tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60007579598819088762024-02-18T19:00:37.088-08:00cartoons by Patrick O'Connor<p><a href="http://www.oconnorcartoons.com">Home</a>
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Officially, I'm retired from political cartooning. I admit to no longer following politics, voicing political opinions, reading, watching, listening or thinking about current events. I dropped out of the news cycle back in 2008, after Hope and Change took over.
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That said, I'll occasionally peak back in to check out what's going on. I'm often amused to see that not much has really changed, and the same news events repeat themselves, over and over, just like they did during my 9 years of editorial cartooning.
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Sometimes, I'd draw a cartoon sketch that would get killed by my editors. I'd throw it in the drawer and just wait six months for the news story to come back around again. Cartoons I drew many years ago could rerun today as if they were drawn yesterday.
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I was shocked and disturbed by the massacre that took place on January 7th at the French satirical paper Charlie Hedbo . I feel saddened for those families and everyone affected by the horrific violence.
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In the aftermath of that event, a wave images surged through the press and online of pencils; defiant pencils.
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I didn't think much of it at first. But, my visual mental library kept gnawing at me, and I knew I had seen the pencil thing before.
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I went digging through my own archive of cartoons and sketches, and found it. The drawing at the top of this post came from my one of my sketch books, I'm not really sure which one, because it's probably buried somewhere deep in my garage.
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What could have been going on at that time in the world to prompt me draw something like this?
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<a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/d/danish_cartoon_controversy/index.html">http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/d/danish_cartoon_controversy/index.html</a>
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Here's a screen grab of the file from my desktop of when it was originally was created:
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2006. Nearly nine years ago. I still haven't opened this file and I don't think I will.Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-11645122137313580492012-06-21T15:58:00.000-07:002012-06-21T15:59:09.788-07:00New Olivia Cartoons!Here's a compilation of my daughter Olivia's latest musings. She is a constant source of inspiration.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-aVqxV9QG1gUlWyMx14V8S422JWvfoZvyjLXtqck9uu6EgQgL7uc1-axvNKwQbjd9x-uwrhstgZpweJXeXVBVnziSaLT7ZJSK_M864OsLNWuwfYW79qf-7OMv0g1ZIST2aHa7z6PQI4/s1600/tail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="211" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-aVqxV9QG1gUlWyMx14V8S422JWvfoZvyjLXtqck9uu6EgQgL7uc1-axvNKwQbjd9x-uwrhstgZpweJXeXVBVnziSaLT7ZJSK_M864OsLNWuwfYW79qf-7OMv0g1ZIST2aHa7z6PQI4/s400/tail.jpg" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-86165188299332884132012-03-20T11:33:00.007-07:002012-03-20T12:11:48.678-07:00An Idea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I8eZO2VoCOY9wpXG5N-EhfC4XqhQeMtVrsZFfv_dxP9ei1nLlPvMsOh49xLo0jZDAyzLqjSDQPc-goZhLLHtnFUMfnYiCv7Naske2PGybrCY9rNgMk_JbPlY7JoOQFQsSnjC6hptFqY/s1600/idea.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I8eZO2VoCOY9wpXG5N-EhfC4XqhQeMtVrsZFfv_dxP9ei1nLlPvMsOh49xLo0jZDAyzLqjSDQPc-goZhLLHtnFUMfnYiCv7Naske2PGybrCY9rNgMk_JbPlY7JoOQFQsSnjC6hptFqY/s400/idea.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722049449425935122" /></a><br /><br />One day last year I was sitting in my daughter Olivia's room while she was playing. Having learned some new songs she would sing them at random times, and in her own way mess up the lyrics and sometimes the order of chorus/verses. As she would practice more and more she got much better--and it was so darn cute. <br /><br />Which reminds me of a quote:<br /><br />"Repetition is the Mother of Skill"<br /><br />It's hard to get worse at something if you practice it enough. Drawing is certainly that way. The more you do it the better you get. The one exception I can think of is the game of golf. One can play that game for 40 years and never get any better. Most things, however, improve with time and doing. <br /><br />I began recording Olivia with my iPhone when she would sing. The recordings are surprisingly good and I got this really great take of her singing Baa Baa Black Sheep. Then I had an idea to animate her and the Black Sheep as a character acting along with her. <br /><br />Here are the thumbnail storyboard sketches I did for the initial idea:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9dRi47DDClHjkai_v2IMADc5XVkHlDJjnosa899fZGMhZLcgs_qTsHhCKd_NmEFja3EPrBkGYVYedVn9rsJ_jhb50yeYfU9szI9FaZZD38Hjvlphk7l0z0BQqOvHvFYQLZf3YwxaQHA/s1600/blacksheep.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9dRi47DDClHjkai_v2IMADc5XVkHlDJjnosa899fZGMhZLcgs_qTsHhCKd_NmEFja3EPrBkGYVYedVn9rsJ_jhb50yeYfU9szI9FaZZD38Hjvlphk7l0z0BQqOvHvFYQLZf3YwxaQHA/s400/blacksheep.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722051662731874706" /></a><br /><br />I took these thumbnails and built an animatic by putting the pictures with the audio. After roughing out the timing and then refining and more refining, I had something to animate. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmWJo0WnxsCxAvgc6q1zZLyTv2032zgI9qN06rENv_K4diHUtqAhlbgnB1KCvJ4_De-TgwR_GBv5rwtYlDmBLOK-3B2z86cVQkkKN25Ug4Rg_vIglCDhlN5HgKfv8yE6SlDp9YFEdgkI/s1600/swoosh_thumb.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmWJo0WnxsCxAvgc6q1zZLyTv2032zgI9qN06rENv_K4diHUtqAhlbgnB1KCvJ4_De-TgwR_GBv5rwtYlDmBLOK-3B2z86cVQkkKN25Ug4Rg_vIglCDhlN5HgKfv8yE6SlDp9YFEdgkI/s400/swoosh_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722053136706188898" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1SIJMSyO5HeJViUY9TWBCA6ZpHYSF0VYPAXJt81PfMmQIe3BiKgZfEaWBHhYY7MdbTFwpVsaw_qVyGCuSkK_jQS5NV5ad0pR7N5Hw1NH-vRHOlVyJ76GTYQOdisK4pPjrgeObCFzLTk/s1600/swoosh.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1SIJMSyO5HeJViUY9TWBCA6ZpHYSF0VYPAXJt81PfMmQIe3BiKgZfEaWBHhYY7MdbTFwpVsaw_qVyGCuSkK_jQS5NV5ad0pR7N5Hw1NH-vRHOlVyJ76GTYQOdisK4pPjrgeObCFzLTk/s400/swoosh.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722053299005349826" /></a><br /><br />I love this type of animation. The drawing above is only two frames of the short. It's going by so fast you don't see it as one image, but as a flurry of images moving together. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIU26mGAJhaIQAsNjPZaORJsvjiRxzAl3W2j1BX7HiHdh38ZyWn9yFzK7cZeJXUaQ4i9HX3s6atDexODh2AvJTKXGzwhWN7YWRr2XJZWV-c9Yok0vrXku57N1yZtg6mfqvsS8jEZnOWFo/s1600/sheep.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 381px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIU26mGAJhaIQAsNjPZaORJsvjiRxzAl3W2j1BX7HiHdh38ZyWn9yFzK7cZeJXUaQ4i9HX3s6atDexODh2AvJTKXGzwhWN7YWRr2XJZWV-c9Yok0vrXku57N1yZtg6mfqvsS8jEZnOWFo/s400/sheep.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722054448706978626" /></a><br /><br />I'm excited and passionate about creating more character animation. It is my first love and the reason I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was growing up. And getting back to doing what you love is always a good idea.Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-2429190982441702602012-03-15T10:38:00.001-07:002012-03-15T10:38:42.000-07:00Olivia Sings Baa Baa Black Sheep<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XY8htKDUqaQ?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-65829470928405297672012-03-14T13:55:00.002-07:002012-03-14T13:57:23.675-07:00New Things<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzawwVtm63V6yVggIe_DSS8WuA079qtgXFop2KLYqc7l-0mvrUxtTemfdxyagXD8XTqoqNc1EPFg3UOzR_N5it3Sm2vldSSXHZMTwjvL0CJw4L4QOD1ILMvdq4NEunj-L8LV8Pg6cnik/s1600/new.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzawwVtm63V6yVggIe_DSS8WuA079qtgXFop2KLYqc7l-0mvrUxtTemfdxyagXD8XTqoqNc1EPFg3UOzR_N5it3Sm2vldSSXHZMTwjvL0CJw4L4QOD1ILMvdq4NEunj-L8LV8Pg6cnik/s400/new.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719859722385917314" /></a><br /><br />Lots of new things coming up soon.Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-19843860724301025112011-12-19T11:41:00.000-08:002011-12-19T11:57:05.085-08:00LA Weekly WrapThis week's cartoon is my last print cartoon for the LA Weekly. I've been on staff since January of 2009 and it's been an amazing experience. All the best to the Weekly and all the talented folks who put it together. We might continue to work together in another capacity....creating online creating animated shorts...but more about that later. So, here's a roundup of my last batch of cartoons. Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hj7T06YYXA3GN-8ZUOSM9AacACnMNWFXVokeHK5i7jgkwj0nTBM9vUEYJh9XTKP95W3HlgepydiHkQUgqp81qQmKDkV2eBDbucBiZ0Q_O_91b0QTuUknAe2xAstWfagWowulAeZmBGM/s1600/occupycityhall.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hj7T06YYXA3GN-8ZUOSM9AacACnMNWFXVokeHK5i7jgkwj0nTBM9vUEYJh9XTKP95W3HlgepydiHkQUgqp81qQmKDkV2eBDbucBiZ0Q_O_91b0QTuUknAe2xAstWfagWowulAeZmBGM/s400/occupycityhall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687930386017859954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEQe2XApumm5msokqkaPcaFsvJY88WD-e33PA3os3mLQQ9_aXABMMSR6YYU0Z2sFs9u_i3CNODfC04ce6XqzNXrCl3JWLb2Vwve50d0J9D5e0nqYxtJF4fxX96eBX9dlqC-ucTNTkGNE/s1600/backdoor.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEQe2XApumm5msokqkaPcaFsvJY88WD-e33PA3os3mLQQ9_aXABMMSR6YYU0Z2sFs9u_i3CNODfC04ce6XqzNXrCl3JWLb2Vwve50d0J9D5e0nqYxtJF4fxX96eBX9dlqC-ucTNTkGNE/s400/backdoor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687929506725093426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDWjeL_sfUUVTjcIXKyeSEac0hOcvIZrrGsJGWzKslR4yD-tcCdySzc9ZnEdvVY0qRGouYpI1lljaLu_SJwxa8PtRxVVtqfkAvfWNfS-HvYaFLcQcwUbrKXIZ8ETOTwI40K-2bAtUPUA/s1600/outofbusiness.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDWjeL_sfUUVTjcIXKyeSEac0hOcvIZrrGsJGWzKslR4yD-tcCdySzc9ZnEdvVY0qRGouYpI1lljaLu_SJwxa8PtRxVVtqfkAvfWNfS-HvYaFLcQcwUbrKXIZ8ETOTwI40K-2bAtUPUA/s400/outofbusiness.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687929501419760210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjs2wboczFtKDsSw_uo7k-L2KjJFg8EYgpeYLsP0JZnAQz9m1994VlCVkdqWhaPBXoMrrzqV4jGBjMO6HFVLWZuiW6uuBd5eVi5D2BN0jLwuhOLk4nwsuSgiRTaBUq2DeIkaNMAzvy3Y/s1600/occupywallst.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjs2wboczFtKDsSw_uo7k-L2KjJFg8EYgpeYLsP0JZnAQz9m1994VlCVkdqWhaPBXoMrrzqV4jGBjMO6HFVLWZuiW6uuBd5eVi5D2BN0jLwuhOLk4nwsuSgiRTaBUq2DeIkaNMAzvy3Y/s400/occupywallst.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687929482552927714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjwLjxCDjtB8y-sb_mPYUnI5Mx1k_lydfeBMt4luTQVEDOe6datPXGkg3JIeTkuvEpFxn_8T1NWyz1jOzcmdIk6nfJUYPje0LyNB0wwv81xM8FVULWINCgZff17GNl3wqHj0wsCoYHUU/s1600/thestreets.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjwLjxCDjtB8y-sb_mPYUnI5Mx1k_lydfeBMt4luTQVEDOe6datPXGkg3JIeTkuvEpFxn_8T1NWyz1jOzcmdIk6nfJUYPje0LyNB0wwv81xM8FVULWINCgZff17GNl3wqHj0wsCoYHUU/s400/thestreets.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687929471879139426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrAEYPX-jpWTEmKFmAfstjzJJWJZs9beRNEUAusHKWiyJlLyCqWBi-omXtI2NuFYHJt8-1oFNJKdxJBabJz0FGbg4IgquIeD3V5Wi777_XEjOHccvbBrGw2KLkIioA_2J4UzccfUqlQw/s1600/housingauthority.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrAEYPX-jpWTEmKFmAfstjzJJWJZs9beRNEUAusHKWiyJlLyCqWBi-omXtI2NuFYHJt8-1oFNJKdxJBabJz0FGbg4IgquIeD3V5Wi777_XEjOHccvbBrGw2KLkIioA_2J4UzccfUqlQw/s400/housingauthority.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687929462358941554" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-31601508291136856012011-10-23T19:48:00.000-07:002011-10-23T20:07:44.811-07:00Big 'Ol LA Weekly PostWell, it's been way to damn long. Time is really flying. So, let's catch up with several months of LA Weekly cartoons. If you don't get the joke it's probably because that local LA issue long gone by now...but hey--look at those funny characters and pretty colors!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJeuxwq9YzT78aHqhKWDircN8a3nOgE09cLFJVmBu4mPKaGNfEsyp0uVuwgm4hu_B7IS3cD7xLQnRQAzqrpN5S6A1Z1paNetPniQlVYHoR2ZQSlP8h9-VUOe3g563F6zxI5jLxDe5X2A/s1600/sincewhat%253F.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJeuxwq9YzT78aHqhKWDircN8a3nOgE09cLFJVmBu4mPKaGNfEsyp0uVuwgm4hu_B7IS3cD7xLQnRQAzqrpN5S6A1Z1paNetPniQlVYHoR2ZQSlP8h9-VUOe3g563F6zxI5jLxDe5X2A/s400/sincewhat%253F.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666889894444205922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-llCtz73VKVHfs5GnwhxXrkPvO2V-nJgPuXreg38IEla2BKkiNh4AOYkUMqD2BedUP-Fg1dvNEa_Q9-nDcPNIf4_gRbnNDTt9gUmwfTwJv4LvW1zC9c0e_xEcDYknv_H5sSv88LiN4I/s1600/treasurer.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsO_9xEpQass27Bbc7fDI8PMbtrWCkMl6k-dnf0pQ6E7sbvya2PCC3Mtq9WKoILbu2_UE1iKruwkYi_-xEuTmWzxy66yyFPKI83eLLDVLVM8fuX8Jy4sDDGDO68EeORz1RfXw2AF4FYA/s400/grandpotholeofLA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666888432226327794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioewG4v4O_PnRXLFOBcpwKFHJL5fsVYnVveY4wIsFSaPS43RrK_89OC13W1ZTxcRzIO37bxkLG23sZb6uUQE5CwFWSrAFLaYr4ZrmhkLo_aH_sGaJgIoFWc8dK2R3ePApRQOYcYgItF7I/s1600/congressman.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioewG4v4O_PnRXLFOBcpwKFHJL5fsVYnVveY4wIsFSaPS43RrK_89OC13W1ZTxcRzIO37bxkLG23sZb6uUQE5CwFWSrAFLaYr4ZrmhkLo_aH_sGaJgIoFWc8dK2R3ePApRQOYcYgItF7I/s400/congressman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666888430982270290" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-52739114640857839322011-05-10T16:44:00.000-07:002011-05-10T16:49:01.938-07:00LA Weekly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVMPerlQBhyphenhyphenD-ModLKphfxpUtRhmonqvhs_nCaLMSKCUdnhF-aUbWilNVPCB3QVP0eampRU0Z-37vt4VRBve4_meCMVAL4w5VgtTHk5segz_s00YOaqm-aKVDSknD9dvzrUqXNJJeUQ4/s1600/walk_01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQwJXMtePd3hnwjTp4r7eVMgJRK7f_T87cgz3UPMFmoiYdA2_fqfkgi7okwu9ArAzfM5ShExTAozk5LCer76ZwCa4dSrV0lilIe11KQt9uLaOjzcsCjY__7vLlw6c7rywtP54e8ImUkw/s400/thinkblue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605238113334700946" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-40727209031046996722011-05-02T17:41:00.000-07:002011-05-02T17:45:11.609-07:00Mother Dough review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1sn_sKGjGt1mG0GuX8N3WRNkPh9rgOjIJegmfVKc2Z33CumGuMFVXM3FWGG_KSCPOG8CB4j9V0qCvg8SVvSABHJsjaVpU08clB97YJ_RIlovRsU-z71J6v-g5JWXO_cYCGBzMPOvFlU/s1600/buffalo_revision_03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1sn_sKGjGt1mG0GuX8N3WRNkPh9rgOjIJegmfVKc2Z33CumGuMFVXM3FWGG_KSCPOG8CB4j9V0qCvg8SVvSABHJsjaVpU08clB97YJ_RIlovRsU-z71J6v-g5JWXO_cYCGBzMPOvFlU/s400/buffalo_revision_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602284286707997394" /></a><br />Here's a great review of Bez in the Los Angeles Times:<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-find-mother-dough-20110428,0,2990547.storyPatrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-39794515155254782002011-05-01T21:20:00.000-07:002011-05-01T21:21:21.696-07:00September 14, 2001<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIgvn3MnqLDS6m-skQeYdn2P9_eCX0OBfizyJQoYqfLrN0eIWq2Pdi77VjrvhRxRs7YjbfWrE_QlPt08m-93M0Xc1p6NE5hFF13QEfjYj7DZtd1PAR1bES69t28N7rQWjshkzyDpIJoM/s1600/osama.