tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16267779316737179562024-03-13T00:58:44.489-07:00Dope RiderPaul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-76945815052742196602024-03-05T11:20:00.000-08:002024-03-05T11:20:32.156-08:00Dope Rider, "Frames"<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Playing with the form...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7x5NYx1frdv5333GGK1tgAprOf5RwgV9ws8pf_OrjY7QHijrT_eoGbd8KDS_eOHOlCeWVcX_FpA8YeDpbqS_7FV6z2BOOMj27AHVPZH2Bvk_h4uRWGe-SBYae4dk9__-ct_cHIvpvmLvTPdqwrdfEOFngCtgDPXfoG1HxxQqbhTMsznjAA7t_1GwQgq4/s3300/Dope%20Rider_Frames%20of%20Reference_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2397" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7x5NYx1frdv5333GGK1tgAprOf5RwgV9ws8pf_OrjY7QHijrT_eoGbd8KDS_eOHOlCeWVcX_FpA8YeDpbqS_7FV6z2BOOMj27AHVPZH2Bvk_h4uRWGe-SBYae4dk9__-ct_cHIvpvmLvTPdqwrdfEOFngCtgDPXfoG1HxxQqbhTMsznjAA7t_1GwQgq4/w464-h640/Dope%20Rider_Frames%20of%20Reference_small.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-8705549345906209342024-02-18T19:16:00.000-08:002024-02-18T19:16:00.704-08:00Dope Rider, "RR Crossing"<p>This is one of my favorites. I sold the original to someone in Europe who chose it from two dozen or so. He said it is "deep" and you know what? I think he's right.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkK7QoxgrPW9vaLwxveAjQ6N9c2SH6VETCCQh7MSG3q0XufkFBNl2lyw_ifxXLOIqlnu84fimi2qbKABUiQRs-uqueTzg0xlES38mI5K1vdWeOOY8pTPIdaiW8Hh7qs9YMW5LcA0WeVwxwue8npbUu2hXxKXLynXNOzATkin3X7i1YbPoR1jaUPMGPUA/s3300/Dope%20Rider_RR%20Crossing%20small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2426" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkK7QoxgrPW9vaLwxveAjQ6N9c2SH6VETCCQh7MSG3q0XufkFBNl2lyw_ifxXLOIqlnu84fimi2qbKABUiQRs-uqueTzg0xlES38mI5K1vdWeOOY8pTPIdaiW8Hh7qs9YMW5LcA0WeVwxwue8npbUu2hXxKXLynXNOzATkin3X7i1YbPoR1jaUPMGPUA/w470-h640/Dope%20Rider_RR%20Crossing%20small.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-1211077068988455742024-01-09T18:46:00.000-08:002024-03-01T07:26:18.775-08:00Dope Rider, "Hendrix"<p> This is one of my favorites among my recent Dope Riders. I feel it really came together. As always, click on the image to enlarge it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRW0VxiXRnSDusc1eWydw_wavu6a2X3SxP4lkaqZ5-zOCa4d2YRQJOQZwJEndWsbcwZTh13p1N-7A81wJqM5gPrIcXa85IoHm28fBjYCcZ09XTfU6FqELLzYUBjZllHlw0UAqASfznlI_Kn-i7v7Iyr7utvFxLtxWP7_WKJptdYP7lDwaPn1ltoJHVo-8/s3300/Dope%20Rider_Hendrix_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2378" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRW0VxiXRnSDusc1eWydw_wavu6a2X3SxP4lkaqZ5-zOCa4d2YRQJOQZwJEndWsbcwZTh13p1N-7A81wJqM5gPrIcXa85IoHm28fBjYCcZ09XTfU6FqELLzYUBjZllHlw0UAqASfznlI_Kn-i7v7Iyr7utvFxLtxWP7_WKJptdYP7lDwaPn1ltoJHVo-8/w462-h640/Dope%20Rider_Hendrix_small.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-47054677158571058372023-12-18T08:18:00.000-08:002023-12-18T08:31:22.834-08:00Great Review of "A Fistful of Delirium" <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xE5umOChSH57litOBNPD1iSw0VDuY8IfNN4Jx-vnYvhRf_xcdRNFxqV5JGJXuXuO3eFlfNqpklJz-sCMSwzoNuqjEeuqpcTsRKSg3xV9O1vg1Q06FoUi1cz_0FcrVulQSi-aVlcf5D-R67T1TiqhBiMO38jKJ0cEeEA5WBhObJF5yzSRZ7DlZYvpHRQ/s2267/Fistful%20front%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="1793" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xE5umOChSH57litOBNPD1iSw0VDuY8IfNN4Jx-vnYvhRf_xcdRNFxqV5JGJXuXuO3eFlfNqpklJz-sCMSwzoNuqjEeuqpcTsRKSg3xV9O1vg1Q06FoUi1cz_0FcrVulQSi-aVlcf5D-R67T1TiqhBiMO38jKJ0cEeEA5WBhObJF5yzSRZ7DlZYvpHRQ/w316-h400/Fistful%20front%20cover.