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Jock

The Larrikin

February 22, 2023November 23, 2021 by James Baker
mates

Children fit a whole lot of living into a year, or even an afternoon. This is the case with dogs too, who famously live seven years to our one.

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Categories AutoBio, Family, RIGHTY Drawings Tags Armidale, Baker's Dozen, Jock 20 Comments

Dogmatic vs Dogcentric

September 25, 2022September 13, 2013 by James Baker
existential crisis

When I was in grade two of Catholic primary school, we started to take catechism classes where such profound notions as ‘Souls’ and ‘Immortality’ were being bandied about, not to mention the biggies; ‘Heaven’, ‘Hell’ and ‘God’.

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Categories AutoBio, Family, LEFTY Drawings, memoriam Tags Armidale, Baker's Dozen, Jock, mean nuns, Mum, Stephen Nano 74 Comments

The TALE of my Dog

March 2, 2023July 31, 2007 by James Baker
JOCK mini-comic cover

A story about the roguish little dog I had when I was 7 years old.

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Categories AutoBio, Comics, Family, Projects, RIGHTY Drawings Tags Armidale, Baker's Dozen, Jock 69 Comments

Doggy Workout

November 11, 2021July 10, 2007 by James Baker

This picture was done before I had ever used Photoshop, so the textures were cut out of magazines and glued over a pencil drawing. The line-art is on the paper and on a celluloid overlay. The idea of combining photo-textures with hand drawn animation appealed to me but I could never get anybody else to … Read more

Categories Conventions, RIGHTY Drawings, VisDev Tags Jock, Nerve Bomb Comics 6 Comments

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James S. Baker has worked in the animation industry since 1982, for many studios all over the world. This blog is for his personal projects.

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  1. James Baker on The Magnificent LoserJune 2, 2023

    Our scars & bruises are more worthwhile than prizes. They are the campaign medals of living a life. Thanks for…

  2. Chris Clarke on The Magnificent LoserJune 2, 2023

    Dear friend, You have no idea what a soothing balm this essay is to bruised soul. Thank you, love to…

  3. James Baker on The Magnificent LoserJune 1, 2023

    By all means add YOUR faves in a comment!

  4. EmbreMac on The Magnificent LoserJune 1, 2023

    Wisdom! Thank you! Great list. I see some favorite films. Passing it on…

  5. James Baker on The Magnificent LoserJune 1, 2023

    Ooh yes! please add any others that you like. I've never seen ZORBA THE GREEK.

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