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIgvn3MnqLDS6m-skQeYdn2P9_eCX0OBfizyJQoYqfLrN0eIWq2Pdi77VjrvhRxRs7YjbfWrE_QlPt08m-93M0Xc1p6NE5hFF13QEfjYj7DZtd1PAR1bES69t28N7rQWjshkzyDpIJoM/s400/osama.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601968956992960866" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-60183087227162017932011-04-15T10:31:00.001-07:002011-04-15T11:10:24.124-07:00The Art of Mother Dough<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqKLUrcpLGHWvFkpobeeia9Ho3e8wxZlimo3dsOjprSYmMUHKxycYIudpL0zYjWlZ3FZJXDyEZ9G4qgIs1UFtoWbhvLFfLyPPnz3sGzAyIIz2Dr3PCID8pAm4BnZPdPKG-9LNOQNbP4k/s1600/md_01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqKLUrcpLGHWvFkpobeeia9Ho3e8wxZlimo3dsOjprSYmMUHKxycYIudpL0zYjWlZ3FZJXDyEZ9G4qgIs1UFtoWbhvLFfLyPPnz3sGzAyIIz2Dr3PCID8pAm4BnZPdPKG-9LNOQNbP4k/s400/md_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595864539023053186" /></a><br /><br />Looking for an awesome restaurant to go to this weekend? Mother Dough is authentic Neapolitan pizza and they're now open!!!! The food and atmosphere are excellent. And guess who did their design work? <br /><br />A friend of mine from my old job contacted me last fall and said her husband was opening this pizza shop and asked if I would design their logo. After a lot of trial and error, and their input, this is what we settled on:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn8tF3tVqd6TVR7l-vaOW5jAqBTQvQKXFCO0AxL3EvTNzvr1BhKsSrDIgX5pCqh18V_EE7NgS2J47RfWkNPh-JXvsUPD_TuZefRjD4w5ujnotdJbpXbi3S673CMEGk58B2Oz25gab_Bs/s1600/logo_02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn8tF3tVqd6TVR7l-vaOW5jAqBTQvQKXFCO0AxL3EvTNzvr1BhKsSrDIgX5pCqh18V_EE7NgS2J47RfWkNPh-JXvsUPD_TuZefRjD4w5ujnotdJbpXbi3S673CMEGk58B2Oz25gab_Bs/s400/logo_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595865506381942498" /></a><br /><br />In addition, they asked if I would design some characters for the t-shirts the cooks and servers would wear. Of course I would! They wanted the characters which are in the food wearing a pulcinella mask, a classic character of Italian puppetry and a symbol of naples. <br /><br /><br><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09LpOmVjCNeJVbBAWSAhs8gLfKKZPAG4g5PneFHb-S7snV-r9L2QvvjaTYdrzA-Omx0TcedRMtwFxJi6zZaM6BgJv1HOUzvxZr4upeRS88HaT8kcQeNsN9ml2Mdmtt_2Mf5V8jjTQZuA/s1600/pig.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09LpOmVjCNeJVbBAWSAhs8gLfKKZPAG4g5PneFHb-S7snV-r9L2QvvjaTYdrzA-Omx0TcedRMtwFxJi6zZaM6BgJv1HOUzvxZr4upeRS88HaT8kcQeNsN9ml2Mdmtt_2Mf5V8jjTQZuA/s400/pig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595867556182034706" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhs4lG86Tge8EokP1e1Dt7f2TUABDt289AxLEbs1UIuui4byJ_JMgQRr_BcL7Fp6Cs3m1hyhnUOrwAMHJkzrhg0NZ38T5On9I1MyXArgdfTiNy3U2fPfFznoq_XQgYQs1294Jmq0sXjvI/s1600/duck.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhs4lG86Tge8EokP1e1Dt7f2TUABDt289AxLEbs1UIuui4byJ_JMgQRr_BcL7Fp6Cs3m1hyhnUOrwAMHJkzrhg0NZ38T5On9I1MyXArgdfTiNy3U2fPfFznoq_XQgYQs1294Jmq0sXjvI/s400/duck.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595867545969779874" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPXnCzcivPDJRPUYCZjR5d7rOfkii4wc_jzGAmhkNcnn91llmHQtKi1IFj0huvddbAdfI_sLp18r8ZHOQlOmr8IbzIC6fwHTZir-Hqf1bXHaw_RRKSbz1xlGIpNkj3TESSybFBHn7-P8/s1600/chickens.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPXnCzcivPDJRPUYCZjR5d7rOfkii4wc_jzGAmhkNcnn91llmHQtKi1IFj0huvddbAdfI_sLp18r8ZHOQlOmr8IbzIC6fwHTZir-Hqf1bXHaw_RRKSbz1xlGIpNkj3TESSybFBHn7-P8/s400/chickens.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595867540767253634" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBNd1835Nbp7whkxJiqmUIYOgWPcBMvOqHxSjFrNGvVWkCNCt5oB9jg6OMXHJESGUKlO1NM2RR6aC-ElgnDXOHMdsqZc6m7-l2RnUPxZK_ECYKE73cSaPDAMGBjI4UXsbbUFhA549W00/s1600/buffalo_revision_03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBNd1835Nbp7whkxJiqmUIYOgWPcBMvOqHxSjFrNGvVWkCNCt5oB9jg6OMXHJESGUKlO1NM2RR6aC-ElgnDXOHMdsqZc6m7-l2RnUPxZK_ECYKE73cSaPDAMGBjI4UXsbbUFhA549W00/s400/buffalo_revision_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595867543387577506" /></a><br /><br />I also designed the menu and wine list. I hand-lettered each item and assembled it in Photoshop:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZZLdCKBhkP4gn6kYB9p0CDsVT-ZaoFZ2VyKyJeepkET_FlK_lDJnYyf0KSTTcOXoJZNuIZ-zR37cjbOD9gfa5WiodH-JsrPZAlCoXqZyNlpSALXD1CMe4MjDbHlUwjyXYA6TFSlu4Ac/s1600/menu_03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZZLdCKBhkP4gn6kYB9p0CDsVT-ZaoFZ2VyKyJeepkET_FlK_lDJnYyf0KSTTcOXoJZNuIZ-zR37cjbOD9gfa5WiodH-JsrPZAlCoXqZyNlpSALXD1CMe4MjDbHlUwjyXYA6TFSlu4Ac/s400/menu_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595868821285428514" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjewBze0VhYg8q9IocktxfYNrmdEplAE-QFVcAvInENIv2mP6Hq7JHpFvArnHjlsadjCjbhEET-ODrXuRx5gEwkDDYnIl05lBa-Klm3rP6htFKqNTynKjaUgA1KVLCnLNIjmMkcOPUnxQ/s1600/menu_02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjewBze0VhYg8q9IocktxfYNrmdEplAE-QFVcAvInENIv2mP6Hq7JHpFvArnHjlsadjCjbhEET-ODrXuRx5gEwkDDYnIl05lBa-Klm3rP6htFKqNTynKjaUgA1KVLCnLNIjmMkcOPUnxQ/s400/menu_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595868818517156850" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_IGs9niBE9lCO86i1e0qcnVh-PR8CwZlEd7bjWYH8EGgp2k4RG9qJDpPwGP67B-n5J8jC3UHhR8q_IuUZyOVVzdqECsAKh6P4bO3urS0u-phdiZB6_vo-EQ9Uh_ga53X6nTiQdu4qkCY/s1600/menu_01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_IGs9niBE9lCO86i1e0qcnVh-PR8CwZlEd7bjWYH8EGgp2k4RG9qJDpPwGP67B-n5J8jC3UHhR8q_IuUZyOVVzdqECsAKh6P4bO3urS0u-phdiZB6_vo-EQ9Uh_ga53X6nTiQdu4qkCY/s400/menu_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595868812917138498" /></a><br /><br />They also asked for a primer; some basic information about the food and its origins. Originally it was intended to be on the back of the menu but there just wasn't any space. So I came up with the idea of putting on the placemats:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjui_ip5OwH2vGjt8VIu1jmzuAiU5y15GjbPzA5dkFe_QgGYPjgZMt5RccljLIoxXjdS014rJgNl-r5F7xW1FB1yGm7Q0ikN3y9JsXFc0BgRjP4uxg25NZVxGfwSLWgBziS5ddLp2oATAI/s1600/menu_04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 366px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjui_ip5OwH2vGjt8VIu1jmzuAiU5y15GjbPzA5dkFe_QgGYPjgZMt5RccljLIoxXjdS014rJgNl-r5F7xW1FB1yGm7Q0ikN3y9JsXFc0BgRjP4uxg25NZVxGfwSLWgBziS5ddLp2oATAI/s400/menu_04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595868825743208162" /></a><br /><br />The owner, Bez, has done a wonderful job designing the restaurant. He did almost everything himself including these wall fixtures, which are old railroad spikes in different pleasing arrangments:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6DC-dW8Vsv6jXWcuj__KQ4-tKXdfuzHVI8ZvoeCY2lkoXP_zQQH5EvfHv4HOZOxQTJcbecIugUFquM2xrPYOTh3wJ6WLSCovZ9zsCf8iLiCJ7-bKO1Dd4BUeuni7j8LvuUoF9xOmS3U/s1600/md_05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6DC-dW8Vsv6jXWcuj__KQ4-tKXdfuzHVI8ZvoeCY2lkoXP_zQQH5EvfHv4HOZOxQTJcbecIugUFquM2xrPYOTh3wJ6WLSCovZ9zsCf8iLiCJ7-bKO1Dd4BUeuni7j8LvuUoF9xOmS3U/s400/md_05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595870034704337618" /></a><br /><br /><br />The center piece of mother dough is the wood burning oven, imported from Italy:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPRc772EiSNBwZDN98_gSuYNsAOhgRa497Cs0ZMoMCsMjHVM17PWP_EUfTkCJvlR9yaE6fnAzeyotbNJiJ6zc2NGGY_-Q6WJ7GLQPqrYx5T9_NN7BJXNvEI109jY-l1VMrPxdbJPQBC0/s1600/md_04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPRc772EiSNBwZDN98_gSuYNsAOhgRa497Cs0ZMoMCsMjHVM17PWP_EUfTkCJvlR9yaE6fnAzeyotbNJiJ6zc2NGGY_-Q6WJ7GLQPqrYx5T9_NN7BJXNvEI109jY-l1VMrPxdbJPQBC0/s400/md_04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595870600572750002" /></a><br /><br />And if all this weren't enough....can you see the wall in the hallway in the upper right corner of this photo? Bez wanted that wall to look old and tattered. He also wanted a design of Diego Maradona, one of the most famous soccer players of all time, stenciled in the hall. There are images like this on the streets all over Latin America. The Italian connection is Maradona used to play his club soccer for the Naples club team. The entire wall needed a scenic treatment so I called in my brother, an amazing scenic artist, and we made the wall look 100 years old. I did a stencil of Maradona and placed strategically at eye level. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxn1OSHAFVbeCK6QNS0J9kU4GC4mlkH75zkNSedTFrTGImSvMNit7ykcsmR-ZphRJK6Ekh08fsJDsLuMfBlB7rRFmduKSdA3l1ZSrWEZtjLMqSSx0y8kNmvz80MNxa9X9auUjFdFICISU/s1600/M_02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxn1OSHAFVbeCK6QNS0J9kU4GC4mlkH75zkNSedTFrTGImSvMNit7ykcsmR-ZphRJK6Ekh08fsJDsLuMfBlB7rRFmduKSdA3l1ZSrWEZtjLMqSSx0y8kNmvz80MNxa9X9auUjFdFICISU/s400/M_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595872373266756354" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjBnJHv9RjuCTaoQlsXz_syR0ifuWfyL9YJajXBiMp1Vx6loEYDmwi0kNSP5tr4-Kbxjz2ZdgxJ64LH_5ce1GVqabA8KXGunwYRXYpfgcIXD9S-QGXuzeWq8M9H8C4S5y6B-_WJkk2EI/s1600/m_03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjBnJHv9RjuCTaoQlsXz_syR0ifuWfyL9YJajXBiMp1Vx6loEYDmwi0kNSP5tr4-Kbxjz2ZdgxJ64LH_5ce1GVqabA8KXGunwYRXYpfgcIXD9S-QGXuzeWq8M9H8C4S5y6B-_WJkk2EI/s400/m_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595872367069192754" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4ac3B6YqLoP1ffq-yrB_hFVf9mkGeX0Qy2Y8woaRQdIlWXkQhD9ePOTw7E7zSbo2AMLx-_iflruVo7_4QPvXGU3UWb_YWaP4l5kPfosVHChPKkSIJ6YOVFcHXE5EFHfvf3_c5NaSqro/s1600/m_01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4ac3B6YqLoP1ffq-yrB_hFVf9mkGeX0Qy2Y8woaRQdIlWXkQhD9ePOTw7E7zSbo2AMLx-_iflruVo7_4QPvXGU3UWb_YWaP4l5kPfosVHChPKkSIJ6YOVFcHXE5EFHfvf3_c5NaSqro/s400/m_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595872363352878114" /></a><br /><br />So, make the trip to Hollywood and try some of this awesome, authentic, Neapolitan-style pizza! And enjoy all the cool art and design.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eKMrGOCIjL1ovFsspGTg0PioU2dFbF_yhCg_x1rXNnGj9HRGECfoVUrcnDEHaEHmC0ud3Gqy45-AS41L102k97XEgwRGhSk984DJS6AmqpsszGp863CwV6u23UIUmCKw1lRZOhGD2Ds/s1600/md_02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eKMrGOCIjL1ovFsspGTg0PioU2dFbF_yhCg_x1rXNnGj9HRGECfoVUrcnDEHaEHmC0ud3Gqy45-AS41L102k97XEgwRGhSk984DJS6AmqpsszGp863CwV6u23UIUmCKw1lRZOhGD2Ds/s400/md_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595873199591461954" /></a><br /><br />www.motherdoughpizza.comPatrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-77268999762608209782011-04-06T21:46:00.001-07:002011-04-06T21:52:47.932-07:00More LA Weekly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOWaDMaCxuVmvOceUyxEcaZxN_OpxhCdPFXafaa7c1Kdhpz49AUq5ABlhUG6-jEAmSPCG1d-G4FjCR1SbvHeUNIMIAr0laZIZEktnFdIlyDosoK-k2DNne-saCns8fl2kVVqn_GafRO4/s1600/LACafe.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFf3pjBcC3GJjCRILgOXgCAmimPUp4iyJJf0IloFyg_1qTjNsgIcOUZkkjs9tZEQsfR7zkOka6iIF_ab4pVqN-85ItTK_rCNrzAl7sunPASewfx0-0nzoto_4G4aGXwk-bcOk81JiyxbQ/s400/filled.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592699321982316930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnoDd_q8ZNv6oLfaDWmNqsO9q84BYjWgS56HRgXkw1QtQ_SfA3I7v16vPVH0GiR4peTrkckYzd-WCF7YJSdDXTMuUT7L3RzyjBi4_1JSBxQ_wUQwEnWm8dEGAp66Q2m4z1zk45jOeGCM/s1600/snowsmog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnoDd_q8ZNv6oLfaDWmNqsO9q84BYjWgS56HRgXkw1QtQ_SfA3I7v16vPVH0GiR4peTrkckYzd-WCF7YJSdDXTMuUT7L3RzyjBi4_1JSBxQ_wUQwEnWm8dEGAp66Q2m4z1zk45jOeGCM/s400/snowsmog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592699313831955666" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-6968545504777637122011-01-27T09:35:00.001-08:002011-01-27T09:40:40.453-08:00LA WeeklySome recent cartoons from the Weekly. Enjoy. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_IiFbLkQjK_3x4fyCNB4m0SVoUOdgD7C28jr9SABFk0eVnj3w4C_2hVDbGBb3Y6CozWVr3Rvq0nku4PHE2y-zxUyjbTQCuBu6347JhkyjGHZ-sa86foHZrGNU0wL496ZSUWvEvB-gEk/s1600/waronpoverty.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_IiFbLkQjK_3x4fyCNB4m0SVoUOdgD7C28jr9SABFk0eVnj3w4C_2hVDbGBb3Y6CozWVr3Rvq0nku4PHE2y-zxUyjbTQCuBu6347JhkyjGHZ-sa86foHZrGNU0wL496ZSUWvEvB-gEk/s400/waronpoverty.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566921215480387362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYWTBXwRkWxJSvka326J99ljreYPu2L1ioh46Vkg95WlqUN1U0wL4OnvQ4fQjlopgpVLHg2NGmkSoNGnNEEkT5ehjIfYHKknpJNgIyRzRAcFIlQ5rNtZyDKZ2D8gaDQZscnfUHjv11KU/s1600/hands.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYWTBXwRkWxJSvka326J99ljreYPu2L1ioh46Vkg95WlqUN1U0wL4OnvQ4fQjlopgpVLHg2NGmkSoNGnNEEkT5ehjIfYHKknpJNgIyRzRAcFIlQ5rNtZyDKZ2D8gaDQZscnfUHjv11KU/s400/hands.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566921211265254850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXsrl7qvMy-r6LtF73N7rX_n4WV3iwO1p9CUYS_INMqAFIqkNyCKM4poNglUR5u7DpdEuUeQJGf7Z4To2Q5fY6qojzus6WkP8pJlI6w7J5mjVEF-K4gljTV8nhm-1J8AjiR_REe_KH-Q/s1600/ark.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXsrl7qvMy-r6LtF73N7rX_n4WV3iwO1p9CUYS_INMqAFIqkNyCKM4poNglUR5u7DpdEuUeQJGf7Z4To2Q5fY6qojzus6WkP8pJlI6w7J5mjVEF-K4gljTV8nhm-1J8AjiR_REe_KH-Q/s400/ark.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566921034589858402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6kXE6lZOGUbYRqKn0jQjoNI0CTMLI_ooYUCR4cIfdVtyOhmK1rKrPOSiqA6I1RTfKQcz3FiHTUUrfIDOXkp1mWGMJnLOvBvPXmoc42-4fFSbqEPgnyrj1aDHBbfWB5BRQOsx2JjvUHI/s1600/hole.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6kXE6lZOGUbYRqKn0jQjoNI0CTMLI_ooYUCR4cIfdVtyOhmK1rKrPOSiqA6I1RTfKQcz3FiHTUUrfIDOXkp1mWGMJnLOvBvPXmoc42-4fFSbqEPgnyrj1aDHBbfWB5BRQOsx2JjvUHI/s400/hole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566921028735508946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWHF-K0bsIQalaDhmV6rkpwK0gcyxR3yamm0I2igLBL2rOF2y6CpTL3hoWFyGHuRGfDhnMtKJ2zIJMDJupFJUorQXm01Pf9Q1Ey6QShD8_D99qGCZCOJYrAwjzdGN78ICi7SXQh8kAFI/s1600/leaks.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWHF-K0bsIQalaDhmV6rkpwK0gcyxR3yamm0I2igLBL2rOF2y6CpTL3hoWFyGHuRGfDhnMtKJ2zIJMDJupFJUorQXm01Pf9Q1Ey6QShD8_D99qGCZCOJYrAwjzdGN78ICi7SXQh8kAFI/s400/leaks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566921023462936034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfosLW9ZF3_Q8puEJXs13k_JdwMB1L5bxZTpnDaznLI01EHwRbMBGrm8Sp7RG7V8SJyBc1mYh6bfQ7jTBpHY6OQh7WX3sqd_J1SOiJIFb36uTVWhmrmGazL-_d9F7JZ-HidlNyT60wKU/s1600/fullbody.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfosLW9ZF3_Q8puEJXs13k_JdwMB1L5bxZTpnDaznLI01EHwRbMBGrm8Sp7RG7V8SJyBc1mYh6bfQ7jTBpHY6OQh7WX3sqd_J1SOiJIFb36uTVWhmrmGazL-_d9F7JZ-HidlNyT60wKU/s400/fullbody.