Joe
Mayhew is perhaps best known for his cartoons and illustrations, including
cartoons in a host of fanzines, Pirate Writings, and Assimov's, con badges,
and the cover art for many con materials. Joe often attended cons and fanish
gatherings with a small photoalbum containing a selection of his cartoons.
He'd invite anyone to flip thru a dozen or so cartoons with him, and if
you really liked one he might well pull it out and give it to you, particularly
if you published a 'zine. Here are some of Joe's latest (by the date in the cartoon):
[1999] [2000]There is a lot of stuff and in time a lot more will appear here. Meanwhile there is a good sampling from the cartoons and drawings he provided for the Washington Area Science Fiction Association's Journal.
Fillos & Cartoons
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SMOF
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Space Tom
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FUIT
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Here is a rougher collection that pulls directly from the WSFA website:
[LINK to Joe's drawings]
(This was the initial effort to get something on this site right away.)
Joe
carved many wooden canes in the last few years. He displayed and sold some
in the art shows of East-coast cons such as PHILCON, or at the Celtic faire.
Some were comissioned, and many were given to family and friends.
When Joe displayed his canes, he often put a sign on them to "Please Touch"; to really appreciate them you need to try them for how they fit the hand and rotate them to take in the whole design (simulated here with animated gifs).
Joe's canes are familiar to many, but here are some examples.
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Joe
also carved larger wooden items and painted in oil. He popularized
polyform
some years back and many will probably remember his chess sets. Joe decorated
more than a few DISCAVEs with quick drawings. In 1989 he made a dragon
that was roughly 8 feet high and 8 feet wide, then went on to decorate
the paper walls in collaboration with Ray Ridenour. There will never be
a complete Mayhew collection since a lot of stuff found a happy home without
any record copy. A lot of Joe's stuff will remain private treasures that
will be found among fannish papers for years to come.
