{"id":1604,"date":"2007-09-24T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2007-09-24T19:19:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-24T23:19:00","slug":"zablo-is-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1604","title":{"rendered":"Zablo is Rejected!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RvhGD1TVyDI\/AAAAAAAAAvg\/I9YtBjcgs5k\/s1600-h\/z092407joe_cz.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RvhGD1TVyDI\/AAAAAAAAAvg\/I9YtBjcgs5k\/s400\/z092407joe_cz.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113914408540948530\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/zablozone.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/orlandocon-report.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Yesterday I wrote<\/span><\/a> about the amazingly talented artist, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Joe Bluhm<\/span>, and his book <a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0979383404?tag=craizabls&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=0979383404&amp;adid=09CYXSV6VEQCMGH6V3CG&amp;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Rejects<\/span><\/a>.  Here&#8217;s what I said:<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>  <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Joe<\/span> is a caricaturist and occasionally he does a drawing that the customer doesn&#8217;t want.  Surprisingly these are often some of the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">best drawings of the day<\/span>!  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Joe<\/span> has put together a great book called <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Rejects<\/span>.  It features <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">rejected caricatures<\/span> and his comments about them.   When <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Joe<\/span> told <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Beatty<\/span> about the book,<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Beatty<\/span> said it was a great idea and that he&#8217;d pay to have me drawn in <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;reject mode.&#8221;<\/span>  We all laughed.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Higashi<\/span> heard this and decided it <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">really<\/span> was a great idea.  The next thing I knew <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Higashi<\/span> had his camera out and aimed in my direction&#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Well, as you can see from the photo above<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Higashi<\/span> went through with it.  LOL!  You know, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Joe <\/span>is such a talented artist that I can honestly say it&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve ever been happy to have been rejected!<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I wrote about the amazingly talented artist, Joe Bluhm, and his book Rejects. 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