David K
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Learning Spanish with Dave Deal Illustrations (1975)
The late Dave Deal was a great cartoonist/illustrator who specialized in off road and motor sports themes. He was the creator of the 'human' vehicles
in Pixar's CARS, one of the the Armor-All Viking logos, Dick Cepek Catalog cover (Chevy Blazer), and much more. He also illustrated the cover of Jimmy
Smith's book and James T. Crow's Baja Handbook.
I recently aquired a very little pocket Spanish dictionary that features Dave's art work. Sadly, when I opened it flat to scan, the glue binding let
the pages loose!
Oh, well... now more folks can enjoy Dave's work. Dave lived near me, in Vista, California. I was fortunate to know him before he passed away!
Dave Deal was a pilot, and he raced the Baja (Mexican 1000) and I believe holds a record for the fastest time in his class to La Paz BEFORE the
highway was paved, using the original Mexican 1000 race road?
* if any of the two page illustration scans are too small to read easily, I am happy to scan just the single page so it is easy to read!
To read and see more of Dave 'Big Deal', click here: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=18031
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capt. mike
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that's funny stuff.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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I remember his drawings - good stuff. And his espaņol illustrations will help this gringo, thanks.
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David K
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Here is one of Dave's illustration web sites, others are already gone. Enjoy it before the site expires!: http://www.bigdealart.com/
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liknbaja127
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Thanks David, That is very cool!
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David K
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My pleasure amigo. It is a tiny square pocket book. Sadly, the cheap/ glue binding from 40 years ago is all dried out and opening it to scan Dave's
cartoons destroyed the book (well, a hundred loose pages now)!
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BeemerDan
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Thats really neat! David, maybe you can take the book to Staples and have them spiral bind it for you.
I had them laminate the front and back of my Baja almanac then spiral bound, makes it so much easier to open and stay on the same page.
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David K
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Thanks Dan... great idea! As you know our Old Missions Book is spiral bound, brand new! The idea was so the book could be kept open on a page of the
mission you are at to quickly refer to it. The long term binding effect is another good reason!
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