Sharing Cherry Poptart, because I can
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#larrywelz
Happy birthday to Larry Welz, born today in 1948. An American cartoonist, best known for creating Cherry Poptart (now known simply as Cherry), he was an early contributor to the underground comix movement in the San Francisco area during the late 1960s and early 1970s. #LarryWelz
Yesterday at C2E2, I got to see Larry Welz, creator of adorably infamous Cherry Poptart. Here's us holding a copy of Cherry #24 with the cover I drew, available exclusively from Happy Comics! Come by and se me at Artist Alley table Y-08! #larrywelz #cherry #cherrypoptart #andrewpepoy #c2e2 #comics
Ellie Dee is getting her own book! And thats not all… #EllieDee #LarryWelz
Larry Welz character Cherry Popart with a speech bubble saying "waitaminnit... you mean... it's already tomorrow? - An' I missed today?" Background is cyberbrick road by Brummbär. Lower quarter advertises interviews with Rudy Rucker, Vernor Vinge, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and John Shirley.
Black & white art of Cherry Poptart in a cyberpunk city.
Larry Welz art of his characters Cherry Poptart and Ellie Dee in a college dorm. Titled Ellie Dee in Cyberland. A speech bubble from Cherry says "Whatcha doin' now, Ellie? Changin' yer grade point average?" Speech bubbles from Ellie say "Naw... I'm trying to hack into the big mainframe over at Ramit Industries secret research lab - I did this really great program and if I can just get it into this network here... - Aha!"
Cherry Poptart art from Mondo2000 issue one (~1989) by Larry Welz (first image background by german artist Brummbär).
#cyberpunk #cyperpunkart #80s #80scomics #LarryWelz #Mondo2000