I (Hate) Dean Yeagle
Dean Yeagle. Probably the nicest guy in the business. I consider myself quite lucky to have him as a friend. AND I HATE HIM!!! Let me explain why and maybe you’ll hate him, too. I don’t think that there is an artist alive that knows Yeagle’s work and isn’t insanely jealous of the how good Dean can draw to the point of hating him. I’m just the only guy that is publicly admiting it. Yes, it’s a sad commentary on the human condition, blah, blah, but look at the evidence below and tell me if you, too, aren’t disgusted by the fact that Dean has more talent in his little finger than most artists, certainly myself, have in their whole being!
Below is the cover of his latest “sketchbook”, but Dean ain’t content to merely have sketches that show everybody else up, he has to have the sketches tell endearing, fun little stories, too. What a jerk! The story with the frog and the other one with the dinosaur are especailly hate worthy.
(click for a closer look of this cover)
Below is a piece of unpublished art that Dean gave me for my next my next book, Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings and a shot of what Dean’s spread in the book is gonna look like. I’m quite afraid that Dean is gonna make the other 68 artists in the book look real bad. And if that wasn’t enough, Dean “kindly” did the cover of the limited edition of Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings me and the the Last Gasp Publisher is gonna issue. If Dean thinks by giving me all this help on Clean Cartoonists Dirty Drawings and doing the carticatures of Reamer Keller and Kremos for Arf Museum and Arf Forum are gonna change my feelings about him, well, he’s wrong. Geez, I hold him in such contempt. No, really.
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(click for a closer look at this cover)
Don’t be a lover, be a Dean hater and if the above art wasn’t enough to make you angry-as-hell-and-not-want-to-take-it-anymore then get in touch with your anger by going to Yeagle’s websites http://gallery.bellefree.com/dabeagle and http://cagedbeagle.com
— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)
I just saw “I HATE DEAN YEAGLE” and was ready to launch into a tirade of anger directed at you but then I read on and it made me laugh. I feel EXACTLY the same way. The man is a GOD and I am totally jealous of everything he does. I have had the immense privilege of having spoken to him via email a few times and on top of being extremely talented, he is just SUCH a decent and wonderful guy.
Thanks for this post, really enjoyed it
I couldn’t agree with you more. Dean Yeagle is absolutely brilliant at what he does. I only wish to gain that amount of skill eventually in my life-time.