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br />From the "Slings and Arrows" review site, a great review of <i>A Fistful of Delirium</i>, the compilation of my one page Dope Rider strips that appeared in <i>High Times</i> magazine from 2015 to 2020. As to the mention of my often outdated cultural references, I plead "Guilty as charged" but trying to do better. <p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://theslingsandarrows.com/dope-rider-a-fistful-of-delirium/">https://theslingsandarrows.com/dope-rider-a-fistful-of-delirium/</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><h2 class="post-title" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">DOPE RIDER: A FISTFUL OF DELIRIUM</span></h2><div class="creators-list" style="align-items: flex-start; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); display: flex; flex-flow: row; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; justify-content: flex-start; padding: 5px 0px;"></div><div class="creators-list" style="align-items: flex-start; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); display: flex; flex-flow: row; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; justify-content: flex-start; padding: 5px 0px;"></div><h2 class="post-title" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 18px; text-transform: capitalize;">Writer</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 18px; text-transform: capitalize;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 18px; text-transform: capitalize;">/ Artist</span></span></h2><div class="creators-list" style="align-items: flex-start; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); display: flex; flex-flow: row; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; justify-content: flex-start; padding: 5px 0px;"><div class="post-creators" style="align-content: flex-start; align-items: flex-start; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: flex-start; padding: 0px;"><div class="creator" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://theslingsandarrows.com/writer/paul-kirchner/" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: 0.3s;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">PAUL KIRCHNER</span></a></h3></div></div></div><h5 class="post-author" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; padding-bottom: 10px;">Review by <a href="https://theslingsandarrows.com/author/rusty/" rel="author" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s;" title="Posts by Frank Plowright">Frank Plowright</a></h5><p align="left" class="western" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Back in the day Paul Kirchner produced the engaging surreality of Dope Rider for <i style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box;">High Times</i>, but inspiration was sporadic, and the gaps between strips became longer until they stopped altogether. See them collected in <a href="https://theslingsandarrows.com/awaiting-the-collapse-selected-works-1974-2014/" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s;"><i style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box;">Awaiting the Collapse</i></a>. Inspiration, however, is a fickle muse, and in 2014 alighted on Kirchner’s shoulders once again. This time the Dope Rider strips would be restricted to a single page and lead to punchlines rather than more obscure conclusions.</p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Dope Rider is a mystical skeleton who leads a spiritual life in the remote desert shack he shares with an armadillo, although in the scheme of things that’s just a waystation as Dope Rider can manifest anywhere at any time.</p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">A neat design element is separating each single page strip from the next via a small illustration. Forget any thoughts of padding out the page count, as it has three purposes. The strips are better appreciated individually rather than being crammed together, those illustrations have a progression telling their own story, ‘Smoke’, and if you’re adroit enough, they’re a flip book. A fourth more speculative conclusion is that for Kirchner it’s a break from the precision applied to the creation of his full page strips. On those the eye is always drawn where necessary, but then is free to wander and appreciate the focus on design, detail, composition and conceptual density, and, frankly, their great beauty. Almost every one presents its own new world. By contrast ‘Smoke’ is a relatively simple absurdist exercise, although also satisfying.