SKETCHBOOK COVERS THROUGH THE AGES(part 1: the early years)

I've filled a lot of sketchbooks over the years.

No... those aren't ALL sketchbooks.

But the second from the bottom shelf is

packed solid with 'em.

And so's half of the top shelf.

And that's not even including all my 

sketchbooks from high school.

But I sank those deep into the Mariana Trench

so no one has to suffer looking through them.

Blech!

Anyway...

half the fun of a 

sketchbook is

decorating the cover with

stickers and junk.

Sooper pal

Kano

believes that you should draw 

in your sketchbook first 

BEFORE

putting stickers on it.

But he's

LYING!

Ya gotta put stickers on it

FIRST!

So here,

for your enjoyment,

are the covers from my

college days:

My aunt gave me a big packet of

military aircraft stickers,

many of which ended up on sketchbooks

over the years:

I worked at Video Magic for a couple summers

transferring Super 8 films to VHS:

Video Magic was next door to

an advertising agency.

I have no idea why I found it interesting

to put their sticker on a sketchbook:

Not sure where the cover to this one went,

but I used to send silly letters to companies 

and celebrities under the pseudonym

Frank Pierce.

Inspired by Don Novello's

Lazlo Letters,

I liked seeing what kind of responses I'd get to 

ridiculous questions and or accusations.

I don't remember what I sent to 

Oscar Meyer,

but they sent me free recipes:

Don't worry!

There are lots more sketchbook 

covers coming

in part two!