It all started as a postage stamp sized portrait of local “Witch of Pungo” as she appeared in my comic strip featuring her old “ducking” grounds at Witch Duck Point. I figured if I couldn’t sell them, I’d give them away at Cool and Eclectic as a weekly give-a-way where winners were drawn from dropped off entry forms. It went okay, until a portrait of the “Witch of Pungo” was featured in the strip. Then some mischievous magic happened - the original portrait vanished from the Witchduck printshop. Apparently the first and only time an original went missing there. Then something eerie happened - the compensation check for his loss was dated - get this - the same day that the “Witch of Pungo” received a rare award in court, apparently, her only win in over a dozen cases. I featured the “Vanished Portrait” of the “Witch of Pungo” on the cover of my book, “ Curse of Witchduck” which was picked up by the Slover Library and the Pretlow Library where I was invited to give a book talk soon. I then submitted a large hand-painted version of the portrait to sit at the entrance of the library facing theChesapeake Bay. I’m now organizing a trip from the ducking spot to the library on a boat.
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Shoe the 757 can call their own /
A shoe design for the 757 to build our brand. Highlighting our region’s rich nautical history, I created a logo framing our 757 with a porthole, added dock rope trim, used a sand colored bottom sole, water blue midsole, and the 4 sides of a boat as the 4 sides of the shoe, emphasizing the STAR of the right side, STARboard, to emphasize that we are the stars of the 757 - this shoe doesn’t represent a single celebrity to add to their vast fortune, but it represents the region and its constituents. The friendly mammal - the dolphin at the front of the shoe serves to represent our welcoming nature, sort of an extended hand. Putting our best foot forward, I want these shoes to be manufactured locally to build “Made in the 757” brand.
Drawings of "Dream Homes" created at Virginia Beach factory, have special meaning, now that it's a Homeless Center /
Artchilles is Back! /
Picking things back up with the journey of #KempsvilleBuildingMaterials #machineoperator chasing a dream. Posting a page at a time.
Comic Strip helps raise money for Chesapeake Regional Health Foundation /
10 donated comic strips were used to raise money for the BRA-Ha-HA event sponsored by the Chesapeake Regional Health Foundation Board of Directors. I have been using the format of comics for decades to promote events. It is touching to find support from this great foundation. I know the Chesapeake General Hospital nearby well. For years, my ex-wife's rheumatoid arthritis was treated there. My comic strip will also be used in next year's Bra-Ha-Ha event to raise money for early detection of cancer.
Bra-Ha-Ha Exclusive Comic Strip Limited Edition Signed by Artchilles /
Participating in Benefits and Fundraisers is a passion begun years ago. From participating in the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago's benefit at the Cultural Center of Chicago, where 3 of my works were chosen for exhibition by James Rondeau, (now Director @ the Art Institute of Chicago) to participating in a National Arthritis Telethon Foundation spot (for National TV - it was filmed but bumped by guitarist Les Paul), to doing the calligraphy for the Honor Boards for a TV station.
I created this Exclusive Strip for the upcoming Bra-Ha-Ha event being held at MacArthur Mall in Norfolk. Naturally, owing to the out of the box thinking my strip epitomizes, it is funky cool. A full page story in the Virginian-Pilot gives the background. I will create 10-20 Limited Edition Signed Numbered Prints fpr the event. Keep eyes open for upcoming takes on life in my hometow strip called "Artchilles." Thank you.
Virginian-Pilot Story about Beheaded Betty and Broken Elvis is now Online /
Katherine Hefner, a reporter from the Virginian-Pilot created a cool article about the broken icons - Beheaded Betty and Broken Elvis, that live happily ever after in a Pink Garage. See the news link here