</p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Perhaps you have a perception that a strip titled ‘Dope Rider’ can only be appreciated by the heavy spliffer. That’s not the case. Dope Rider is certainly messianic regarding his fuel of choice, but Kirchner’s influences are far wider, and much of the humour is universal and joyously unpredictable. It therefore welcomes anyone who wants a laugh, although younger readers may be puzzled by now severely dated cultural references. The sample page gag is funny, but possibly not to a couple of generations who’ve grown up without knowing who John Wayne is. Substitute Donald Trump and you’re 90% there.</p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Ignore that and <i style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box;">A Fistful of Delirium</i> displays a conceptual depth and work ethic that all artists should aspire to. Furthermore, for all the wonder that better creators can provide, it’s relatively rare that they’re truly original. Were Dope Rider turned over to J.H. Williams, to pick an artist sharing some sensibilities with Kirchner, the strip would be very different. It requires Kirchner’s creative mind as well as his artistic arsenal. He’s a true original and his books should be cherished.</p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-12455497168072156682023-12-14T14:51:00.000-08:002023-12-14T14:56:08.810-08:00Dope Rider, "Logo"<p>Some things are made to be broken and that ol' fourth wall is one of them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc92ePXDNtVFZAKpdog_WnzM07DQOj5jFaPHEKn5mwv1UP4he4G6yowaz7cPDBnZxLJ1Co3Af89xKfecpQXAbvgFwcx6vaj36Uk2wpUNk0FAhzwjNewYLeREmWCDnVrOynLgN7sJNN9QHVOJJC2WPxP8pIS3K55s-Pntm7cqM2K8h3erdVTjopeTxjeeU/s3300/Dope%20Rider_Logo_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2412" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc92ePXDNtVFZAKpdog_WnzM07DQOj5jFaPHEKn5mwv1UP4he4G6yowaz7cPDBnZxLJ1Co3Af89xKfecpQXAbvgFwcx6vaj36Uk2wpUNk0FAhzwjNewYLeREmWCDnVrOynLgN7sJNN9QHVOJJC2WPxP8pIS3K55s-Pntm7cqM2K8h3erdVTjopeTxjeeU/w468-h640/Dope%20Rider_Logo_small.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-27944323420353463162023-11-19T08:19:00.000-08:002023-11-19T08:19:12.214-08:00Dope Rider, "Big Bang"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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caret-color: rgb(15, 15, 15); color: #0f0f0f;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Stoccafisso Design </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">plays </span></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Giuseppe Verdi's <i>Dies Irae</i>.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #131313;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19);"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0E25BpW4MExq8pTxIyMM6_IJrMOnAI7_PgxJB70-efNIl3M0651FTAnewTAg-PuIANg5JGSzWwfuFZRm_MH_fzd2dahdmkdOJmKs_RW0yKn5ciIclDg6LdZHDG9hcl4gX4lQxZAMk1LrBEwmjmCk1XNErpfCIZU9lmKw0en-DtA5COA-tYZax1e-MAWM/s1280/Screenshot%202023-11-19%20at%2011.19.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTkxpfmLMWg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTkxpfmLMWg</a></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-10312116738546825252023-10-19T10:09:00.003-07:002023-10-19T10:10:34.294-07:00Dope Rider, "Train"<p> Whoops--look like I neglected to post Dope Rider pages for awhile. I'll put up another this month. (Remember to double click on the image to get a larger, sharper version.