Our fellow Hybrid member Nat-ti made me aware of this artist, Felix Lorioux, who was one of France’s best loved artists.  He was a humble, quiet man who did little to promote himself beyond his home country. He was born in 1872 and began as a advertising designer. But his childlike sense of wonder led him to a career as a children’s book illustrator. Walt Disney met him in 1919 when Disney was an Red Cross ambulance driver and Lorioux’s wife ws a Red Cross nurse. Disney was impressed with his abilities and hired him to illustrate books for the French market based on Mickey Mouse and the Silly Symphonies.  A Lorioux illustration of a duck in a sailor suit may have even been the inspiration for Donald Duck! Around 1934, Lorioux resigned from illustrating for Disney, citing the language barrier and also because he didn’t want to relocate to California to join the studio. https://animationresources.org/illustration-felix-loriouxs-fantastic-worlds/    In ...

  A short short featuring Draknor the barbarian.  The Fiend In Iron The forest was calming, perhaps too calming for such a seasoned warrior as Draknor. The Dracoz stood a good seven feet tall, ducking low hanging branches as his bare clawed feet padded across the forest floor. A ragged cloak hung from the creature’s shoulders, bits of cloth and leather covered his torso and simple trousers covered his legs. The rest of his exposed body was covered in black reptilian scales, his eyes a baleful yellow and two long horns protruded straight from his draconic head. There was no mistaking Draknor for anything else. It was well past noon as the woodland creatures called their cries. Draknor sniffed the air for anything unusual. He knew he was not far from a sizeable town, but wished to avoid it. He tended to attract attention, and he did not wish for his presence to be known. Draknor stuck to the less-traveled paths. Humans often called his kind barbarians, the thought made Draknor s...

With Mischa. Minus Mischa. I guess this is iconic.  I don't like this draft dodging spoiled little bastard. https://youtu.be/Xe60Oru9j-E https://youtu.be/Xe60Oru9j-E This poster is by the Verkerke company and is signed Alex or possibly Alexo.  I cannot find it in the company catalog or on google images.  I think this was a real score, surely I can locate the artist to give him/her credit.  But did find a cool site while looking for info- How appropriate, I take my second guitar lesson Monday.  I gave up on trying to learn on my own, I had fun, but I can not play. (2017). Photo by Paul Mansley.  The site is tinybunnywoman, check it out. http://tinybunnywoman.livejournal.com/?skip=225 Found him!  His name is Alex Rinesch and he was geboren in Wien 1955.  Seems to be pretty successful. Alex Rinesch. Gee, I like him already.