Post by stevehammann on Nov 30, 2014 19:35:24 GMT -5
Pete Millar was one of the originators of CARtoons Magazine under Peterson Publishing, and then went on to produce Drag Cartoons on his own. He also taught college level courses, did freelance artwork, sculpted some of the Remington Figures, and later in life made quit a good buck making scale model recreations of accidents for SUE happy California.
Here is some of Pete's original work I own.
Got this one off of eBay from some kat in Florida. Don't know how or where he ended up with it, but I'm glad he did.
He did this one in an attempt to sell it to Mad Magazine along with a complete story line about John Force. This was in the time that Jerry Toliver (John Force's cousin) actually had a sponsorship for his Funny Car from Mad Magazine. Long story short, Pete never heard a word from the mag, and never got back the materials he submitted for the deal. This original drawing was all he had left and was so disgusted by the whole ordeal, He sold me the painting just to get rid of it. Again, as with the guy in FLA, I'm glad he did.
SIDE NOTE: You can't tell it from this picture, but all of the people in the grandstands have individually painted logos on thier T-shirts and no two faces look the same. Pete was a stickler for detail.
The second drawing/painting I bought from Pete was this one. If you notice, it is the same theme as the one for Mad Mag, but from a more down track view. This one actually became the cover for his #50 Comic book.
I have shown this one elsewhere in this site, but I'll add it here too. Pete was in the middle of producing his #51 (and last) magazine. He had started this one for the cover but had gotten interested in doing Giclee artwork on computer. He had gotten so into that, that he never finished the hand drawing. My dear wife Marty and I were out at Pomona for the Winter Nationals, and went to Pete and Orah Mae's house to meet them for dinner. Pete took me to show his workspace off and I was like a kid in a candy store. I spied this drawing sticking half in and half out of a cubby hole and asked what he was going to do with (all the while hoping he would sell it to me) he pulled it out, signed it, and handed it to me saying "give it to you". He then grabbed it back and lovingly wrapped it for travel like it was one of his children. Needless to say, I WAS STOKED!
Here is some of Pete's original work I own.
Got this one off of eBay from some kat in Florida. Don't know how or where he ended up with it, but I'm glad he did.
He did this one in an attempt to sell it to Mad Magazine along with a complete story line about John Force. This was in the time that Jerry Toliver (John Force's cousin) actually had a sponsorship for his Funny Car from Mad Magazine. Long story short, Pete never heard a word from the mag, and never got back the materials he submitted for the deal. This original drawing was all he had left and was so disgusted by the whole ordeal, He sold me the painting just to get rid of it. Again, as with the guy in FLA, I'm glad he did.
SIDE NOTE: You can't tell it from this picture, but all of the people in the grandstands have individually painted logos on thier T-shirts and no two faces look the same. Pete was a stickler for detail.
The second drawing/painting I bought from Pete was this one. If you notice, it is the same theme as the one for Mad Mag, but from a more down track view. This one actually became the cover for his #50 Comic book.
I have shown this one elsewhere in this site, but I'll add it here too. Pete was in the middle of producing his #51 (and last) magazine. He had started this one for the cover but had gotten interested in doing Giclee artwork on computer. He had gotten so into that, that he never finished the hand drawing. My dear wife Marty and I were out at Pomona for the Winter Nationals, and went to Pete and Orah Mae's house to meet them for dinner. Pete took me to show his workspace off and I was like a kid in a candy store. I spied this drawing sticking half in and half out of a cubby hole and asked what he was going to do with (all the while hoping he would sell it to me) he pulled it out, signed it, and handed it to me saying "give it to you". He then grabbed it back and lovingly wrapped it for travel like it was one of his children. Needless to say, I WAS STOKED!
