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Latest changes to http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ _______________________________________________ 1,294d0 < < Visit ibiblio < _________________________________________________________ < < Home, Archive, The ibiblio Home Page < _________________________________________________________ < < Doctor Fun presents ... < < Whenever I take a break from updating Doctor Fun, I try to < make up for it by uploading some of my older pre-Doctor Fun < cartoons, all scanned from pen and paper. All of this stuff < was drawn long before the Internet, Photoshop, and all that. I < only add new material to this page when I take breaks, but I < plan to be a lazyass and take lots of breaks, so everybody < wins. < < Most of what I've put here so far has been collections of < cartoons I drew in the mid-80s, all on some theme that < happened to grab me at the time. Some of these themes still < grab me. A few of these cartoons even reappeared as Doctor < Funs. < < Ironically, the only one of these theme collections that was < accepted for publication (by [DEL: Simon & Schuster :DEL] A < Famous Publisher) can't be put online here because of legal < problems. The problems were not with The Famous Publisher but < because of the inability to ultimately come to terms with the < trademark owner of [DEL: Mister Potato Head :DEL] The Topic. < Oh well. All this excitement for what turned out to be nothing < happened years ago. Lucky for me I had a temp job. < < In addition to the theme cartoons, there are plenty of random < old cartoons. Some of these have aged better than others. < Eventually, it will all be here. < < And sometimes I actually draw all-new stuff that doesn't fit < with the "regular" Doctor Fun, so I put it here. You win < either way! < _________________________________________________________ < < January 2, 2006 - The 1991 hit parade continues. < < November 21, 2005 - More cartoons from 1991! More, more, more! < < September 19, 2005 - Here's the first of two batches, followed < by the second. < < August 29, 2005 - As with the last batch, many of these ideas < have been used at Doctor Funs, but they aren't all like that. < < August 10, 2005 - A few more cartoons from 1991. Unfortunately < most of these were used as early Doctor Funs. < < June 27, 2005 - More cartoons from 1991. < < January 24, 2005 - This finishes up 1990. Most of these < cartoons are about computers (of that era). < < January 17, 2005 - Here's some more cartoons from 1990. Some < of these were apparently drawn around the time of the first < Gulf War. < < January 3, 2005 - Start the new year with two more pages of < 1990 cartoons. One of these cartoons I apparently swiped from < myself for a recent Doctor Fun. < < November 22, 2004 - Another break, another two pages of 1990 < cartoons. One of these cartoons was obviously drawn as a < commentary on something back in 1990, although specifically < I'm not sure what. < < September 27, 2004 - Here's a measly two more pages of 1990 < cartoons. < < September 6, 2004 - The rest of the cartoons I meant to post < in July are hereby posted today.. < < July 12, 2004 - A kind reader pointed out that I'd forgotten < 50 cartoons from 1990. So, I'll upload some of this week, and < some the next. Here's 30 of them. < < June 28, 2004 - Another break, more cartoons from 1990. This < time there's 30 of them. < < June 7, 2004 - Good grief, Doctor Fun - another break! Here's < 20 more cartoons from 1990. < < May 24, 2004 - It was a dark and stormy night - suddenly 50 < more cartoons from 1990 were uploaded. < < March 22, 2004 - Ta-daa! Here's 100 more cartoons from 1990! < < January 4, 2004 - Here's 50 more cartoons from 1990! < < December 20, 2003 - How about even more old cartoons from < 1990? Here's some now, and some more later, as the long break < continues. < < November 23, 2003 - How about some cartoons from 1990 for a < change? You might notice a radical change in format. What < happened between 1989 and 1990? Two things - I was mostly < concentrating on selling to magazines, and it was hard to show < editors what the nice washes I used looked like without < sending them the originals, which they mostly didn't want the < responsibility for handling, and which I mostly didn't want to < send them. So I switched to all black and white pen and ink. < The first year of this change wasn't particularly good, but at < the time I was trying to sell cartoons, and I was selling more < cartoons than I'd ever had before, so it looked like a good < move. I had also started fooling around with computers and < scanners about this time, and the only scanning I could afford < to do was black and white only, so that was the second, and < not as important reason for the switch, since computers and < cartoons didn't turn into much of anything interesting for < another couple years. 1990 was a pretty busy year for reasons < other than cartoons (among other things, I moved from New York < to Chicago). From here on out there aren't as many cartoons < from year-to-year leading up to when Doctor Fun started in < 1993, and many of the cartoons from now to then were used as < material for early Doctor Funs until I decided to stop < recycling old stuff (in anticipation of doing this very < thing). There are 100 on them in this round, and they start < here. Some of these jokes are extremely dated, particularly < the one about Spy Magazine (one of my customers until they < folded). There are a couple funny ones - you'll have to find < them yourself. Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving. < _________________________________________________________ < < September 7, 2003, this finishes it up for 1988-89. There are < a couple cartoons that aren't particularly funny anymore, but < I left them all in since this was more than ten years ago, and < not presented as something brand new. These cartoons aren't in < order that they were drawn. The ones with the pencil borders < around the edges are the earliest ones. You'll notice a trend < towards a single topic in the last two pages - those were < drawn for some special project. There is one in there I don't < understand at all - even a Google search didn't help. I'll let < you figure out which one it is. < _________________________________________________________ < < May 19, 2003, why are you not surprised to find 100 more < scanned cartoons from 1988-89. < _________________________________________________________ < < (Because of some problems on ibiblio, Doctor Fun was partially < offline the week of May 12 - the cartoons intended for that < break are being run this week, May 19.) < < May 