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiittTfWQHHUMDKKHTwqH66OY82hMG2JCxoX-suFKLCgT4lFTSH9DrBehCquDCSu-FG3AGLfqqmQA1r4FfIJ62vTu40LJhJz5kKv-vclkxjRNWRxwRbeA-fBnCgKrLBselBczaBWkW59JdlJL0e1I2386UDkwGDPQbPgV9SkL1ncHia57SylN71sjGiyCU/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Train_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1584" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiittTfWQHHUMDKKHTwqH66OY82hMG2JCxoX-suFKLCgT4lFTSH9DrBehCquDCSu-FG3AGLfqqmQA1r4FfIJ62vTu40LJhJz5kKv-vclkxjRNWRxwRbeA-fBnCgKrLBselBczaBWkW59JdlJL0e1I2386UDkwGDPQbPgV9SkL1ncHia57SylN71sjGiyCU/w460-h640/Dope%20Rider_Train_small.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRegVa2O3_uHUuA1Ya6u5az01W47JAAVC1-iDW3HBV3COQ8k5Q-bjeleVlzRx71YZCPndLxFUhJswv3PcD99Xe3ANlO90_BL1jjHqbZGUrtxtJ1iW2A_Lyka6HvwRqOXGHPfcMPm7TAty9Ibg-AxIFbe85fMT0gc63ml4hyphenhyphenyIiaWBYQr8VFJavegHRIJg/s7200/Dope%20Rider_Train_s.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-64459745648207931842023-08-30T11:16:00.002-07:002023-08-30T15:02:56.835-07:00Dope Rider, "Nightfall"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of the Dope Riders I've done recently, this is one of my favorites. I feel I achieved my goal of non-linear storytelling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGEP-I3NXXgJ-W6X-KabtjOmISYnCIBdZx_Nj22mzdx7aS1CsPIcg9FSwJTVnssufwOo9y_6mBeXCQ64mvfP51qeJDIoa_Jc6Nt9gpxPMLLYSt6FrSFDdrMh_71PIn6rGo9mhYw6A2S5wxMqQzn9yFY43kQQ0azQ4AaT3BUpkJW-1BmnKR9SNDsCn96U/s3300/Dope%20Rider_Nightfall_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2411" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGEP-I3NXXgJ-W6X-KabtjOmISYnCIBdZx_Nj22mzdx7aS1CsPIcg9FSwJTVnssufwOo9y_6mBeXCQ64mvfP51qeJDIoa_Jc6Nt9gpxPMLLYSt6FrSFDdrMh_71PIn6rGo9mhYw6A2S5wxMqQzn9yFY43kQQ0azQ4AaT3BUpkJW-1BmnKR9SNDsCn96U/w468-h640/Dope%20Rider_Nightfall_small.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-29789292702056862152023-08-27T07:39:00.000-07:002023-08-27T07:39:14.578-07:00Dope Rider Tattoo<p>I was asked to design a tattoo by a cinematographer in LA. He wanted to base it on an old frame in which Dope Rider is holding a heavy machine gun and replace the gun with a Panavision movie camera. The line on the tattoo would be "Cinema is Dead, Long Live the Cinema!" in French.</p><p>This is the frame:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZ3d0BQ-mvCcdrF7LIXBL-u_L6jdWZZoyEYgOMl7G_V9d2JvNEJm7qnb-2z0mL6Tel6xEEABiqOlyfXRR-Le9rfZlaqntQOCb9IQcm0oQi0CvLtBN5eqLUIYOYgNdyN7VMDm0WSRwPTKeMdeta0tscQJCo4-nq71ngzjRzoaG9AEMkgDGhMBIdKB-YcE/s2181/Beans%20for%20All_01a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2181" data-original-width="2181" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZ3d0BQ-mvCcdrF7LIXBL-u_L6jdWZZoyEYgOMl7G_V9d2JvNEJm7qnb-2z0mL6Tel6xEEABiqOlyfXRR-Le9rfZlaqntQOCb9IQcm0oQi0CvLtBN5eqLUIYOYgNdyN7VMDm0WSRwPTKeMdeta0tscQJCo4-nq71ngzjRzoaG9AEMkgDGhMBIdKB-YcE/s320/Beans%20for%20All_01a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was my design:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAg3b3nCDnrwT-FNw8-MHwXq9T0Wk5F8tOokj_6GUvZRGyhauFsglvRSf8SHLyZpMoSVh-zMFtcQAw9JffH94TyCnUa3Mm1RrdjNUAf9gyLCuDmcgIwjAs08BS0FhyDBf5MvoSGIyQjlU2vuKE9nfBkg7OwIFx5qSt3M8w7YodBzvVFT3bWkQka0Zwbo/s3662/Dope%20Rider%20Tattoo_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3662" data-original-width="2392" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAg3b3nCDnrwT-FNw8-MHwXq9T0Wk5F8tOokj_6GUvZRGyhauFsglvRSf8SHLyZpMoSVh-zMFtcQAw9JffH94TyCnUa3Mm1RrdjNUAf9gyLCuDmcgIwjAs08BS0FhyDBf5MvoSGIyQjlU2vuKE9nfBkg7OwIFx5qSt3M8w7YodBzvVFT3bWkQka0Zwbo/w418-h640/Dope%20Rider%20Tattoo_s.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the tattoo:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtWH8se2VNQ1JbYE2nGhuyiBm6DhAS-QE08_C0mrEDsasWS_F2DQ6xYN-1j52BYPvr3mQeWkVjvZU5MqOjARtSDK3PU_6qYL_6g0-5K4bm02JHhh-Je1WTKKJjuEMo6Au4loI4vAOCpFpIouc1TsyU5XJnaCO7o4tN3Ybsm0YsPKQsRrRRHJS1FBfGpA/s1280/image0.