Studio Cartoons - Dean’s Garage

October 13, 2009 3 CommentsCar Design, Cartoons, GM Design Staff, Rescued from the Studio Trash

To have worked in an environment with so many creative designers was an extraordinary experience. For one reason or another sometimes that creativity needed to vent in the form of cartoons. There were several designers that were very gifted at creating fantastic caricatures. These are the cartoons I have in my file, but I’m sure there are a lot more out there.

3 Comments

October 15, 2009 at 10:45 pm

Aaron Severson

These are great! I love the caricature of Irv Rybicki.
May 27, 2013 at 3:51 pm

A Cos

This is fun. Now and then I search my dad, Stan Parker, and try and find info on his Korean War service. Today I found cartoons! Even though he has been gone 13 years, he isn’t forgotten, which is so nice 🙂 What history with all these names!
May 27, 2013 at 4:00 pm

a coscarelly

This is so fun to see. Now and then I search for info on my dad, Stan Parker, on his activity in the Korean War or at Art Center School or at GM. Nice to see that, although he has been gone for 13 years, he is not forgotten 🙂

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