THUNDERBIRD SIGHTINGS

AN ILLO APPEARING IN STRANGE MAGAZINE #21 FOR MARK CHORVINSKY'S DETAILED ARTICLE ON MODERN PTEROSAUR SIGHTINGS.

A FEW CHARACTERS FROM UPCOMING GRAPHIC NOVEL

A COUPLE OF ROUGH PANELS FROM THE STORY: FLYNN,THE NOTORIOUS "SECOND STORY MAN" AND HIS BEAUTIFUL ACCOMPLICE, RORY ATTEMPT TO KNOCK OVER A MISSISSIPPI ANTE BELLUM MANSION, WORMWOOD MANOR. {ANY SIMILARITY TO PEOPLE LIVING OR DEAD IS PURELY YOUR OWN PROBLEM}
BTW, TOMORROW, JUNE 20TH IS ERROL FLYNN'S BIRTHDAY--HERE'S TO THE BARON--99 YEARS OLD!

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PART OF A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL COMING IN NOVEMBER

DAYLIGHT SIGHTING

check out Berlin's gallery at:
WWW.OREGONBIGFOOT.COM
THIS IS AUTUMN WILLIAMS' AWESOME SITE WHO HOSTED "MYSTERIOUS ENCOUNTERS",ON THE OUTDOOR LIFE NETWORK WHICH WAS LIKE THE EXCELLENT "MONSTERQUEST", HISTORY CHANNEL(8:00PM CENTRAL WEDS). EXCEPT AUTUMN'S SHOW DEALT EXCLUSIVELY WITH GIGANTIC, BIPEDAL PRIMATES--A VERY BRAVE SHOW.SHE REMINDS ME OF A CROSS BETWEEN CYBIL SHEPARD AND JANE GOODALL AND SHE HAPPENED TO LIKE MY WORK.

STRANGE MAGAZINE

ONE OF SEVERAL ILLOS EXECUTED FOR STRANGE MAGAZINE (STRANGEMAG.COM), EDITED BY THE LATE MARK CHORVINSKY. I INHERITED THE JOB OF ILLUSTRATING THE "FIRST PERSON" COLUMN FROM THE BRILLIANT (AND LATE) OTTO MARTINUSSEN. AS WITH THE WORLD EXPLORER MAGAZINE JOB, I FOUND STRANGE MAG ON THE SHELVES AT THE LOCAL BOOKSTORE AND SAID TO MYSELF, "I WOULD GIVE MY EYE TEETH TO DO ART FOR A PUBLICATION LIKE THIS!"---AND LO, IT BECAME SO. MARK LIKED MY LOOSE, "SKETCHY" INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PARANORMAL. MARK WAS THE MOST SPECIFIC EDITOR I'VE HAD AND REALLY ENJOYED HIS DIRECTION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE STRANGEMAG.COM SITE, HE HAD A STRONG VISUAL SENSE.
THIS DRAWING IS BASED ON AN EYEWITNESS SIGHTING OF A GIANT WHITE APE IN ARIZONA.

FARMERPHILE AWARDS

iD LIKE TO MENTION THREE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE NOMINATED FOR THE ANNUAL FARMERPHILE MAGAZINE AWARD, ALONG WITH TWO OTHER ARTIST CONTRIBUTERS WHOSE WORK IS COMPLETELY WONDERFUL: KEITH HOWELL AND JOEY VAN MASSENHOVEN.
PHILIP JOSE FARMER FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR IS ONE OF THE GREAT SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS,THE CREATOR OF RIVERWORLD,DAYWORLD,WORLD OF TIERS AND THE UNCOVERER OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS (OR IMFAMOUS) WOLD NEWTON FAMILY TREE (1795-1901. MR. FARMER HAS ALSO WRITTEN BIOGRAPHIES OF LORD GREYSTOKE AND DOCTOR CLARK W. SAVAGE, JR., BUT THIS MEAGER DESCRIPTION IS MERELY THE TIP OF THE SKYSCRAPER FOR THIS WRITER.FARMERPHILE MAGAZINE IS DEDICATED TO ALL THINGS FARMERIAN. AND I AM VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PUBLICATION. TO LEARN MORE OR SUBSCRIBE, GO TO:
WWW.PJFARMER.COM
ALSO NOMINATED ARE A GROUP OF AMAZING WRITERS WHO HAVE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FARMERPHILE MAGAZINE AND HAVE CERTAINLY ADVANCED MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENIUS OF PHILIP FARMER: CHRISTOPHER PAUL CAREY
PAUL SPITERI
MICHAEL CARROLL
DENNIS POWER
TO SEE AND READ NOMINATED WORK AND VOTE FOR ANY OF THE NOMINEES, GO TO:
WWW.PJFARMER/FPAWARDS.HTM
[ABOVE IS ONE OF MY NOMINATED PIECES:"SHERLOCK HOLMES AND SUFISM"]

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an UPDATE and NEW PROFESSOR WEXLER TOONS

Pardon the seeming vacation 'round here but I've actually been really busy doing the usual and the very unusual!
Do expect the next GRAPHIC NOVEL (no name given yet--due to claim jumpers who havent any original ideas of their own) to be completed in NOVEMBER. And with this expectancy for those interested parties: I'll not be accepting any new ILLO jobs until the mid part of 2009. I don't like saying no---but it is high time to get this bit of modern mythos off my chest.
Im in the middle of a computer upgrade as well so scans will be light for all ye who lurk out yonder.
In the mean time, I refer you to one of my publisher's recently updated pages to view a couple of hundred hours of my life thrown into your lap for FREE:
www.wexclub.com/pages/profwex.html