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtWH8se2VNQ1JbYE2nGhuyiBm6DhAS-QE08_C0mrEDsasWS_F2DQ6xYN-1j52BYPvr3mQeWkVjvZU5MqOjARtSDK3PU_6qYL_6g0-5K4bm02JHhh-Je1WTKKJjuEMo6Au4loI4vAOCpFpIouc1TsyU5XJnaCO7o4tN3Ybsm0YsPKQsRrRRHJS1FBfGpA/w296-h640/image0.png" width="296" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-78642194296102020682023-08-02T07:07:00.003-07:002023-08-02T07:09:37.562-07:00"Dope Rider and the Greenstalk"<p> I knew I was going to do something like this eventually, so I got it out of my system. (Click twice on the image to enlarge.)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67eCXXv3qMe4F7I0QVFtTcfMTpclB6sF33OhcZgLF76kIQYS0sas1z0DylpiOAGEe-G5dJW_QVyo8-pBlU7VPn8Z32JpAOgioOp5Tu8kzYsp8s2Ib25y5p7frWTLpqU-Rg_ssqan_8_JUELpqh58JaZV8SWRFEVfZ0Kl0mRIXqco-e0FG2OFOd0oDSs4/s2200/Dope%20Rider%20and%20the%20Greenstalk_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67eCXXv3qMe4F7I0QVFtTcfMTpclB6sF33OhcZgLF76kIQYS0sas1z0DylpiOAGEe-G5dJW_QVyo8-pBlU7VPn8Z32JpAOgioOp5Tu8kzYsp8s2Ib25y5p7frWTLpqU-Rg_ssqan_8_JUELpqh58JaZV8SWRFEVfZ0Kl0mRIXqco-e0FG2OFOd0oDSs4/w462-h640/Dope%20Rider%20and%20the%20Greenstalk_small.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-3141085897559568912023-07-05T12:03:00.000-07:002023-07-05T12:03:03.270-07:00Dope Rider, "Kicking Back"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJWTG2MnP_vAF4jVhTS262bYkMa1VRd3sorQJS2VTNrmS6FxmZZSpv-7yIctiAmR9NW8zXq0AU9UgxvQMWgASKCd_SjcLhJPNIwelPs8_X8sPOixw73O9TzGevkJavmeX_6AkUx3L5lj_4U3pJkGLg-8oNfviLxJ3KMmm6hyCPWDJpvPqgdlv9jo06DY/s7200/Dope%20Rider_Kick%20Back_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7200" data-original-width="5252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJWTG2MnP_vAF4jVhTS262bYkMa1VRd3sorQJS2VTNrmS6FxmZZSpv-7yIctiAmR9NW8zXq0AU9UgxvQMWgASKCd_SjcLhJPNIwelPs8_X8sPOixw73O9TzGevkJavmeX_6AkUx3L5lj_4U3pJkGLg-8oNfviLxJ3KMmm6hyCPWDJpvPqgdlv9jo06DY/w466-h640/Dope%20Rider_Kick%20Back_s.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-38494640550689734422023-06-11T18:03:00.002-07:002023-06-11T18:03:29.144-07:00Dope Rider, "Cold"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I felt it was time that MJ do a little reality alterating of her own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBrBxrjpI_yGDQUmQOc-aSyMG-E1NeSPMpnjJt1-KJTg5SmHTxkBB_SKaCawvTnJLrb9z9c8FpgXTspTFzrvbW0jfyJxKSefykNHX9yy0B8D6Eq7FdUzKdn6X57mHiqGM8YaskK6FGaAGwwiEqwOqz9JnZkA5qaXWsrEIIV7mPcDup8kgLc9OY1iR/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Cold_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBrBxrjpI_yGDQUmQOc-aSyMG-E1NeSPMpnjJt1-KJTg5SmHTxkBB_SKaCawvTnJLrb9z9c8FpgXTspTFzrvbW0jfyJxKSefykNHX9yy0B8D6Eq7FdUzKdn6X57mHiqGM8YaskK6FGaAGwwiEqwOqz9JnZkA5qaXWsrEIIV7mPcDup8kgLc9OY1iR/w464-h640/Dope%20Rider_Cold_small.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-77730465610792327072023-06-11T17:59:00.007-07:002023-06-11T17:59:58.384-07:00Waiting for the Bulb to Light Up<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We visit the New Britain Museum of American Art today to see the Walter Wick exhibition. Wick is the artist/photographer who produces those "I Spy" books. Here's me in front of one of his photos trying to come up with a new idea for Dope Rider.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsr6xNcdiwbtkqVubqSPvaHdSqKS74o0PszIzHPthOH-ZZ7nVNLSKgsSIUFIx7amFe2CzlmDz-br2m1Yb-4soOMjC_5X_YqRlmg76viPXZ7AJjKqor3kkwptq6WD-dKlvRerf8hYrSymRbG-dK2zU1n8_YMm1jj8uR59eZfK5q_47Bqa9Ja2-_jkBe/s2234/Light%20Bulb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2234" data-original-width="1637" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsr6xNcdiwbtkqVubqSPvaHdSqKS74o0PszIzHPthOH-ZZ7nVNLSKgsSIUFIx7amFe2CzlmDz-br2m1Yb-4soOMjC_5X_YqRlmg76viPXZ7AJjKqor3kkwptq6WD-dKlvRerf8hYrSymRbG-dK2zU1n8_YMm1jj8uR59eZfK5q_47Bqa9Ja2-_jkBe/w468-h640/Light%20Bulb.