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566921019977070482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3PhLD76NcT0d2yAlaEyROmzzd1Rr_jlfmLx5Ntb5wfR1sjncrHDqfBuokpjnmUtHSZsrgKSa0n3sSnNcOGaXOlHSqrtiH4zouXM0Bkbjgk3mjIOgheDHTeIdywA-hjlvpdVcPrKmqbQ/s1600/buy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3PhLD76NcT0d2yAlaEyROmzzd1Rr_jlfmLx5Ntb5wfR1sjncrHDqfBuokpjnmUtHSZsrgKSa0n3sSnNcOGaXOlHSqrtiH4zouXM0Bkbjgk3mjIOgheDHTeIdywA-hjlvpdVcPrKmqbQ/s400/buy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566921017881097106" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-70547511477591308312011-01-18T10:51:00.000-08:002011-01-19T16:08:29.686-08:00Common Ground<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6_vx7_MOd30s35UabrxDsSUa-KAvpYXQucUtFibRWsMnsCJXlrHjWbV790cL51jnNpMABeHEJCxBsJIhlvyB2x4bbwCbZD6xgbGGRmAI59xRDLvkvPbRiMQKg9-6SgGbmGm7ii53Kzs/s1600/commonground.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6_vx7_MOd30s35UabrxDsSUa-KAvpYXQucUtFibRWsMnsCJXlrHjWbV790cL51jnNpMABeHEJCxBsJIhlvyB2x4bbwCbZD6xgbGGRmAI59xRDLvkvPbRiMQKg9-6SgGbmGm7ii53Kzs/s400/commonground.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564051499725654802" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Have you ever been so far apart from someone on something that you couldn't agree on anything? Even the littlest thing? It could be an argument about religion, politics, or a film you didn't like. It could be a relationship between two people, groups, states or countries. Whatever the case may be, there is a chasm, a split, a break, two separate realities that don't see eye to eye. <br /><br />This is a visual theme I've explored for a number of years in cartoons, drawings and sketchbooks. I like the idea of somehow getting to that bargaining table in the middle of the gap.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8otBDKZiyU84bp5oe2Bwp0BiYBYUxZy3PujPJOSUMmPzu39Xf1zROWp21EJID2UKInByObhbmaF9sCkKOl7T567J-HF-l0bOxVH2vamLsurGCE-LmreypZ4_eJUrv331mGv1BOK2V6ag/s1600/ground_03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8otBDKZiyU84bp5oe2Bwp0BiYBYUxZy3PujPJOSUMmPzu39Xf1zROWp21EJID2UKInByObhbmaF9sCkKOl7T567J-HF-l0bOxVH2vamLsurGCE-LmreypZ4_eJUrv331mGv1BOK2V6ag/s400/ground_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564052034942191826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvetWbJ6w1ZlhVqSBT8LZF0AsbFBC12fiW4aQKQxPhOxTql6UuMYJLE9-3-oXx-IqL85ooaa_x-R96nZij9bvDsKGAnyI64IFwNBbU6hklMQ_V9q3uSiAF8MCuj59GvpxSJFOZkJxVPxU/s1600/ground_02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvetWbJ6w1ZlhVqSBT8LZF0AsbFBC12fiW4aQKQxPhOxTql6UuMYJLE9-3-oXx-IqL85ooaa_x-R96nZij9bvDsKGAnyI64IFwNBbU6hklMQ_V9q3uSiAF8MCuj59GvpxSJFOZkJxVPxU/s400/ground_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564052033395706434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplL04nVpmEcxsMozJ3mEl_4VgHnKeInZqARtzodvB1sPFBAnofqGB0lX65giov1q3TAS71V-JJecqa__MXPFjh4PBTDr0V6ZtcLs4DyrxSavWGQmsy3iiy4BCb139dtMOF5bSZdhmWes/s1600/ground_01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplL04nVpmEcxsMozJ3mEl_4VgHnKeInZqARtzodvB1sPFBAnofqGB0lX65giov1q3TAS71V-JJecqa__MXPFjh4PBTDr0V6ZtcLs4DyrxSavWGQmsy3iiy4BCb139dtMOF5bSZdhmWes/s400/ground_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564052028337312866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOFlspRtcNmJ6KNT_klwy8UEQhC0kuoN6EMNXVqVBvrzvkmsppnxupP49kvOCV25irO29U887UH5r7taRAKVjhgYBKK8slpeN9DwKKN1jcEweT4PxG3CTZ8o4wS1PUIkoABys51VSVGs/s1600/45_full_GROUND.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOFlspRtcNmJ6KNT_klwy8UEQhC0kuoN6EMNXVqVBvrzvkmsppnxupP49kvOCV25irO29U887UH5r7taRAKVjhgYBKK8slpeN9DwKKN1jcEweT4PxG3CTZ8o4wS1PUIkoABys51VSVGs/s400/45_full_GROUND.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564052023539611330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqPaGXtonNNjzEJK2f6jnptB9EqoTcwQeEvx4JRMUvDWBEqzImmXWOdQ7OMkRQ10v2ZgTpq_uquciiz-HYc5QsyxhH0ShKhsvQMNNKw-FrQiERLe5DNGJwbYEZepLxXx3zL1sofXvgsQ/s1600/08_full_CLASSSTUCTURE.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqPaGXtonNNjzEJK2f6jnptB9EqoTcwQeEvx4JRMUvDWBEqzImmXWOdQ7OMkRQ10v2ZgTpq_uquciiz-HYc5QsyxhH0ShKhsvQMNNKw-FrQiERLe5DNGJwbYEZepLxXx3zL1sofXvgsQ/s400/08_full_CLASSSTUCTURE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564052010145305410" /></a><br /><br />From time to time I get into printmaking. I like the way each step of the process builds an image. Here is print I pulled at<a href="http://www.josephinepress.com/"> Josephine Press</a> in Santa Monica. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVdkSdZEX_C8n3YYFWt54Egb2bAc6smnoMZ69yTIpBULKiaNWE5h9DRYkzbBIXGCgc6YUyXA7bqraF0b5ScKQgPrNksb9zSgfLFOLgD2JH4rgqc0t4t0Qot_LT6BAH4BRZSoWqzSPEfQ/s1600/ground.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVdkSdZEX_C8n3YYFWt54Egb2bAc6smnoMZ69yTIpBULKiaNWE5h9DRYkzbBIXGCgc6YUyXA7bqraF0b5ScKQgPrNksb9zSgfLFOLgD2JH4rgqc0t4t0Qot_LT6BAH4BRZSoWqzSPEfQ/s400/ground.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564052547602525410" /></a><br /><br />And here is the original zinc plate. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V1p-0bUPLkSKPpOCiO2NkZyA2dD_Eco_-WRsP1XMEW1-1wz5Ebk-MJJchuDE8ObuEVoIGyje463oMJleGQd8NcA0ITUNK_WFXIBZ3fOjxVQEyCVGx1MgIjw9iGTuxbaCbUpctFV74y8/s1600/plate.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V1p-0bUPLkSKPpOCiO2NkZyA2dD_Eco_-WRsP1XMEW1-1wz5Ebk-MJJchuDE8ObuEVoIGyje463oMJleGQd8NcA0ITUNK_WFXIBZ3fOjxVQEyCVGx1MgIjw9iGTuxbaCbUpctFV74y8/s400/plate.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564052546354368658" /></a><br /><br />In the end, maybe we should agree to disagree.Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-29105035766556609772010-12-20T22:58:00.000-08:002010-12-21T01:17:30.029-08:00Mike and Me<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bQI0po8mSWLSGPVFmr_0y88c4s2p5ddXhHTvQEhfu5pTkKue9vaPvH3ZP-Bq3tGQCyigDlnZh4gcufBvRqGcwpFNGirYsHjV4RwSyhYhLbMq7UT0Maaf9dSdQE6Go59t6f5kOBUbNUk/s1600/mike06.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bQI0po8mSWLSGPVFmr_0y88c4s2p5ddXhHTvQEhfu5pTkKue9vaPvH3ZP-Bq3tGQCyigDlnZh4gcufBvRqGcwpFNGirYsHjV4RwSyhYhLbMq7UT0Maaf9dSdQE6Go59t6f5kOBUbNUk/s400/mike06.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553056684215309458" /></a><br /><br />The first time I met Mike Tetrault I thought he might bite me. He kind of snarled at me a little and the look in his eye said "I'm gonna eat you, kid." I had just walked in the editorial department of the Los Angeles Daily News with some boxes of pens, paper and sketchbooks. I was just starting out and Mike had nearly 20 years under his belt as a reporter, editor, and letters editor.<br /><br />Some may not be aware, but editing the letters at a newspaper is no simple task. The sheer volume of material is wide, deep and crazy. The viciousness of the readers and their reactionary tendencies would pour over Mike's desk. He read all of it. Most often, the reader was wailing at how stupid we were, the reporters, writers, editors and the cartoonist. He would correct spelling and grammar of these tirades, call the writer, verify they in fact wrote their letter, and inform them they would be published in the following days paper.<br /><br />Another of Mike's duties was selecting, organizing and picking the editorial cartoons to run on the letters page and Op-Ed. He loved cartoons and we bonded after I realized he really didn't want eat me. He would stroll in my office, a big smirk on his face, cartoon in hand and say "Look at this!" I would sketch four or five rough editorial cartoons each day and Mike, who sat two feet outside my office, was always my first stop. I could tell instantly if I was communicating clearly by the expression on his face.