So...why is Luke not on the poster?

The second of my "Farce Awakens" series, created with love and affection for the movie that changed cinema...forever.

Excelsior Out!

Congratulations Star Wars...you broke the internet!

Just a quick tip 'o the hat to "The Force Awakens"...Star Wars breaks the internet...AGAIN! The family and I have IMAX tickets for December 20th...at the Empire Leicester Square!! Can't wait!!

Excelsior Out!!

Back to The Goldbergs

Finished at last...just in time for "Back to the Future" day; a tribute to two of my favourite things (three if you count Drew Struzan) "Back to the Future" and "The Goldbergs". If you've not seen either...what have you been doing with your time?

Hope this hit's the spot...HAPPY BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY, everyone!

Excelsior out!

The Goldbergs finished linework

Been very busy recently so neglected my posting duties. Here is the next stage (finished ink line) of my Goldbergs tribute...should all be coloured up and done before Xmas.

Right, that's Adam F. Goldberg's Christmas present taken care of!


Excelsior out!!

Nineteen Eighty Something

Every once in a while a show comes along that just get's inside your heart. You're not sure how, or even why, but there it nestles and...as the familiar theme plays, you begin to smile. A warmth enfolds you and you just know, for half an hour at least, you're going to have a fantastic time...such a show is The Goldbergs.
To those as yet unfamiliar with it's easy charm, ready wit and charismatic cast, I suggest you seek it out immediately. The image above is a pencil rough of my proposed caricature tribute.
Guys, I hope you like it.

Excelsior out!

Thank you for the days...

Finished at last...my tribute to one of the greatest bands this country has ever produced,The Kinks, with the battling Davies brothers front and centre. With an older Ray looking down on his younger brother (and an older Dave doing likewise) as they "discuss" the bands next move...amid a tattered, but unbowed, Union Jack. 

The piece speaks to the wisdom of age looking back at youth's excess and finding it amusing. Perspective gained on the battles of the past and, hopefully, in the process, a healing discovered.
I'm a fan, not a historian, so I cannot claim to speak with authority on the minutiae of the stormy relationship enjoyed/endured by the brothers...but my take on it is this:

The creation of such iconic music is, without a shred of doubt, a turbulent process...with many punches (both real and metaphorical) thrown in the process. Once that music takes flight, however, and reaches the hearts of it's fans...all the rancour disappears. Whatever the suffering that led to it's inception is replaced by pure, unadulterated love in it's affirmation. The clamour for Ray, Dave and Mick to take to the stage again will never go away precisely because of the depth, breadth and strength of that love. The West End smash, Sunny Afternoon, is the only way that fans have of expressing their love for The Kinks as a band...and they are flocking to it in their thousands to do so. 

It should come as a surprise to no one, least of all the band themselves, that people who have The Kinks music nestled in their hearts should be desperate for a chance to lift their voices in celebration of it's genius.

Were I to be able to speak directly to the band I would simply say this: All we're are looking for is a chance to say "Thank you for the days..." please give us that opportunity. Not for the cash, or even the glory, but for the sheer love of it.

Thank you for the days...Excelsior out.

Sunny Afternoon is here

Ladies and Gentlemen here is my take on the excellent West End show..."Sunny Afternoon". I've tried to capture the power, emotion and energy of this wonderful show...I'll leave it to others to decide whether or not I've succeeded.

Excelsior out!