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-29329711673542894532023-05-03T10:10:00.005-07:002023-05-03T10:10:58.374-07:00Dope Rider, "Sequence"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">A racier than usual Dope Rider.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7f9B11-BWt_ccFYx8MwGYbZRJ4yf8G9tpdVlfhrhV1AFeMq9jyggBORXP8fmOIpfUpV9lTkFeJtdUo2kTCsLVqFoAnzXG5n95X_00Wkj2787UN1vPQLOXPDo-LVBwEq2eG4pj1zRoo7D8aff3VQ_C-WhpseYtfvTjvvZZJujZzjk7HCqw0QNkJuC/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Sequence_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1595" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7f9B11-BWt_ccFYx8MwGYbZRJ4yf8G9tpdVlfhrhV1AFeMq9jyggBORXP8fmOIpfUpV9lTkFeJtdUo2kTCsLVqFoAnzXG5n95X_00Wkj2787UN1vPQLOXPDo-LVBwEq2eG4pj1zRoo7D8aff3VQ_C-WhpseYtfvTjvvZZJujZzjk7HCqw0QNkJuC/w464-h640/Dope%20Rider_Sequence_small.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-92171514815533854782023-04-11T17:43:00.003-07:002023-04-11T17:43:26.081-07:00Dope Rider, "Saloons"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__kP3u6OqRRZUyp8DIXe1f3QIqgSOO9duaWRoVeypAL8dnhzl6VliV96XQq2i1POKa_z8SqiyUrxbfZfqJPde41PMVj76Ud1QMwy6u-LD3xiVKOj5kzSrvnQBmfkV-IVWbOuRWpnjjfO6pnPConGpF9Qpp9o4M2JiF1MLx5cgMCcx-133x0Hak__d/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Saloons_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__kP3u6OqRRZUyp8DIXe1f3QIqgSOO9duaWRoVeypAL8dnhzl6VliV96XQq2i1POKa_z8SqiyUrxbfZfqJPde41PMVj76Ud1QMwy6u-LD3xiVKOj5kzSrvnQBmfkV-IVWbOuRWpnjjfO6pnPConGpF9Qpp9o4M2JiF1MLx5cgMCcx-133x0Hak__d/w466-h640/Dope%20Rider_Saloons_small.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-42576068092567693322023-03-19T10:51:00.001-07:002023-03-19T10:51:35.745-07:00Dope Rider, "Conscious Universe"<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Before I did this strip, I had been listening to some interviews with Rupert Sheldrake, who writes about panpsychism, the theory that every self-organizing entity may have some degree of consciousness, albeit different from the consciousness of humans. He posits the possibility of consciousness not only to animals and plants, but also to things like crystals, stars, or the universe itself. Do I believe this? I don't know. I'm entertaining the idea, just as there are many concepts I remain open to without feeling that I have to come down on one side or the other. </span>The Coen brother's 2018 film <i>The Ballard of Buster Scruggs</i> had the following exchange, which impressed me. (I edited it down slightly.)</div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Alice Longabaugh: [My brother] had fixed political beliefs. All of his beliefs were quite fixed. He would upbraid me for being wishy-washy. I never had his certainties. I suppose it is a defect.</span> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Billy Knapp: I don't think it's a defect at all. Oh no. Uncertainty. That is appropriate for matters of this world. … Down the ages, from our remote past, what certainties survive? And yet we hurry to fashion new ones. Wanting their comfort. Certainty... is the easy path. </span></p></div></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiGhk9KTPD6-EKPHqDHUxuXNbAkHxO6lvdGEigX6NsI8Q0N2RS_B2sh5DpmptjKxz_YrBJWqLDqo-vgOzCdveGMDY2spDiMOAB93ZeSfIP7FMx7DxquKlCVCZJbhz0x8UKocZfDd503sk4bukXD8dl3DSLKlgQdPvMgmVEiOYQFPC99CiVIlueQEK/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Universe_2_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1594" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiGhk9KTPD6-EKPHqDHUxuXNbAkHxO6lvdGEigX6NsI8Q0N2RS_B2sh5DpmptjKxz_YrBJWqLDqo-vgOzCdveGMDY2spDiMOAB93ZeSfIP7FMx7DxquKlCVCZJbhz0x8UKocZfDd503sk4bukXD8dl3DSLKlgQdPvMgmVEiOYQFPC99CiVIlueQEK/w464-h640/Dope%20Rider_Universe_2_small.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-45145569657050447282023-02-26T19:41:00.005-08:002023-02-26T19:41:58.188-08:00Dope Rider Tattoos<p> I was sent this photo by a Dope Rider fan. He had two of the images from the "Smoke" sequence in <i>A Fistful of Delirium</i> tattooed on his legs. The tattoo artist did a great job!