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1CBfCF8DtjLeiC9nh-FkCz3QgNFH8nQX6Qs1sCQZ_a8PAnU7WZSNQAnVeEGn1LdK_kDJlEJuKesgE4VW8OPCYUZN9xzmUh5duhDl8WQpU0lXyPWhgxZuhzJqZRYGvxqEA2V08S_txX8/s1600/mike04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1CBfCF8DtjLeiC9nh-FkCz3QgNFH8nQX6Qs1sCQZ_a8PAnU7WZSNQAnVeEGn1LdK_kDJlEJuKesgE4VW8OPCYUZN9xzmUh5duhDl8WQpU0lXyPWhgxZuhzJqZRYGvxqEA2V08S_txX8/s400/mike04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553057055676412114" /></a><br /><br /><br />At the time I was a heavy smoker and so was Mike. We took frequent smoke breaks outside on the patio and would discuss the news of the day, politics, art, music, film, literature and history. Mike read more than anyone I have ever met or think I will meet. He would bring in books for me to read; Twain, Joyce, Thurber, Orwell, Vidal. Mike was always handing me a news story, opinion piece, New Yorker article or essay. We would talk about the theme's and deeper meanings of the stories. His memory was razor sharp and his opinions on every subject were deadly. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopfwoNlTnIMH9XEOp5ywQfiP7eAc-ca0HAsCZmeQh3xl6ObF5sSiRZhcJ-nfVdtFabMVHsDe1LuoV0KzWad_e6SmANjO-xXbpJ1oBHp15ZWR3KPz1vMV97ka3XxlV9i1mL7Evl4OxdU8/s1600/chris%252Cmike%252Cmariel.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopfwoNlTnIMH9XEOp5ywQfiP7eAc-ca0HAsCZmeQh3xl6ObF5sSiRZhcJ-nfVdtFabMVHsDe1LuoV0KzWad_e6SmANjO-xXbpJ1oBHp15ZWR3KPz1vMV97ka3XxlV9i1mL7Evl4OxdU8/s400/chris%252Cmike%252Cmariel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553057857737823362" /></a><br /><br /><br />Mostly though, Mike was a fantastic story teller. The tales of his youth in Maine; military training and service as an Army Ranger in Vietnam; living in San Francisco after the war and playing slide guitar in rock band; working as a cowhand in Montana and a shepherd in Paso Robles; covering just about everything one could imagine as a journalist. Trips to the hospital turned into hilarious episodes of escaping outside to smoke cigarettes and battles with doctors and nurses. He went to every rock concert my generation wished they had gone to in the 60's and 70's. He once shot a moose as a boy in Maine and accidentally shot a tiger in the jungles of Cambodia. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe09rZ7Hrhapcm7Gl3zVAnePIy3_F1ijNllytnyKmLy1wk9YgVbijJZdnfm8Lckjknl0caK1VyfCR2_Ave1Eg-K0DSUCDJJUP30OYnl1J3noa9psOgqUUpywek9teHxKYIhTPrCnQxEEo/s1600/mike.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe09rZ7Hrhapcm7Gl3zVAnePIy3_F1ijNllytnyKmLy1wk9YgVbijJZdnfm8Lckjknl0caK1VyfCR2_Ave1Eg-K0DSUCDJJUP30OYnl1J3noa9psOgqUUpywek9teHxKYIhTPrCnQxEEo/s400/mike.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553057599630572722" /></a><br /><br />A little secret in our office was the guitar in the photo studio of the photo department. It was there for anyone to play. I would often go back to find Mike plunking away, double thumbing a song or flat picking. I too would take breaks and play guitar, just to learn something new or get a song out. Mike would stroll in, sit down, smile and listen. Then he started bringing his Gibson acoustic to work and that's when Mike started teaching me songs "knee to knee." He taught me counterpoint on the guitar, which means you play a bass line with your thumb and the melody line with the fingers. He taught me songs by Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Reverend Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, and old folk ballads that were passed down from generation to generation. Mike would burn CD's of great blues, jazz and folks records, bring them in a just give them to me. We would discuss the music, its history, its structure, its meaning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-OWL6qVuaAQa01bb9oo6tiTPEdjrD1TkwffpKkwzP3yoi65QEifnnbNTWwBqH3zILZsTt6ISKtaxxbeXqFqoimHUkRy6NZVlOp7N3PB2QfI5oGKfBagnwdLC2KUHah3GAlGXMooYGlk/s1600/mike01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-OWL6qVuaAQa01bb9oo6tiTPEdjrD1TkwffpKkwzP3yoi65QEifnnbNTWwBqH3zILZsTt6ISKtaxxbeXqFqoimHUkRy6NZVlOp7N3PB2QfI5oGKfBagnwdLC2KUHah3GAlGXMooYGlk/s400/mike01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553059455187102626" /></a><br /><br />Mike and I sat in countless meetings with flacks, political hacks, wannabe power mongers, superintendents, mayors, governors, police chiefs and all manner of cronies you could imagine. He would emerge from these meetings groaning deeply about the state or our affairs. For me meetings were a time to shut off my thinking brain and draw people in the room. Half-listening I would caricature these folks in my sketchbooks, and that's when I began to fashion my image of Mike. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LiatzteZUd9qirJnQT_NXPVNiha9JWnsKxqpFCHhiBbbf5alMHct2MnK-D__ATFXnkjVJ9NQAq8-4qx9ipWOzMJt0Dru_bcvEgZkjmrRapUHkcYSMmtqJiAPCf2KTRudMm9aLjvYquk/s1600/mike05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LiatzteZUd9qirJnQT_NXPVNiha9JWnsKxqpFCHhiBbbf5alMHct2MnK-D__ATFXnkjVJ9NQAq8-4qx9ipWOzMJt0Dru_bcvEgZkjmrRapUHkcYSMmtqJiAPCf2KTRudMm9aLjvYquk/s400/mike05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553058634715613634" /></a><br /><br />On one memorable occasion I looked over and caught Mike writing down every cliche that was coming out of mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's mouth. There were so many it filled an entire yellow legal pad page.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYce2mWAjGSuPXxpkOUnhGC05WZhJHxoBGrQoCzWiigUaeDrqJPEHRgmYyfczafXnhdjFdCamgm9ys-kwR34CsRz_HK9m9vmTgQVeSbRxj8Q-BH9DQzQKLSHlhYcYnN-43CRCBqIQsFc/s1600/mike02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYce2mWAjGSuPXxpkOUnhGC05WZhJHxoBGrQoCzWiigUaeDrqJPEHRgmYyfczafXnhdjFdCamgm9ys-kwR34CsRz_HK9m9vmTgQVeSbRxj8Q-BH9DQzQKLSHlhYcYnN-43CRCBqIQsFc/s400/mike02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553058299104259426" /></a><br /><br />The demise of the newspaper business was hard on both of us. Mike was laid off after 25 years of service to the Daily News. I myself went several months later. We still kept in touch and he would come over to my house and to talk, play guitars and he would stand on my balcony and smoke (I quit some time ago). Mike beat cancer three times in his life and lived through more pain than I could ever imagine. The fourth time was one too many. He died Sunday night at home with his family by his side. He was 66.<br /><br />Mike was a patient teacher, knowing mentor, gifted colleague, and most importantly, a dear friend. I will miss him. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqIfr3GmbwqBdZN6h00cQkim082bFO04kFScgtZHgfyPcEdQaTLfQZevBPopd4s_-RlTMPfflRQ_HsBBCWkkIVJBU9qSIvXiXE25D2ayKDCDfVdDFKGpfAaVx0rnaNBpvlJoUJL2Nv4g/s1600/20101220__Tetrault2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqIfr3GmbwqBdZN6h00cQkim082bFO04kFScgtZHgfyPcEdQaTLfQZevBPopd4s_-RlTMPfflRQ_HsBBCWkkIVJBU9qSIvXiXE25D2ayKDCDfVdDFKGpfAaVx0rnaNBpvlJoUJL2Nv4g/s400/20101220__Tetrault2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553060477281604818" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-31197166790484822732010-11-30T17:08:00.001-08:002010-11-30T17:08:52.059-08:00Cuomo In A Can<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfUpznIC8l0fkW2fNg4qGt4jOAYvkERcjaIMFiUMZ7IkSmt4DWyVawaN2E7TGs8ym5SdqCYRQDU-PK5_G9cXkjICm79LRdbQFzcyo7SaTQj489Ll3_-zbazhIYGfVrW4yW6dJACCjWR4/s1600/canofcuomo.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfUpznIC8l0fkW2fNg4qGt4jOAYvkERcjaIMFiUMZ7IkSmt4DWyVawaN2E7TGs8ym5SdqCYRQDU-PK5_G9cXkjICm79LRdbQFzcyo7SaTQj489Ll3_-zbazhIYGfVrW4yW6dJACCjWR4/s400/canofcuomo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545514199758248754" /></a><br />From Sunday's Los Angeles Times. You can see it and read it <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-1128-allen-sandra-lee-20101128,0,6038345.story">here.</a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-47594288610501420242010-11-27T12:36:00.001-08:002010-11-27T12:38:12.544-08:00Leftovers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKItBndJola1Vn3rlb4N_KZLrQv_TEaNN4TEy4bYA-mmhLbxXGMgoU98ztqaaJOlCUnsUyFnu78ktOWQxTKf7ayS07NCKvII34M9Lfj9aAUaYXmd5liNAciVxWXYQkWjUEB3rTV6dTyrU/s1600/illegals.