Charles Thurston - Sam Eagle, The Muppets

2015.06.06 NY Special Edition, NYC

Charles Thurston, a former puppeteer at Disney World now creates a series of pop culture parody books based off popular culture and classic children's stories...

Going through Thurston's portfolio were many fantastic drawings...Doctor Who's K-9 with Pluto's facial features, Good Boy K-9 where K-9 mets the Iron Giant, the Not Gonna Happen series where Pikachu meets various other fantastic characters including Figment, monsters from Where the Wild Things Are, Groot and others...

Sam the Eagle is a Muppet originating on the Muppet Show, and operated by Frank Oz. Sam is overly patriotic, stuffy and pompous...

Happy 4th of July !!!

Comics on Vacation

2011.07.21 National Aquarium, Washington, DC - Sherman's Lagoon by Jim Toomey...

I spent 4 days in Washington, DC on a family vacation, showing my boys the museums and monuments...little did I expect to find comics along the route. The National Aquarium had a children's area that was supported by Jim Toomey's comic strip Sherman's lagoon. There were two sketches on display within the area, as well as decorations at the entrance...Smithsonian National Museum of American History...I couldn't believe how much time we spent walking through the museums. All were excellent, always enjoy Air and Space...Bringing my boys to see the monuments that document our history helps bring meaning to what they learn in school, or areas of history that do not get covered...

Happy to see at the American History Museum, in their entertainment, sports and music section, Julie Newmar's original Catwoman suit....

Action Comics featuring Superman, New York World's Fair comic featuring Superman, and Batman and Robin, along with Joe Louis' boxing gloves and a Lou Gehrig photo and signed baseball...

Original Kermit the Frog and friends from the early TV show "Sam and Friends"...

Charles Schultz's pen pencil and paintbrush....