21 Feb 2024
Those who pay close attention to the humdrum internet universe (π΅βπ«) saw the news about the four Sam Mendes Beatles biopics slated for 2027. So this is my little tribute to my fellow drummer, Mr. Ringo Starr. Here's the original I based it on if you want to see how I fared.
Since a smaller segment of people follow this little newsletter, I wanted to give a little preview of a banner I commissioned from Daniel Jurman, who I discovered via Garrett's Anti-Social Media Club newsletter.
I originally reached out to Daniel to see if he would be willing to draw a Grub and contribute to my collection from other artists (if you are reading this, I'd love it if you tried a little sketchβyou don't need to be an artist!) His commission rate was a bit too pricey for me considering more than half of what I have are essentially internet friends doing me a favor / doing it for fun. I've paid some small commission rates in the past or made donations in people's names, but it's a silly project I can't get myself to spend any real money on. No biggie though.
Around the same time, I was starting the process of commissioning banners for foofaraw (more to come on that later) and thought he'd be the perfect person to do the weekend edition banner. And boy was I right. It's a thing of beauty and I'm so happy with how it turned out. Since this doesn't get used in the same issues as the banners used in Monday's media guide issues, I won't be waiting on the others to roll this out!