5, 2003, here are 100 more scanned cartoons from 1988-89. < _________________________________________________________ < < Doctor Fun's Peep-O-Rama 2003 < < Doctor Fun's Peep-o-Rama 2003 is just like Doctor Fun's < Peep-o-Rama 2002, except it's different cartoons. It's about < Peeps. (Three pages.) < _________________________________________________________ < _________________________________________________________ < < Doctor Fun's Christmas Bonus 2001 < < December, 2002 - Hooray! Doctor Fun's Christmas Bonus 2002 is < here! 41 more lame, sloppily-drawn "holiday" themed cartoons. < If that's not enough, here's Doctor Fun's Christmas Bonus < 2001. < < And now there's more - how about some color cartoons from < 1988? There are only 40 of them. I seem to recall that all the < work that went into these didn't result in much, mostly < because of a lack of any good way to make copies of them at < the time. These were drawn like the black and white cartoons < I've been uploading, but colored in with pencils instead of < wash. And don't worry, there are still plenty more black and < white cartoons from 1988-89 to slog through before we're done. < I'm really doing all this backwards. At some point I have to < scan all the stuff from back then that actually got into < print, so I can prove I used to be a real cartoonist. < _________________________________________________________ < < November, 2002 - The next-to-newest thing here is 300 more < cartoons from 1988. On the off chance that you are wondering < why there are so many old cartoons from 1988, they are really < from 1988 to 1989 because my record-keeping maybe wasn't so < good. And they are in no particular order. My opinion would be < that the funnier and better-drawn ones came later, over the < years they got more and more mixed up, so this is what I had < when I started scanning. (All of this stuff is already scanned < - I'm just sitting on it to use it when I take breaks.) I < lived in New York from 1985 to 1989, which explains some of < the themes and the building in the background, including the < World Trade Center (so I slipped it into the logo). If you < want to see them all, start here. < _________________________________________________________ < < Doctor Fun's Peep-O-Rama < < Gather 'round kids, it's time to for Doctor Fun's Peep-O-Rama, < 30 more thoughtlessly written and hastily drawn cartoons about < Peeps that didn't make the cut as "real" Doctor Fun cartoons. < Don't read too many at once, you'll get sick. (Three pages.) < _________________________________________________________ < < Doctor Fun's Christmas Bonus 2001 < < It's Doctor Fun's Big Fat Christmas Bonus. These are a bunch < of cartoons I sketched but didn't use as "real" Doctor Fun < cartoons for 2001. I had a lot of sketches left over, so I < decided to quickly draw some of them in a slovely and < thoughtless manner and try to pass it off as my Christmas Gift < to You. < _________________________________________________________ < < 1987 < < Here are most of the loose cartoons I have lying around from < 1987. There is no theme to this set of cartoons, but there are < a lot of them. Many of them aren't even funny. I leave it as < an exercise for you to decide which ones are funny and which < ones aren't. Why 1987? Most of the extra stuff I've put online < already is from 1987. Going back through the old cartoons, < 1987 is the first year where the drawings and the jokes seem < to hit more than they miss. Unlike the cartoons from 1988-89, < which I seem to have neglected to put dates on, so there's a < huge honking pile of them to wade through, I actually know < which ones I drew in 1987. If there had been an Internet and a < Doctor Fun back in 1987, this is what you would have got. < < Some of these cartoons weren't, er, "drawn good" to begin < with, and scanning could only fix them up a little. The < cartoons with the blobby dark parts are that way because < that's how I drew them. Who knows? At the time I lived in a < basement apartment in Queens, NYC, with 10-watt bulbs in all < the lamps. < < (In case you start reading and wonder where it all ends, 1987 < goes on for 35 pages - 351 cartoons.) < _________________________________________________________ < < Blobs < < If you happen to be looking for a collection of cartoons < mostly about amoebas, then Blobs may be the place for you. < _________________________________________________________ < < Boogers, A Celebration is a collection of hand-picked cartoons < on a certain subject. Only the most assiduous digging has < pulled out these treasures. < _________________________________________________________ < < The Eyes Have It < < The Eyes Have It is mostly about gigantic eyeballs, with some < other random eye jokes. (I'm extremely nearsighted, and spent < a lot of time at the eye doctor when I was young.) < _________________________________________________________ < < Heads Up < < Heads Up is in two sections, the first section features the < madcap antics of decapitated heads floating about in jars; the < second section features people who have managed to somehow < grow more than one head, and the shenanigans that ensue. < _________________________________________________________ < < The Iceman Cometh < < The Iceman Cometh is about snowmen. < _________________________________________________________ < < Science Fair < < Science Fair was actually drawn a couple years before all the < other stuff here. Science Fair documents a visit to the < so-called Hoagiesville Science and Engineering Fair, with < exhibits in different age divisions, prizes, handouts, etc. < _________________________________________________________ < < Doctor Fun's Grab Bag < < If that's not enough, several years ago I uploaded about 200 < old scanned cartoons and called it Doctor Fun's Grab Bag. The < format is a bit low-rent, even compared to my other minimalist < efforts, but you are clicking on it. Clicking. Clicking. < Click. < _________________________________________________________ < < Home, Archive, The ibiblio Home Page < _________________________________________________________ < _________________________________________________________ < < < These pages maintained, and contents copyrighted, by David < Farley, [email protected] _______________________________________________ dr-fun-changes mailing list http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/dr-fun-changes http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/books.htm http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/faq.html http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/book-faq.html Note: Links aren't included in the diff.