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsKY17zn8YLGW3txaVEshsNkX4PcQNBZaqMm_LUMOhC0TIH0vzUn1kVWwGiuBRw_kjCgqnp6mj_aDVbcOIft7sbS-lgVLhUWkffg028cl8DewLIqG-lBnoIYM0WcxJTEjepfNIdLgC2QbwsnD9KIr8A6iTnmi9EgIauWG_LBLP5LZ4YxP_MKcZogI/s796/Dope%20Rider%20Tattoos%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="796" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsKY17zn8YLGW3txaVEshsNkX4PcQNBZaqMm_LUMOhC0TIH0vzUn1kVWwGiuBRw_kjCgqnp6mj_aDVbcOIft7sbS-lgVLhUWkffg028cl8DewLIqG-lBnoIYM0WcxJTEjepfNIdLgC2QbwsnD9KIr8A6iTnmi9EgIauWG_LBLP5LZ4YxP_MKcZogI/w400-h295/Dope%20Rider%20Tattoos%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />.<p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-63757487007815703362023-02-09T09:47:00.002-08:002023-02-09T09:47:29.580-08:00Dope Rider, "Storm"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5Ag7FDs17QSo7JeRU5rxgeR3sG6nlR2ip99THYUIVBRQlkt712VjLJygRZ5d8veSK_jEfB8sitH2PG9Z3nW9N3JLk0-8hk0Pg9cMaGoGY52BdQujSus_IyWQcX0Mtsvj7hBfkgRWbjAhWKveormsC4g7L-_iQdATePAYBZX4nRXZDQIi2n9RRU_I/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Storm_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1595" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5Ag7FDs17QSo7JeRU5rxgeR3sG6nlR2ip99THYUIVBRQlkt712VjLJygRZ5d8veSK_jEfB8sitH2PG9Z3nW9N3JLk0-8hk0Pg9cMaGoGY52BdQujSus_IyWQcX0Mtsvj7hBfkgRWbjAhWKveormsC4g7L-_iQdATePAYBZX4nRXZDQIi2n9RRU_I/w464-h640/Dope%20Rider_Storm_small.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-3676730805665977852023-01-05T17:57:00.002-08:002023-01-05T17:57:49.382-08:00Dope Rider, "Sitcom Dad"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LzlSw7vhf5mrl5UfUIGsFX2wT8xgnIBZtGtxzJ7aRPZlnQzO3scw5M5wy_vKelv17vsc0wlwlWCvMpIqXD_H2O5Dgjy5UBhTpBFmi8xeMwuKHslM2hzSrkTJXVcMmDWWgELLxJpUSS9r0NO3mr0Z-aBsxdFKK6ei9Za5oc1zK8ItZrxzAaAgGDKJ/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Sitcom%20Dad_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1597" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LzlSw7vhf5mrl5UfUIGsFX2wT8xgnIBZtGtxzJ7aRPZlnQzO3scw5M5wy_vKelv17vsc0wlwlWCvMpIqXD_H2O5Dgjy5UBhTpBFmi8xeMwuKHslM2hzSrkTJXVcMmDWWgELLxJpUSS9r0NO3mr0Z-aBsxdFKK6ei9Za5oc1zK8ItZrxzAaAgGDKJ/w464-h640/Dope%20Rider_Sitcom%20Dad_small.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my visual reference:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8omkTq3sPhUFtQpNh_1Gj1WyvJzKmORh1A5ah2N_OkoNOLXrmVyPMGfRVTN7C5MNgW1q14SIkRWGTPzdhFaHnCfGgsGRe-7S-TVG7TjvyjXlY3X4LoUu5C_cZHxEb0E3bZVBr0GQ6KbP1Af_5JvyJbraeY9uO_8hYztHRikIY2ca0eWS3pKzvYJvG/s933/Sitcom%20Dad_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8omkTq3sPhUFtQpNh_1Gj1WyvJzKmORh1A5ah2N_OkoNOLXrmVyPMGfRVTN7C5MNgW1q14SIkRWGTPzdhFaHnCfGgsGRe-7S-TVG7TjvyjXlY3X4LoUu5C_cZHxEb0E3bZVBr0GQ6KbP1Af_5JvyJbraeY9uO_8hYztHRikIY2ca0eWS3pKzvYJvG/s320/Sitcom%20Dad_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-42311573965545221072022-12-06T19:53:00.000-08:002022-12-06T19:53:02.781-08:00Dope Rider, "Nothing"<p> I had a different idea when I started to draw this, but it turned out differently.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkXVSinw3uOhrJjgWmwenCpoGuZNhAz4f4Z8N7J9XbqRCgXnaeANBFKU0ZFWUM79y5_EWscJM2uH5shNd5ce9u5nA7KHubug5iveUQM9RgHQmMD2cazUPJfhXXR2Bmra4RzsJkwRB1LLOZO6ubXpciYo6Z8QSIe5jFqg5Fk3yjs5U4bs1LfR3lGkf/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Nothing%20Needs_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1613" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkXVSinw3uOhrJjgWmwenCpoGuZNhAz4f4Z8N7J9XbqRCgXnaeANBFKU0ZFWUM79y5_EWscJM2uH5shNd5ce9u5nA7KHubug5iveUQM9RgHQmMD2cazUPJfhXXR2Bmra4RzsJkwRB1LLOZO6ubXpciYo6Z8QSIe5jFqg5Fk3yjs5U4bs1LfR3lGkf/w470-h640/Dope%20Rider_Nothing%20Needs_small.