The Art of Disney : 2004 Friendship

2004-Jun-23 Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California

The Art of Disney: Friendship - The U.S. Postal Service® issued The Art of Disney: Friendship postage stamps featuring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, and a host of Disney friends from Lion King, Pinocchio and Bambi.

Commemorative postmarks:

Clinton Hobart - Lion King : Timon and Pumbaa

2019.10.26 Suffolk Comic & Art Expo, Brentwood, NY

clinton T Hobart is a license Disney artist. He treats original oil paintings of a wide variety of subjects ranging from classical subject matter such as fruits and eggshells to more modern subjects which include the Disney family of characters

When I commissioned this work, I had paid for a single character sketch, however Clinton didn't feel comfortable drawing Pumbaa without Timon, so I got a 2-for1 sketch - Thanks!

Clinton T Hobart

Sono - Lion-O

2015.11.07 Superheroes for Hospice, Livingston, NJ

Mike Chan aka Sono, is a free-lance artist currently working on a children's book. You can check out his instagram page for more...

ThunderCats was an animated action-adventure featuring a team of humanoid cats fight evil on their adopted homeworld. The show ran from 1985 - 1989. The show was produced by Rankin-Bass and Lorimar Pictures. The characters, created by Tobin Wolf, were humanoid cats named Jaga the Wise - Lord of the ThunderCats;  Lion-Oleader and hereditary Lord of the ThunderCats; Tygra - the level headed warrior; Panthro - mechanic and engineer; Cheetara - has a precognitive sense; Wilykat and WilyKit - twin "ThunderKittens"...

A later series was produced in 2011

James Fry III - Black Panther

2013.11.03 Jersey Shore Comic Book Show, Forked River, NJ

James Fry has been a penciler, cover artist and inker for many issues from both Marvel and DC including such titles as Amazing Spider-Man, Astonishing Spider-Man, Avengers, Batman: gotham Adventures, CAptain America, Classic X-Men, Blood Syndicate, Checkmate, Doom Patrol, Excalibur,  Impossible Man, Inhumanoids, Sub-Mariner, Marvel Zombies, Slapstick, Nomad, Venom, Thunderbolts, Star Trek...

Dynamite - Darkman vs Army of Darkness; Harris Comics - Creepy, Vampirella; Acclaim - Concrete Jungle, Doctor Tomorrow; Claypool Comics - Elvira; Eclipse Comics - Liberty Project; Archie Comics - Sonic Saga Series; Image - New Shadowhawk;

Fry also penciled the Justice League Adventures Burger King Mini-comics (Green Lantern and Justice League)....

James chose to draw Black Panther after seeing the Disney Lion King FDC. When I asked him which character he preferred to draw James responded the Beast. The closest FDC I had featured a hamster stamp, to which James asked to look at the available covers to choose from. I like the choice of Black Panther and Lion King....  Black panther  first appeared in Marvel Comics Fantastic Four #52 (1966), created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, as the first black superhero. Black Panther would eventually join the Avengers in 1968. Black Panther would gain his own title in 1977 and would continue with various  series...

Terrrrrrrrrific!

2011.03.28 Gene Deitch - Tom Terrific

When I first wrote to Mr. Deitch and I received his drawing of Tom Terrific, see previous post...I was truly excited by receiving the sketch. Mr. Deitch also sent along a color print of Tom and Mighty Manfred, which I did not mention in my post. I do not post everything I receive or purchase. After seeing the post, Mr. Deitch replied......

Hi Ray, I didn't understand that you wanted me to draw something on the first day cover; I didn't want to ruin it, so instead I made you a large color cartoon. Apparently, you didn't like that, as you make no mention of it on your blog. The Tom Terrific head on the mailing envelope was just a very fast sketch I did at the last minute, before mailing it. Do you want to return the FDC? Best Gene...

I did not mention the print as it did not fit in with the overall collection of covers. I appreciate everything I receive, I understand the artist I write to are under no obligation to send anything. The fact that Mr. Deitch took the time to respond is greatly appreciated. At first I was not going to return the FDC as I did not want to take advantage of his kindness. But I really though having the Tom Terrific on a FDC was something I did not want to pass up.

Mr. Deitch has been more than kind, returning the cover with a pencil sketch of Tom and another sketch of Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog... Thank you for your kindness...This was indeed a very special delivery...

I chose the Disney related FDC to honor Gene Deitch's work in animation. The Disney Studios do an excellent job of animating, but there are many others out there, like Mr. Deitch, who provide countless hours of pleasure and entertainment with their animation...

Special Delivery from Patrick McDonnell's Mutts 2011.03.31