...which was commissioned decades ago by Success magazine to illustrate a humorous article about potatoes? The concept is too complicated for a quick summary. I’m awash in illustrations like that one and a lot of them are, in my opinion, pretty cool. In this newsletter I’ll be able to feed information about them in small doses to people like you who just may have some interest in knowing what’s available. (You’re under no obligation to purchase a darned thing, of course—but you still might enjoy seeing the pictures!)
Q But aren’t you embarrassed to be hawking drawings to your loyal readers like some seedy street merchant?
A Definitely. My face is totally scarlet. But we artists need to earn money from the art we’ve already done in order to buy ourselves time to do new art. It’s an unfortunate fact of life—at least until we find the rich patrons of our dreams!
JULY 24, 2008 UPDATE: The online sale of original artwork from Stuck Rubber Baby, Wendel, and Barefootz has been suspended, with prices expected to climb substantially in the near future. This will not affect the prices of the smaller works I'm selling through this newsletter, which I hope will remain cheap, cheap, CHEAP!
about this project
(from Cruse Art Newsletter #1)
Q So what’s the deal with this newsletter? Haven’t you already been selling original artwork from your web site for years?
A Yes, but the items for sale on my web site are generally pages from my published comics. Besides those I’ve always had drawers full of old drawings that some collectors might enjoy owning but that are hard to list clearly on my site. I mean, it’s easy to say “page 71 of Stuck Rubber Baby” on the assumption that anyone who is interested in owning SRB artwork will have the book close at hand to consult. But how do I describe a drawing like the one you’ll see on page 4 here...