Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

I think the quality of Hank Ketcham’s inked lines are unparalleled, so it was great to see a collection of his images over at Leif Peng’s astounding Today’s Inspiration blog. Included in the post of images is a great excerpt from The Merchant of Dennis in which Ketcham describes getting a lesson in using a pen from Noel Sickles:

Sickles handed me the pen. “Here, give it a whirl. It’s not only fun to be freewheeeling, but you’ll discover a few new wrinkles and, more importantly, you’ll know the outer limits of the pen’s performance and not be afraid to vacillate between a lacy thin line and a gutsy swath that looks like a bold brush stroke.”

More over at Leif’s Hank Ketcham Flickr set.