W.C.Pope
'The Caricature Guy'

Illustration, Cartooning, Caricature and a whole lot more

 
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Cartoons:
Pope's Puns
Air Force Cartoons
PopTarts
the garage band strip
Arthur's World
 online mini-comic

It's all about me...
I have a degree in commercial illustration and many years experience in commercial printing, graphic design, illustration, caricature, and cartooning.
My first cartoon was published in Starlog Magazine, the top science fiction periodical in the world with a print run of about 600,000. In 1991, I became the official cartoonist of the Air Force Reserve and have branched out into numerous other Air Force and veterans magazines and newspapers. 


Me at the Louvre decoding Venus.

What the bajeepers is this W.C. stuff?!?

Growing up I was constantly drawing, with paper and pencil in hand. From the paper grocery bags to the left over paper from the local newspaper that my grandmother would bring home to me. I would draw on anything and get into trouble for it!

     One of my secrets to drawing cartoons is that I always carry around a drawing book or small reporters notebook. So any free moment I have or when I see something funny I put it down. It could be as simple as a word or an idea. Later, when I'm sitting at the drawing table I flip through and draw up the cartoons.

     Instead of a regular pencil, I use a non-repro blue pencil and draw lightly so that I don't have to take the extra step of erasing my pencil lines. You can see all of that explained on the Cartooning Class page.

     Oh, yes the W.C. stuff, well, it's the initials for William Charles which is my given name. But since there are about three million other cartoonists by the name of Bill out there I figured the W.C. would be more catchy. What do you think?

Hobbies
Family
Drawing
Photography
Drawing
Travelling with the AF Reserve
Drawing

Fan Boy Stuff

I love Science Fiction!
Battlestar Galactica
Space:1999
Star Trek
Star Wars
Mystery Science Theatre 3000
"Dune" by Frank Herbert
Everything by
Kurt Vonnegut
Mort Walker's "Beetle Bailey" 
Jack Kirby's comic work
Monty Python
Far Side by Gary Larson
Bill Mauldin's "Willie & Joe"
My strange taste in Music
Devo
The Police
Sting
Movie Soundtracks--
Jerry Goldsmith
John Williams
Alexander Courage

 

Client List

Local 

Johnson’s Carpet Center, Herkimer, NY
Bank of New York, Onieda County Airport, Oriskany, NY
Browne’s Apparel, Mohawk, NY
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield
Mohawk Valley Printing, Herkimer, NY
Phoenix Printing, Frankfort, NY
Village Art Gallery, Herkimer, NY
Weisser’s Jewelers, Herkimer, NY
Myer’s Park Association, Herkimer, NY
Herkimer County Fair Association,
Frankfort, NY
Savings Bank of Utica, Utica, NY
Bare Naked Furniture, Schuyler, NY
Fort Plain Central School, Fort Plain, NY
Herkimer County BOCES, Herkimer, NY
Herkimer County Humane Society,
Mohawk, NY
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts,
Little Falls, NY
Gordon Ackerman Silk Screening,
Little Falls, NY
Turning Stone Casino, Vernon, NY
Hotel Utica, Utica, NY

  National & International

  ADT Security
Anheiser-Busch, Baldwisville, NY
Starbucks
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
NACA Convention, Boston, MA
Starlog Publishing
United States Air Force
United States Air Force Reserve Command
United States Air Force, Air Mobility Command
United States Marine Corps Association
Griffiss Air Force Base, Officer's Club
Kadena Air Force Base, Officer's Club
Mohegan Sun Casino, Conn.
Turning Stone Casino, Verona, NY

High Schools, Colleges & Universities

Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY  
Alvernia College, Reading, PA
Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
Cabrini College, King of Prussia, PA
Camden Community College, Blackwood Campus, NJ
Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
Cazenovia University, Cazenovia, NY
College of St. Rose, Albany, NY
Cooperstown Central School
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
County College of Morris, Morristown, NJ
Gates-Chili High School, Rochester, NY
Genesee Community College, Batavia, NY
Desales University, Allentown, PA
Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY
Genesee Community College,Batavia, NY
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Herkimer County Community College, Herkimer, NY
Herkimer Senior High School, Herkimer, NY
Hobart College, Geneva, NY
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Jamestown Community College, Dunkirk Campus, NY
Jamestown Community College, Olean Campus, NY
Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Keuka College, Geneva, NY
*Keystone College, La Plume, PA
Lehigh University, Lehigh, PA
Mohawk Valley Comm. Coll., Utica, NY
Monroe Comm. Coll., Rochester, NY
Mount Union College, Alliance, OH

Paul Smith College, Paul Smith, NY
Penn State, Abington Campus, PA
Penn State, Hazelton Campus, PA
Penn State, Mont Alto Campus, PA
Potsdam University, Potsdam, NY
Richfield Springs Central School
St. John Fisher, Rochester, PA
Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Siena College, Albany, NY
Skidmore, Saratoga, NY
SUNY Canton, NY
SUNY Cortland, NY
*SUNY Delhi, NY
SUNY Fredonia, NY
SUNY Geneseo, NY
SUNY Morrisville, NY
SUNY Purchase, NY
SUNY Plattsburgh, NY
SUNY Utica, NY
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Thiel College, Greenville, PA
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Utica College, Utica, NY
West Chester University, PA  
West Genesee High School, NY
West Point Military Academy, NY
Widener University, Chester, PA
Villanova, Philadelphia, PA

AWARDS

2007
MilGraph (Military Graphics)
Honorable Mention
Animation
Illustration

2004
2nd Place Illustrative Art - Air Force
Reserve Media Contest

(Illustrative art was elimated from
AF media contest for 2002 & 2003)

2001
1st Place Illustrative Art - Air Force Reserve Media Contest

2000 
2nd Place Illustrative Art - Air Force Media Contest
Best Illustrative Art - Air Force Reserve Media Contest
Artwork displayed at
Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum,
Utica NY, Summer show

1999
Best Information Graphic - Air Force Media Contest
Best Illustrative Art - Air Force Reserve Media Contest
Best Information Graphic - Air Force Reserve Media Contest
Artwork displayed at
Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum,
Utica NY, Summer show

1998
Best Information Graphic - Air Force Reserve Media Contest
3rd Place Illustrative Art - Air Force Reserve Media Contest

1997
Best Information Graphic Air Force Reserve Media Contest
2nd Place Illustrative Art - Air Force Reserve Media Contest
The Carl Zornow Silver Cup -
Central Adirondack Art Show
2nd Prize for Fan Art - Fandom Directory

1996
Best Illustrative Art - Air Force Reserve Media Contest

1995 
2nd Place in Illustrative Art - Air Force Media Contest
Best Illustrative Art - Air Force Reserve Media Contest

Let Me Draw at your next event

Also If you are in the upstate New York area I do caricatures at Corporate Parties, Birthday Parties, College events. If interested you can email me or call me at the number at the bottom of the page.

That's me! Little ol'me drawing in my studio with one of the coolest sweaters ever!

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