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKItBndJola1Vn3rlb4N_KZLrQv_TEaNN4TEy4bYA-mmhLbxXGMgoU98ztqaaJOlCUnsUyFnu78ktOWQxTKf7ayS07NCKvII34M9Lfj9aAUaYXmd5liNAciVxWXYQkWjUEB3rTV6dTyrU/s400/illegals.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544331357044927010" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-87474186936627565492010-11-23T13:13:00.000-08:002010-11-24T10:39:35.411-08:00Pilgrims and IndiansHappy Thanksgiving! It's always been my favorite holiday. All you have to do is cook and eat. Nothing more is expected. Maybe watch some football. Here's a cartoon from a few years ago. I stumbled upon an old sketchbook with the initial doodles for this cartoon. Also, a strange drawing of old boats on the horizon in pen, ink and crayon. I always seemed to gravitate toward Pilgrims and Indians. It was never sharing a meal in harmony as you might expect. The focus was their first encounter seeing one another on the beach. Somehow this seemed like a nice opportunity to comment on immigration. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyNDtvcaX9N0f61o-f0udiuvkjUZJaX52hrrseIglxtPYYm4YDgGig8XkANDds9Vq3tv8e9awajKJ6LQLW8ZdS1xZ_YiSLPaL_Co0XZled1Peoy5JG3yKLgedurPZDFou_aMX7CkChqo/s1600/td4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyNDtvcaX9N0f61o-f0udiuvkjUZJaX52hrrseIglxtPYYm4YDgGig8XkANDds9Vq3tv8e9awajKJ6LQLW8ZdS1xZ_YiSLPaL_Co0XZled1Peoy5JG3yKLgedurPZDFou_aMX7CkChqo/s400/td4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543185838899868514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kv8sPNTUCSWlNTPK8jcN_az62uszkmnZR7tiQJTeyAG5upNOeUfzw3716_iPSvbd_EUp6pAGCQkAXhXz2_G2ynoepkNI2Lvbd1UU6XbMy6QYYOHMwhsjYBWn0myT9RzRLF5PHnfEvpw/s1600/td3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kv8sPNTUCSWlNTPK8jcN_az62uszkmnZR7tiQJTeyAG5upNOeUfzw3716_iPSvbd_EUp6pAGCQkAXhXz2_G2ynoepkNI2Lvbd1UU6XbMy6QYYOHMwhsjYBWn0myT9RzRLF5PHnfEvpw/s400/td3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543185824299078930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwAfaisjyJJb7efdFbqW7xeLlQLqAkfxY1zxgWmvpbeV-igDb5Orx31MWQJTsbXeJaLzo_AOHslxNaY42N3oEOOBfWE3T7kPu33U3C11cZI3wRUHI813d4A7XGnskzCOT1lwW3oc2e0Y/s1600/td2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwAfaisjyJJb7efdFbqW7xeLlQLqAkfxY1zxgWmvpbeV-igDb5Orx31MWQJTsbXeJaLzo_AOHslxNaY42N3oEOOBfWE3T7kPu33U3C11cZI3wRUHI813d4A7XGnskzCOT1lwW3oc2e0Y/s400/td2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543185816836374962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sgdH3uTafInhsNfKxcNlwmpRfXHVyYT5u_M0b0eTWydGemZHqHY4btnLGkkmz53r2pF7vI96VihsYwuGgcros9QXfG8j6USxVukQxlQ4K-mY9JGSVuwBFTfzd22kNRZSo0jc7GB6R2U/s1600/td1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sgdH3uTafInhsNfKxcNlwmpRfXHVyYT5u_M0b0eTWydGemZHqHY4btnLGkkmz53r2pF7vI96VihsYwuGgcros9QXfG8j6USxVukQxlQ4K-mY9JGSVuwBFTfzd22kNRZSo0jc7GB6R2U/s400/td1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543185801755686018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJH0OH7bj7uA_AfYiSTn7bEuY12o4WRl5CN9otxlGEY7AgS8CHaUSB8F0dPOXE_hhCezch-04pGRmrkZ0KrUAioWnUle1Fcdr3hkbeHxy7_kZxrF-Vup6aIovrkBQMq_XN7yfzRBKdzw/s1600/43_full_UNDOCUMENTED.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJH0OH7bj7uA_AfYiSTn7bEuY12o4WRl5CN9otxlGEY7AgS8CHaUSB8F0dPOXE_hhCezch-04pGRmrkZ0KrUAioWnUle1Fcdr3hkbeHxy7_kZxrF-Vup6aIovrkBQMq_XN7yfzRBKdzw/s400/43_full_UNDOCUMENTED.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542859609625700402" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-84494988508977828362010-10-29T13:13:00.000-07:002010-10-29T13:20:01.373-07:00Zombie GovernmentJust in case you run into your Los Angeles City Councilman this weekend......<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CYDnUR_WCwdTVqmB6tFZkn7GW7Py3NxUUupzdxeMM6KPI5mrp337IaDwz72BYB8Rot6VqT1zvwZka10N_5IqlnkrJgNjKeTk9Yt0Tp9b_aaVYgwdDvCewwq_GD40ePUZXa4QUUg2NNs/s1600/councilzombies.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CYDnUR_WCwdTVqmB6tFZkn7GW7Py3NxUUupzdxeMM6KPI5mrp337IaDwz72BYB8Rot6VqT1zvwZka10N_5IqlnkrJgNjKeTk9Yt0Tp9b_aaVYgwdDvCewwq_GD40ePUZXa4QUUg2NNs/s400/councilzombies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533564093533485122" /></a><br />And just in case you want to dress your kids up at Prop. 19......<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmG_vtLIF4SfW_jhuBpHzsUqnlhW12J2XNIIcLGZjYJvrr08Skcv3e-vXwMdIJBAwAg3cciFZ9el9UopsIhVUjm3-0L3DLGpW2oIeZ9eDIPz-kZ7NhFFyBRgN_ChYrXS4f-ABpS2MWxg/s1600/19halloween.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmG_vtLIF4SfW_jhuBpHzsUqnlhW12J2XNIIcLGZjYJvrr08Skcv3e-vXwMdIJBAwAg3cciFZ9el9UopsIhVUjm3-0L3DLGpW2oIeZ9eDIPz-kZ7NhFFyBRgN_ChYrXS4f-ABpS2MWxg/s400/19halloween.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533564101254167970" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-74064321241018968052010-10-28T05:42:00.000-07:002010-10-28T05:44:34.214-07:00Haunted California<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvo0JpMirDBlw0YV7Xonb6oeRVQj8zMo4H0-2NutMIRkhOP_6X3ESqtSBc_c4pX86Wi3AZy2q48TQKgQnBA4LYXV7Me4d_5FJe9oedS1DzTV8flrV_IqWUs9FMu3Vv9Hpvb3D058LexDk/s1600/haunted_01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvo0JpMirDBlw0YV7Xonb6oeRVQj8zMo4H0-2NutMIRkhOP_6X3ESqtSBc_c4pX86Wi3AZy2q48TQKgQnBA4LYXV7Me4d_5FJe9oedS1DzTV8flrV_IqWUs9FMu3Vv9Hpvb3D058LexDk/s400/haunted_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533076807392886690" /></a><br />From today's Los Angeles Times. Pretty scary.Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-90428344502164710532010-10-27T15:13:00.000-07:002010-10-27T15:25:26.766-07:00Cheap Halloween Costumes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYOGCkeqTrP_IOZA9Ix82VNSy-vxPH_iAm0m7rIKt7a9-ATip9A06PE_S-V8YdXpw_vRiF8kAEhSXItUiy7U7ZCKzA5jJDkBBa1bf3XTHUJSh4fkn3RnHTD6pf6m51it9bjGLh1RSLrM/s1600/tourist.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYOGCkeqTrP_IOZA9Ix82VNSy-vxPH_iAm0m7rIKt7a9-ATip9A06PE_S-V8YdXpw_vRiF8kAEhSXItUiy7U7ZCKzA5jJDkBBa1bf3XTHUJSh4fkn3RnHTD6pf6m51it9bjGLh1RSLrM/s400/tourist.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532853607200304546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7azADTLc5Xu5_n3Pll6nuhS4A0PSjI_sEoLDflc2HK4_z72yesQBzK428FvSmprzDtvoQmtTVBc860ZG_9HmE_UFaQ9MY128SzRL841UXJgG3G4YRxecnGLwKeFpXPkUEK_wCly8O54/s1600/santa.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7azADTLc5Xu5_n3Pll6nuhS4A0PSjI_sEoLDflc2HK4_z72yesQBzK428FvSmprzDtvoQmtTVBc860ZG_9HmE_UFaQ9MY128SzRL841UXJgG3G4YRxecnGLwKeFpXPkUEK_wCly8O54/s400/santa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532853479865267474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiXI9qBxCYJjlLJhCrWBgfwMSOTiU0kxk3fziNOHz9ioSaUbbWBsLyrIHFQsBMXEE5mbgsl95fO5lXhHxwI6546j7R2WcR21l2PfEn_o2tNrRTppmq4VLtFnmBsZ6ARGel87ivPkEf0o/s1600/leftovers.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 363px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiXI9qBxCYJjlLJhCrWBgfwMSOTiU0kxk3fziNOHz9ioSaUbbWBsLyrIHFQsBMXEE5mbgsl95fO5lXhHxwI6546j7R2WcR21l2PfEn_o2tNrRTppmq4VLtFnmBsZ6ARGel87ivPkEf0o/s400/leftovers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532853472246619890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24LW2knyFY1fJBG7t-HInY8h8nEBC1urBJyZKRLhegqouCj3nza_SaazKmbAnnT_FDwN1Q2awws3RN2OqwczCjpyJ7tH_vh5ardvdxcDqfluT4oi8BqskaL04J2fDzuR2pYOajTIc5t8/s1600/economy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24LW2knyFY1fJBG7t-HInY8h8nEBC1urBJyZKRLhegqouCj3nza_SaazKmbAnnT_FDwN1Q2awws3RN2OqwczCjpyJ7tH_vh5ardvdxcDqfluT4oi8BqskaL04J2fDzuR2pYOajTIc5t8/s400/economy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532853468226962898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3P23516Ndb0Jav2USHQjshOTKlhm1l3At_GTczO7IlM3pK9GI08FefujdirxlmnQCnM1SsnGbbvvJL4ActsRTeLnbt6svRfaJM7_YHEpp_DNIwiJukuXrEccvP9_POlaaLxykR3ZKQCw/s1600/dirtylaundry.