Comix, Cartoons, Illustration. Some of my favorites include: Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Joe Kubert, Tony Millionaire, Charles Addams, Gil Kane, Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Brad Holland, Peter Bagge, Charles Burns, Robert Crumb, Skip Williamson, Mack White,Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Steve Ditko, Jonny Craig, John Derf, Ward Sutton, Charlie Powell, Carol Lay, Danny Hellman, Ellen Forney, Ruben Bolling, Steve Ditko, Wallace Wood, Bernie Wrightston, Alex Ross, Jack Cole, Jordi Bernet, Chester Gould, Jack T. Chick, Jen Sorensen, Will Eisner and more to be added that I've presently forgotten...
Music
Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Robert Johnson, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams I and III, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Beatles, U2, Georgia Satellites, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakum, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, k.d.lang, Van Morrison, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, Bobby Bare, Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, Venus Bogardus, Elvis Costello, Clash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Steve Earle, Blondie, Stanley Brothers, Wilson Pickett, Allman Brothers, and a host of guilty pleasures I'm too embarrassed to list here.
Movies
A Face in the Crowd / L A Confidential / Welcome to the Dollhouse/ Full Metal Jacket / The Day the Earth Stood Still / Invasion of the Body Snatchers / Blue Velvet / Crumb / Repo Man / Dr. Strangelove / Gangs of New York / Grapes of Wrath / The Incredibles / Nightmare Alley/ Raging Bull / The Departed / The Searchers / Sunset Boulevard / Topsy Turvy / Ghostworld / Night of the Hunter / Double Indemnity / Deliverance / The Man who Wasn't There/
Television
Books
Anything by James Ellroy, John Steinbeck, Philip K. Dick, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, well drawn and written comic books more concerned with expressing a personal vision than following market trends, Any illustration book from the relentlessly cheerful Andrew Loomis.
About me: Cartoonist and illustrator living in Austin, Texas. The drawings on this website are personal doodles or thumbnails for other illustrations. More may be found at: at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirthmerchant/
I welcome any comments, pro or con.
Thank you for the kind words, Mirth, they're much appreciated. I've enjoyed perusing through your cartoons too. They have a great, casual look to them, reminding me of the likes of Joe Kubert and Jules Feiffer.
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