and the background I made in photoshop - cheers Warren.

[zemsi]

Hi Howard

Didn't know that my Blitz can transfer to an Autobot ;-) Have you seen the 3rd movie yet? I didn't like the 2nd...

Greetings
Chris

[Howard]

Originally Posted by zemsi

...Didn't know that my Blitz can transfer to an Autobot ;-) Have you seen the 3rd movie yet? I didn't like the 2nd...

Hey Chris, you didn't realise the extra functions that Keith built in to your truck? This would explain the AU$5.7million price tag. Just don't press the big red button while driving!!
And no, I haven't seen the third installment yet. Planning to this Thursday.
The 2nd one gets better with subsequent viewings, the kids have it on DVD and I recon I've seen most of it a dozen times!
Autobots! Roll out!

[warren brown]

I hadn't seen this post before last night - it got me thinking about the Blitzes I've drawn in cartoons over the years and so I had a bit of a trawl this morning. I've only found a couple - if anything had to do with bushfires, the Blitz would get a run. The first cartoon was about the plan for text-messaging when there is a bushfire alert, the second was about the summer before last - every day was either a story about bushfires or bloody great white sharks lurking off Sydney's beaches - after a couple of weeks of fires and sharks everybody was well and truly over it!!!

[warren brown]

Though these aren't Blitzes - I found a couple of others.
The first was about a bikie gang that had access to all sorts of weaponry at Holsworthy Army Base.
The second is about Australian soldiers finally leaving Baghdad - at the same time petrol prices had gone through the roof here in Australia. Bring us jerry can home while you're there...

[Keith Webb]

I have to chuckle at the thought of two of my creations being the inspiration!

Originally Posted by Howard

5 years later...
The fore-mentioned Sid is now 12 and his artwork continues to improve.
I am sure a lot of readers here would be familiar with the "Transformers" series of films. Well Sid just entered a competition in a magazine ("Mania") to design your own Transformer...
Well, he got down to work. Behold! Autobot "RUSTY"
Attachment 42747
PS> He won himself a Nintendo game machine... Very pleased with himself!

[warren brown]

Keith! How good is that?!!!! A Blitzformer! Keep drawing Sid - great talent there! Well done!