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3P23516Ndb0Jav2USHQjshOTKlhm1l3At_GTczO7IlM3pK9GI08FefujdirxlmnQCnM1SsnGbbvvJL4ActsRTeLnbt6svRfaJM7_YHEpp_DNIwiJukuXrEccvP9_POlaaLxykR3ZKQCw/s400/dirtylaundry.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532853465764477298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9H_DmL9XaRIxncRFk106IDJ6pXRlicaOU8iOBWDpv0zg5FfhNToD7G1KInDjnGT2oFzVH9JXElfuufTjjpE5jX6D3L0ZSKVvqhL8r_-_X6r1AzBtcO7XW-z-pnEQk6XnndE17Fk-VgA/s1600/blackeyedp.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9H_DmL9XaRIxncRFk106IDJ6pXRlicaOU8iOBWDpv0zg5FfhNToD7G1KInDjnGT2oFzVH9JXElfuufTjjpE5jX6D3L0ZSKVvqhL8r_-_X6r1AzBtcO7XW-z-pnEQk6XnndE17Fk-VgA/s400/blackeyedp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532853462800739266" /></a><br />A friend of mine over at <a href="http://www.bargainbabe.com">BargainBabe.Com</a> asked if I would do some spot illustrations for her WalletPop video. She asked if I would draw a few of these ideas. If you're looking for last minute for cheap halloween costume check out her video <a href="http://video.aol.com/video/walletpop-cheap-halloween-costumes/2322939725">here.</a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-510115807902664982010-09-05T14:07:00.001-07:002010-09-05T14:14:50.993-07:00LA WeeklyHere a are few cartoons from the past few LA Weekly's. Enjoy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXzYYYYomKVmcajmJ0OiLCSBUqhdhXl9MRwCGnECU3SteS5igSJVt8WQSM5xBBfttUMy-vJxmByQ0iQyy37gGxhhglHGZ7yLYWZuQYOBNZqw6j2rDz8qfaoc6vYdFV0OdkwBtIargeBE/s1600/h8te_color.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXzYYYYomKVmcajmJ0OiLCSBUqhdhXl9MRwCGnECU3SteS5igSJVt8WQSM5xBBfttUMy-vJxmByQ0iQyy37gGxhhglHGZ7yLYWZuQYOBNZqw6j2rDz8qfaoc6vYdFV0OdkwBtIargeBE/s400/h8te_color.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513539956408414162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWlx7LOc5MmzJ_lvn1nSze3vH_B_6RJGwW2ulUR-QMLH7perwgg93bpQ2eoUzJQlreDQjL1bnBIRGaZdXlFCaiYyc_mMgPfciXu8i3qRZZjnyVKG6xA5SfGULcG_YYO3jpV9SHhu-Uuw/s1600/2621.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWlx7LOc5MmzJ_lvn1nSze3vH_B_6RJGwW2ulUR-QMLH7perwgg93bpQ2eoUzJQlreDQjL1bnBIRGaZdXlFCaiYyc_mMgPfciXu8i3qRZZjnyVKG6xA5SfGULcG_YYO3jpV9SHhu-Uuw/s400/2621.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513539948123308194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrq89fyiPCyxJpIIri9Gp_DrOB2BmWqHU-johibL8-VJd_3CUr6ZUUo1fMRE7I61785rBeBqCJfkcTVBVYcIZno6ZVOfkF5p7yRqdO7IRik_qWNaRdsi4UR-aUDcszAMgb0cTtMNvnMs/s1600/zero.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrq89fyiPCyxJpIIri9Gp_DrOB2BmWqHU-johibL8-VJd_3CUr6ZUUo1fMRE7I61785rBeBqCJfkcTVBVYcIZno6ZVOfkF5p7yRqdO7IRik_qWNaRdsi4UR-aUDcszAMgb0cTtMNvnMs/s400/zero.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513539943591778754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqUvxf7CvRg5lFz4BWINbpTEG0g2fKmbED04xcvnjcTwkL4rAVIgOUKyXDTe_jKrTYVtJstdgVJBTxwKml-MMIMF0jmtVYQlG6QQ6J2l4ZxKENZWCuAACUvcsnqLIODQ_w3U1NJv2eP4/s1600/egg.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqUvxf7CvRg5lFz4BWINbpTEG0g2fKmbED04xcvnjcTwkL4rAVIgOUKyXDTe_jKrTYVtJstdgVJBTxwKml-MMIMF0jmtVYQlG6QQ6J2l4ZxKENZWCuAACUvcsnqLIODQ_w3U1NJv2eP4/s400/egg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513539937780389794" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-52943608126333844992010-08-06T11:16:00.000-07:002010-08-06T11:18:38.521-07:00Wedding March<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBn5DWKXXkHDYx4k8T-_Dz2C55XlYoYptTJ4YTBczweB0diAz11XFb_G8CxF59E-1WzIpVyrK-jlhaxyoRaIrJBGiIXlrwl7oW6B3xAtI9wYPsrgD5gc0OQ0k41Hzn6R3dUEwukTpXcY/s1600/march_01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBn5DWKXXkHDYx4k8T-_Dz2C55XlYoYptTJ4YTBczweB0diAz11XFb_G8CxF59E-1WzIpVyrK-jlhaxyoRaIrJBGiIXlrwl7oW6B3xAtI9wYPsrgD5gc0OQ0k41Hzn6R3dUEwukTpXcY/s400/march_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502362683326322626" /></a><br />Be sure to check out this cartoon in today's Los Angeles Times.Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-78087662610494536232010-08-04T11:48:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:57:56.012-07:00Happy Birthday Obama!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dyumJ_m3ig2s8BXSe40OGNoY-zd163O70W05L2worXl1tNm5OYalRsOlrOs_fG8Ao8erJXWVvRKEg13xxjrlkSkPUI95GIMECJ08fWEWfqFEMeDdudJkHgtD4EB1YMRexf-8MmNYYhs/s1600/lion_01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dyumJ_m3ig2s8BXSe40OGNoY-zd163O70W05L2worXl1tNm5OYalRsOlrOs_fG8Ao8erJXWVvRKEg13xxjrlkSkPUI95GIMECJ08fWEWfqFEMeDdudJkHgtD4EB1YMRexf-8MmNYYhs/s400/lion_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501629973418678546" /></a><br /><br />Today is President Obama's birthday and that means his sign is Leo. Here's a really funny <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-oneill-leos-20100804,0,6321463.story">piece</a> that ran in the LA Times today. This is the illustration I did to go with it. Sort of a Lion King Obama kinda thing. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFY27g5AydmtRP_Yb6jRBrRPmuilUMwIBVJDxoJpuqV6LqFPQg-Yo30JYcCnANxrrAXVgXN-acBwWSjaX1JzGQop0PA9AU4ugzMa0T3X-3Ph8Xx1xfPPrwzSPzH5PTNomW3zBLPf9tFmk/s1600/grrrr.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFY27g5AydmtRP_Yb6jRBrRPmuilUMwIBVJDxoJpuqV6LqFPQg-Yo30JYcCnANxrrAXVgXN-acBwWSjaX1JzGQop0PA9AU4ugzMa0T3X-3Ph8Xx1xfPPrwzSPzH5PTNomW3zBLPf9tFmk/s400/grrrr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501629977213106898" /></a><br /><br />These two are rough sketches of other ideas during the concept phase. They liked them all but went with the more graphic image. I had to agree and think that thick, strong blacks look good on a newspaper page. The lion at the podium is just me being silly. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrg7vtmI_E6lwt4aVbE7pUAdlvwcgnrVDeL_2ACwY3A-_oo6gZ01ifpSKY3Il9bYuCuQ2KjDkhR9jw5TS2Gbuc0-8DEDFRHX1bzL4dV26ZlgnEhyphenhyphendWpvMFbILSAj3FA_dn29xBS6sZfM/s1600/preslion.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrg7vtmI_E6lwt4aVbE7pUAdlvwcgnrVDeL_2ACwY3A-_oo6gZ01ifpSKY3Il9bYuCuQ2KjDkhR9jw5TS2Gbuc0-8DEDFRHX1bzL4dV26ZlgnEhyphenhyphendWpvMFbILSAj3FA_dn29xBS6sZfM/s400/preslion.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501630722923237138" /></a>Patrick O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310051732857422620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000757959881908876.post-80562683634065225442010-07-15T17:03:00.000-07:002010-07-15T17:24:30.020-07:00Hair FlapThis ran as a full page in the LA Weekly a few weeks back. Had a lot of fun coming up with ideas for hairstyles. In case you missed the flap here is a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/politics/11fiorina.html">link</a> to the bad hair comment made by Carly Fiorina. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwwSSeaXGwzzmrSV8tTk4H7YNLh-8pWcS5tgTq8Ztqlg8T5OajHgSrOSw4ZzcY3kcdKtRosGug4L4ruasPmKPi5K34GUNoegil4P-AEWi0miqJGNiZLcNhEcHsZe48Lla108tYvHaA1I/s1600/banner.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwwSSeaXGwzzmrSV8tTk4H7YNLh-8pWcS5tgTq8Ztqlg8T5OajHgSrOSw4ZzcY3kcdKtRosGug4L4ruasPmKPi5K34GUNoegil4P-AEWi0miqJGNiZLcNhEcHsZe48Lla108tYvHaA1I/s400/banner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494290983774965794" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3WM52sd_rCZoP7d6TDl94Zr2i2wc-NKZ07ziNQAtFEjSr-fn4px8WhU09mPz7UD2NsvQuwZXynf1GXcuWS5cPXU1SDluzEm-IN_5or4IzSoTWaSRjqG2LIfOI8ejriOCSPN7kDoIik4/s1600/whitman.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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