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-86396595130265752432022-11-21T07:35:00.000-08:002022-11-21T07:35:52.448-08:00Etch-A-Sketch Skull Art<p> I was impressed by this drawing of a skull done on a pocket-sized Etch-A-Sketch. The artist is Jan Labowitch, 24, who must be one of the world's greatest Etch-A-Sketch masters. Here work sells for hundreds of dollars. Whatever you do, don't shake it! There's an article about her<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3583181/Woman-draws-intricate-pictures-sell-hundreds-dollars-using-Etch-Sketch.html"> here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-y2smHf-tFkbGKKFiCW_dL48LBtoiet41yBWN49UYZLV8V6hjJL5KC46SY3KpimVvMrlAXzFm-F1fLV9G9pG9J33V8S540EnLHrCIrqjmxI8xZ_Nr9DG3v0l98EOTp3ep8GIy1vOPQra53PqhhZezkxQDZXyE_ysfG9CBHYEspGHujDDGsB-fHbxn/s634/3400EF7400000578-3583181-image-a-83_1462896524669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="634" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-y2smHf-tFkbGKKFiCW_dL48LBtoiet41yBWN49UYZLV8V6hjJL5KC46SY3KpimVvMrlAXzFm-F1fLV9G9pG9J33V8S540EnLHrCIrqjmxI8xZ_Nr9DG3v0l98EOTp3ep8GIy1vOPQra53PqhhZezkxQDZXyE_ysfG9CBHYEspGHujDDGsB-fHbxn/w400-h349/3400EF7400000578-3583181-image-a-83_1462896524669.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-58007574046832833082022-11-10T15:30:00.001-08:002022-11-10T15:30:56.340-08:00Dope Rider, "Change of Scene"<p> Wherever you go, there you are. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqICg_a2osMu7Igv0J0H2np96V7aIkTe7jBEPVTweBf24BaEnMvILmYtaZFOgEzWYITe3NJArpah7BsH_ndF8_EOok2gbM-omZpK05coLZdKR5q62QkK46PgPsf-I_Do7OEy5hxOgL8Io6rC_PDvHgoXocgpmna5n1fIjCQULe-645mSDKhmQcxl7/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Change%20of%20Scene%202_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1597" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqICg_a2osMu7Igv0J0H2np96V7aIkTe7jBEPVTweBf24BaEnMvILmYtaZFOgEzWYITe3NJArpah7BsH_ndF8_EOok2gbM-omZpK05coLZdKR5q62QkK46PgPsf-I_Do7OEy5hxOgL8Io6rC_PDvHgoXocgpmna5n1fIjCQULe-645mSDKhmQcxl7/w464-h640/Dope%20Rider_Change%20of%20Scene%202_small.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-83590601951053071522022-10-04T10:10:00.000-07:002022-10-04T10:10:17.275-07:00Dope Rider, "Otis"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted to create a character who is nothing but a silhouette filled with tattoo images. This is him. Even though he appears to have died at the end of the strip, I'll use him again. After all, Daffy Duck got blown up numerous times and that didn't stop him from making subsequent appearances.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhtzGPCrCtEjqCwvTF-4uIYmJTBVLydHh8UjWyaJ34ByhKrZLPvCanWYINgxG_RQ9WuwsbF-S2OTDdCW7EUICblrKOHk6dBMGoXZbUYtGP2DKXQFpEidiewK2jRjugfrVNSOMidzzD3zg8f3PRKuWELuH3vACuRUd_mquHIuMx6Tuyg_yNkTJmY1W/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Otis_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhtzGPCrCtEjqCwvTF-4uIYmJTBVLydHh8UjWyaJ34ByhKrZLPvCanWYINgxG_RQ9WuwsbF-S2OTDdCW7EUICblrKOHk6dBMGoXZbUYtGP2DKXQFpEidiewK2jRjugfrVNSOMidzzD3zg8f3PRKuWELuH3vACuRUd_mquHIuMx6Tuyg_yNkTJmY1W/w464-h640/Dope%20Rider_Otis_small.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626777931673717956.post-65069373454676826582022-09-01T08:02:00.000-07:002022-09-01T08:02:02.181-07:00Dope Rider, "Clean Up"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTOGnz17d2js63aoC1HtRu36234e9OIzEa05ohPuTTnZpli4hT5NeZhPF8TITsfMqe3sKYqTAN0b9_A-Vq1HBkRs9VEp5zOUbL366SqzdJAwT01gzbqhT2oKHWjmd16j1M8wbYP22HV5-JcfFamT1hjGRCnkizU9LXrieHmmTkLqa_VGbQBKhLBmQ/s2200/Dope%20Rider_Clean%20Up_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1593" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTOGnz17d2js63aoC1HtRu36234e9OIzEa05ohPuTTnZpli4hT5NeZhPF8TITsfMqe3sKYqTAN0b9_A-Vq1HBkRs9VEp5zOUbL366SqzdJAwT01gzbqhT2oKHWjmd16j1M8wbYP22HV5-JcfFamT1hjGRCnkizU9LXrieHmmTkLqa_VGbQBKhLBmQ/w464-h640/Dope%20Rider_Clean%20Up_small.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Paul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.com0