tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post114842436410910360..comments2024-02-04T02:14:18.640-08:00Comments on Out of the Inkwell: Mike Dobbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694483252375913277noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-49510949621994213482017-11-10T00:43:45.204-08:002017-11-10T00:43:45.204-08:00A fave memory of mine involved a bulletin board at...A fave memory of mine involved a bulletin board at the Undergrad Library at Mich. State U. They'd post stuff of general interest... intellectual "eye candy", as it were, so I'd stop and have a look whenever I walked in the door.<br /><br />This one time, they had a feature article on the future of telecom. The author had presciently divined that the upcoming shakeout involved a race with 1) computer/network tech ascending to encompass interpersonal electronic communications, vs. 2) telecom upgrading their computing prowess to encompass organizational data processing needs, as well. The artist did a fantastic job of capturing this tension, and the WSJ gave him the top half of the cover page of the feature section to show us: It showed two towering characters, back-to-back, on the sides of the frame, glancing paranoiacally over their shoulders at each other. These characters were: A large phone character clicking away at the little PC, and a large computer character punching away at a little phone dialpad.<br /><br />That was a <i>very</i> nice visual summary of the theme of the article.<br /><br />But the surprise came when I glance at the bottom of the cartoon panel and notice a great little bit of detail: It showed tiny little <b>people</b>, dwarfed by these gargantuans, running away from us, pell-mell, as though from impending doom! I recognized the style and for the first time it occurred to me to scout out a signature on the piece.<br /><br />It was Hallgren! Delight and joy! Sure, the system enlisted Gary to service its needs, and paid him for it... but he found a way to communicate something in the spirit of what his ol' comrade Dan O'Neil once said: "The computer runs the system, and the system runs us... ragged!"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13931033635073836857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-26347826448099691742011-06-27T00:18:59.023-07:002011-06-27T00:18:59.023-07:00Hey Gary, if you every read this thread again, it&...Hey Gary, if you every read this thread again, it's Ben from the 70s in P-Town, I did the belts for the MLF when I was carving belts for Speedy, (still have my MLF card, the only thing I have from those days except my lap steel and my first musician's union card.<br />We had some great times. Hope all is well with you.<br />B.K. member 748.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-51187634994830590602011-06-14T07:49:52.208-07:002011-06-14T07:49:52.208-07:00I am pleased to hear from cforeman that the colors...I am pleased to hear from cforeman that the colors I used in 1977 have held up. I was careful to always use the permanent palette of Luma dyes. There must be a few of those caricatures still hanging out--I did them summers in P-town between 1973 and 1980, winter 1977 in St Thomas, and again in Port Jeff LI 2000-2003. A few thousand total.garyhallgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08364853582662445615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-42748095720523920462008-12-13T22:14:00.000-08:002008-12-13T22:14:00.000-08:00I didn't realize until this evening that the caric...I didn't realize until this evening that the caricature of me that hangs on my bedroom wall was done by a famous artist. Hallgren did me on the sidewalk in Provincetown over Labor Day Weekend in 1977. A great likeness, and the colors have held up very well.cforeman1952https://www.blogger.com/profile/13180211016194859266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-1148601319910078642006-05-25T16:55:00.000-07:002006-05-25T16:55:00.000-07:00Wow! Gary Hallgren was one of the best -- not only...Wow! Gary Hallgren was one of the best -- not only able to copy other styles, but he had something to say and an underlying style that always made his stuff worth looking at.<BR/><BR/>Heh. I'm gonna have to make my way over to Holyoke some time. I think I applied for a job at that place, but didn't get it, alas.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-1148510534820426232006-05-24T15:42:00.000-07:002006-05-24T15:42:00.000-07:00He had a crew cut butchwax thing going when I met ...He had a crew cut butchwax thing going when I met him a couple of months ago. I'm glad to see he's going for the windswept look now - FABULOUS!Mark Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.com