I write/draw comic book things, and recreate classic comic art. I also do a lot of Muppet movie mashups. For commission info, email brucemccorkindale
@gmail
.com
New commission: a Muppet version of John Carpenter's THE THING featuring Kermit, Gonzo, Beaker, and a Yip-Yip! Mixed media on 9 X 12" watercolor paper.
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#2
: Animal in Akira Kurosawa's THRONE OF BLOOD. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
I'm Inktobering! My theme: Arthouse Muppets. Day
#1
: Statler in Ingmar Bergman's WILD STRAWBERRIES. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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#22
: Bert and Ernie in Ingmar Bergman's THE SEVENTH SEAL. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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#3
: Pepé the King Prawn in David Lynch's TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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#4
: Astoria and Scooter in Hal Ashby's HAROLD AND MAUDE. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#20
: Snuffleupagus in David Lynch's THE ELEPHANT MAN. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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#25
: Beaker in David Lynch's ERASERHEAD. Not an entirely new concept, but I couldn't resist doing my own take! Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" coquille board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#13
: Rowlf in Jim Jarmusch's GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#31
: Baby Kermit in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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#29
: Rowlf and Animal in Akira Kurosawa's YOJIMBO. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
New commission: a Muppet version of CLUE (1985) featuring Gladys, Janice, Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie, Kermit, and Scooter. Mixed media on 9 X 12" bristol board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#9
: Bunsen Honeydew in Ingmar Bergman's WINTER LIGHT. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#28
: Miss Piggy and Kermit in Roger Vadim's BARBARELLA. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
New commission: Kermit the Frog, Sam the Eagle, and Animal in Sergio Leone's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. Mixed media on bristol board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#19
: Miss Piggy and Janice in Ingmar Bergman's PERSONA. Just for fun, this one features pencils by me and inks by Eisner and Hugo-nominated artist/writer
@gabrielhardman
. Thanks, Gabe!
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#18
: Sam the Eagle in Francois Truffaut's FARENHEIT 451. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#8
: Elizabeth and Little Murray Sparkles in Nobuhiko Obayashi's HOUSE. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
New commission: a Muppet version of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN featuring Pepé the King Prawn and Link Hogthrob. Mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board. Special thanks to
@Hafuboti
, who came up with the main idea!
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My
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#17
: Fozzie Bear and Kermit the Frog in Vittorio De Sica's BICYCLE THIEVES. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#11
: Oscar the Grouch in David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#24
: Wembley, Gobo and Boober in Wes Anderson's THE DARJEELING LIMITED. Just for fun, this one was penciled by the talented Tracie Mauk (aka
@Maukingbird
) and inked/toned by me. Thanks, Tracie!
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#15
: Link Hogthrob and First Mate Piggy in Andrei Tarkovsky's SOLARIS. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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#27
: Manah Manah and The Snouths in Alejandro Jodorowsky's THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#7
: The Newsman and Mildred Huxtetter in Alain Resnais's LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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#30
: Bunsen Honeydew in Fritz Lang's THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE. I haven't been taking requests, but early on
@pattonoswalt
DEMANDED this one, so...what could I do?? Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
Very sad to hear that Ramona Fradon has died, age 97. She was a wonderful artist, and her work on Aquaman, Metamorpho, Plastic Man, and countless others was a joy to behold. She was still taking commissions up to a month ago! This one is still one of my favorites. R.I.P.
New commission: Bert and Ernie in Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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A 1992 picture of Steve Ditko (on the right, of course) that Steve's nephew Mark posted on FB. For you non-comics folk, these pics are akin to shots of Bigfoot hanging out in Area 51.
My
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theme: Arthouse Muppets! Day
#23
: The Swedish Chef and Gladys in Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
31 days of
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! Day
#31
: Kermit, Fozzie, Bert, Ernie, Animal, Scooter, and Gonzo in Akira Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI. Mixed media on 11 X 17" bristol board.
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#5
: Annie Sue in Luis Buñuel's SIMON OF THE DESERT. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
New commission: Bert, Ernie and Rizzo the Rat in John Schlesinger's MIDNIGHT COWBOY. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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A Holy Grail of Jam: artwork by Tom Sutton, Jack Kirby, Michael Golden, Curt Swan (inked by Wally Wood), John Byrne, Jim Steranko, and many more! It's 42 X 20" and sold for 22K in 2009.
Arthouse Muppets return! This
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leftover features Preston, Bonnie & Rodney Rabbit in David Lynch's INLAND EMPIRE. I also have Muppet commissions coming up, so I'll try to make Muppet Monday a thing...until I hear choruses of people saying "Bruce, seriously...mup off."
I asked
@Hafuboti
if she'd like something special for Valentine's Day, and she mentioned a Muppet version of MIDSOMMAR featuring Miss Piggy. I COMPLIED! Mixed media on 9 X 12" watercolor paper.
#ExtraRomanticMuppetMonday
New commission: a Muppets version of Kevin Smith's CLERKS featuring Fozzie Bear, Bobo the Bear, and a special cameo by Pepé the King Prawn. Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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New commission: Sweetums in Paul Thomas Anderson's BOOGIE NIGHTS. Thanks to client for letting me pick the Muppet! Pen, brush, ink & mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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Bonus Muppet commission this week! It's a Muppet-ized version of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN featuring Bert and Ernie. Mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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New commission: a Muppet version of Alfred Hitchcock's NOTORIOUS featuring The Newsman, Janice, The Swedish Chef, and cameos by Hitch and Jim Henson. Mixed media on bristol board.
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New commission: a Muppet version of MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD featuring Kermit, Scooter and Gonzo. Mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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It's hard to believe
#Inktober
is really over! Thanks so much to everyone for your support and many wonderful comments. You've helped make this, by far, the most joyous creative experience of my life...which is an amazing concept for a 58 year-old dude!!
New commission: a Muppet version of Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER featuring Link Hogthrob, Gonzo and Camilla. Mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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Happy 96th birthday to Ramona Fradon. She has produced great comics work (including the co-creation of Metamorpho and Aqualad) since the early 50s, and she's still creating AMAZING commissions. If fact, her list is currently full!
New commission: a Muppet version of LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING featuring Kermit, Gonzo, Fozzie, Rizzo, and Sam the Eagle. Mixed media on 11 X 17" bristol board.
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I illustrated Muppet versions of MIDSOMMAR and TWIN PEAKS for my wife Rebecca (Mid for Valentine's, TP for her birthday). I finally got them framed! The tail at bottom belongs to Mews. I assume.
New commission: a Muppet version of Akira Kurosawa's RAN featuring Statler and The Mighty Favog. Mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.
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I just completed this artwork featuring Big Bird & Oscar the Grouch in THE ODD COUPLE as a tribute to the late Caroll Spinney. I've listed the art on Ebay; all proceeds will go towards UNICEF USA. Thanks for looking!
31 days of
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! Day
#21
: Kermit and Constantine in the Season 2 finale of TWIN PEAKS. Mixed media on 9 X 12" bristol board.
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This one is also a birthday present for my wife,
@Hafuboti
. Who SAYS romance is dead?!!