Porky Pig - Looney tunes : 2001

Porky Pig is a fictional cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts featuring the character. Even after he was supplanted by later characters, Porky continued to be popular with moviegoers and, more importantly, the Warners directors, who recast him in numerous everyman and sidekick roles.

He is known for his signature line at the end of many shorts, "(stutter) that's all, folks!" Porky is the oldest continuing Looney Tunes character.

Porky was introduced in the short, I Haven't Got a Hat (1935-Mar-02), directed by Friz Freleng. Studio head Leon Schlesinger suggested that Freleng do a cartoon version of the popular Our Gang films. Porky's name came from two brothers who were childhood classmates of Freleng, nicknamed "Porky" and "Piggy".

Porky Pig commemorative postmark

2001-Oct-02 Youngtown AZ

2001-10-02 Birmingham, AL : 2001-10-02 Tyndall, NY : 2001-10-03 Edmore, ND

2001-10-05 Billings, MT : 2001-10-09 Shellsburg, IA : 2001-10-10 Kiamesha Lake, NY

2001-10-11 Tucker, GA : 2001-10-15 Jasper OH : 2001-10-16 Centerport, NY

2001-10-16 Hopewell Junction, NY : 2001-10-17 Perth Amboy NJ : 2001-10-24 Thompson, NY

2001-10-24 Thompsonville NY : 2001-10-25 Monticello KY : 2001-10-30 Manitowish Waters WI

2002-02-27 Iowa City IA

Wile E Coyote and Road Runner - Looney Tunes : 2000

2000-Apr-26 Phoneix AZ
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are fictional cartoon characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons, first appearing in 1949 in the theatrical short Fast and Furry-ous, created for Warner Bros. in 1948 by Chuck Jones and writer Michael Maltese.

In each film, the cunning, devious and constantly hungry coyote repeatedly attempts to catch and eat the roadrunner, but is humorously unsuccessful. Instead of using animal instinct, the coyote deploys absurdly complex schemes and devices to try to catch his prey. They comically backfire, with the coyote invariably getting injured in slapstick fashion. Many of the items for these contrivances are mail-ordered from the Acme Corporation and other companies.

Daffy Duck - Looney tunes : 1999

1999-Apr-16 Los Angeles CA
Daffy Duck is a fictional cartoon character created by animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions in Porky's Duck Hunt (1937-Apr-17). Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales. He was one of the first of the new "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to replace traditional everyman characters

Sylvester and Tweety - Looney Tunes : 1998

1998-Apr-27 New York NY
Tweety is a fictional cartoon character, a yellow canary bird in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons. His characteristics are based on Red Skelton's famous "Junior the Mean Widdle Kid". He appeared in 46 cartoons during the golden age, made between 1942 and 1964.

Bob Clampett created the character that would become Tweety in the 1942 short A Tale of Two Kitties, pitting him against two hungry cats named Babbit and Catstello (based on the famous comedians Abbott and Costello). 

Sylvester J. Pussycat Sr., created by Fritz Freleng and designed by Hawley Pratt, is a fictional cartoon character, an anthropomorphic cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. He appeared in 103 cartoons in the golden age of American animation, lagging only behind superstars Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. 

The first short to team Tweety and Sylvester, was 1947's Tweetie Pie, which won Warner Bros. its first Academy Award for Best Short Subject. Sylvester and Tweety proved to be one of the most notable pairings in animation history.

Bugs Bunny - Looney Tunes : 1997

1997-May-22  Warner Bros Studios, Burbank CA

The Bug Bunny stamp was issued to honor him and make him the USPS “ambassador to youth” and encourage children to take up stamp collecting as a hobby as part of its Stampers youth program.

Stamp design manager Terrence McCaffrey looked at over 150 different sketches from Warner Bros. Studios during the stamp design process.  The actual stamp design was done by Warner Bros. under the supervision of McCaffrey.

Bugs Bunny was created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger Productions) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Early iterations of the character first appeared in Ben Hardaway's Porky's Hare Hunt (1938) and subsequent shorts before Bugs's definitive character traits debuted in Tex Avery's A Wild Hare (1940). Bob Givens, Chuck Jones, and Robert McKimson are credited for defining Bugs's visual design.

Bugs Bunny commemorative postmark

Jose Varese - Daffy Duck aka Duck Dodgers

2019.10.26 Suffolk Comic & Art Expo, Brentwood, NY

Jose Varese's passion for art and design can be traced back to his childhood, when he was repeatedly grounded for drawing on his bedroom wall. Eventually they discovered his potential and encouraged his creativeness

Jose continued developing his skills as an illustrator, winning regional and national competitions and collaborating with local Miami artists

2009, Jose partnered with Creature Entertainment as their art director and lead artist for titles The Gun and Ravenous. Jose has also worked on projects such as The Mighty Titan, Soulfire - the Dying and the Light, Soulfire - Hope, the Faro Chronicles, Light Earth, Alpha, The Beach Chronicles, Red Sonja and Vampirella

Amidst his prints of gorgeous women and superheros, Jose eyes lit up when he saw the Daffy Duck stamp. He asked if he could provide a drawing for it and produced a proud Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century. A favorite of both of ours.

Criss Madd - Marvin the Martian

2016.04.03 Jersey Shore Comic Con, Toms River, NJ

Hard to believe that in all my requests for astronauts and Mars Attacks sketches, I had never requested one of my favorite cartoon characters, Marvin the Martian.
While I was looking over Criss' art work I was very inspired, but a majority of his work was fantasy and monsters. He had a great Frankenstein drawing, but I did not have anymore Franksnestein covers to use..

Criss mentioned he did some work on a new toy line that had monster-astronaut characters, called Hell Screamers, you can see his work on Hell Screamers on his Facebook page... Criss has provided the pencils for the Kickstarter project New Cairo, written and created by Bradley Golden and Alex Barranco... Criss also provided sketch covers for the Kickstarter project Until We Sleep...

I left the Project Mercury first day cover and ask Criss to do whatever he felt like...and Marvin the Martian was his choice..

Marvin first appeared in the 1948 Looney Tunes cartoon "Haredevil Hare", and was created by Chuck Jones. He mission is to destroy the earth with the aid of his trusty companion K-9, his army of instant martians and the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator...