Archive for Swampy’s Florida News
This crowd was in Williams Park in 1931 watching a co-ed card game. Seems gambling was set aside, as there appears to be no chips or cash. One lady looks mighty happy with her hand, which might doom her game[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I gave a talk to a cartooning class run by a pal of mine in The villages Thursday night. Many there purchased Swampy’s Florida books. Here are two with the drawings I drew inside each!
I’m in Palm Beach County today staying with friends. One is Rob Labby who performs as a clown and has a couple of very neat circus posters displayed in their house from around 1980 Here’s one! Just last weekend speaking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Soon three new Swampy’s Florida Easter cars will be available! Above is one of the images of the cards.
Sorry to learn today of the death of former Governor Reubin Askew. Apparently hip replacement surgery led to pneumonia that weakened him to death. Click here to learn of Askew’s life and service to Florida as Governor from 1971 to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Main Street Bridge stretching out from Downtown Jacksonville over the St. John’s River.
Swampy’s friend, John Rose, who draws the comic strip Snuffy Smith, will be visiting from Virginia in The Villages and Palm Coast to give a cartooning talk and classes only this Thursday and Friday! Click here for details – http://snuffysmithcomics.com/2014/03/03/snuffy-visits-th-sunshine-state/#more-57092
Spent a couple of hours in Silver River State Park today researching the ‘Swampy’s Florida: Silver Springs State Park’ book. Rayne Summers, of the State Park Service gave me a tour of different parts of the park that I needed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…