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Organic Tales staring Beanman. Organic Tales is a fantasy comic strip about a teenager who inherits a strange suit from outer space to become the superhero Beanman. Beanman was created in 1976 by William Mitchell and Kimball Thorpe. All material © William Mitchell and Kimball Thorpe. All rights reserved.
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Kimball Thorpe sketching at Hurricon in East Rockaway with artist Keith Williams.
Kimball Thorpe with art fans at Free Comic Book Day 2026.
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Kimball and Bill have enjoyed attending Hurricon! They got a chance to colloborate on their 2026 poster
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We always enjoy Free Comic Book Day at Jetpack comics
Bill Mitchell with Hurricon organizer David Donovon holding block print by artist Normandie Syken
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10 years ago I decided to create a tribute book for the 50th anniversary of the television show "STAR TREK' The book can still be purchased at Blurb for $12.99 plus shipping. This 92 page softcover book was a labor of love! Order by clicking the link and preview above.
Starting September 8, 2026 I will begin celebrating the 60th anniversary of Star Trek by posting new watercolor paintings for each of the 79 episodes of the series!
The Man Trap Original air date September 8, 1966 Written by George Clayton Johnson Directed by Marc Daniels Season 1 Episode 1 Kirk and his crew are at deadly risk from an alien creature that feeds on the salt in a human body and can take on any form.
Star Trek celebrated it's 5oth anniversary in 2016.. Created by Gene Roddenberry and starring William Shatner as Captain Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard McCoy aboard the fictional starship USS Enterprise, the show ran on NBC from September 1966 to June 1969.
This has been a three year mission for me; to illustrate each of the 79 episodes of Star Trek. The task seemed very ambitious at the start, but one by one the images were researched and completed. It helped doing the artwork in the order of the episodes, eliminating the task of figuring out what needed to be done next! From my memory, I tried to come up with key points from each episode and to make each drawing fresh with a special twist. One of the goals for the project was to work in black and a single color, reminiscent of advertising art syles from the early 1960’s.The three colors for each seasons art, gold, blue and red, reflect the color schemes of the Enterprise crew’s uniforms. Every week I would post on my web- site the drawing for the episode that came out that week 50 years ago.
I have always been interested in comic art and a fan of Star Trek and I feel as an artiist, you should be true to yourself in exploring what is important to you, or as is this case, has entertained you. I am sorry to complete this project because it was a lot of fun. Enjoy my efforts! - Bill Mitchell- March, 2019
This has been a three year mission for me; to illustrate each of the 79 episodes of Star Trek. The task seemed very ambitious at the start, but one by one the images were researched and completed. It helped doing the artwork in the order of the episodes, eliminating the task of figuring out what needed to be done next! From my memory, I tried to come up with key points from each episode and to make each drawing fresh with a special twist. One of the goals for the project was to work in black and a single color, reminiscent of advertising art syles from the early 1960’s.The three colors for each seasons art, gold, blue and red, reflect the color schemes of the Enterprise crew’s uniforms. Every week I would post on my web- site the drawing for the episode that came out that week 50 years ago.
I have always been interested in comic art and a fan of Star Trek and I feel as an artiist, you should be true to yourself in exploring what is important to you, or as is this case, has entertained you. I am sorry to complete this project because it was a lot of fun. Enjoy my efforts! - Bill Mitchell- March, 2019
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