Friends are a BIG part of what I do! Thank You to everyone that came out to the Chicago Toy Show and for all of your support!

 Rocky Sodin gave me a big hand with the booth!  I appear at his Southside Comic book show each year!

 I hadn't seen my friend Tim Lawson in a while!  He lives in Galesburg, IL now!  He wrote the book The Magic Behind the Voice Actors and introduced me to many of my friends in the voice business including June Foray!

 This couple saw me at Monster Bash a few years back and picked up my Mad Monster Party book!  I did a large panel on the film there!

 Good talking with my friend and fellow Collector's Call alumni Jim Engel!  He picked up a cool Snoopy banner!

 It has been a while since seeing my pal Patrick McKay!  He has been doing some art work for Disney now!  

 Bill Leff from WGN RADIO popped by and we will be seeing him again during the holidays at WGN!   Bill will appear on Collector's Call too.

 Always enjoy meeting new fans and signing stuff for them!

 My friend Tom Margarites was out looking for cool cartoon statues!  A passion we share!

My pal Dave Harms snatched up my Lil' Oscar before I could!  We will be working together on my appearance at the McHenry County Historical Society in December!

The Starving Artists by Paul Coker, Jr.

This goes back to around 2003-2004 with my sister Lindsey and pal Tom Margarites.  Paul sent me all of his preliminary sketches to get to the final painting, to show me what he goes through to get to the final :)

Tom Margarites says "Hello!"

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Two MEMORIAL DAY weekend jam sessions with THE STARVING ARTISTS

Guitar superstar Tom Margarites came out from Northbrook, Illinois to join us for a STARVING ARTISTS jam session! The first one of the day.

The CHICAGO CUBS lost their 7th game in a row during our first practice of the day!

Tom and his new set of wheels...

Tom 'Bono' Margarites and Dennis Riordan

RECORDING 03-29-2009

We recorded two songs today at MARGARITAVILLE... "Drama Free" and "Tom Margarites"

TOM MARGARITES

Recording a couple of new songs this weekend in MARGARITAVILLE!

Tom Margarites by Paul Coker, Jr.

TOM MARGARITES plays some lightning fast solos on some of my songs including "Modern World" on RICK GOLDSCHMIDT SINGS. He is also the subject of one of my new songs for DRAMA FREE called "Tom Margarites." This illustration was from an early version of a band painting that RANKIN/BASS designer PAUL COKER, JR. (MAD MAGAZINE) did of us!

We wrote a few new songs tonight, that I am really excited about. One is called "X-KE" and we did some more work on "Tom Margarites."

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Den on the LES PAUL Bass! We had an awesome Thursday night practice and are lining up some shows in the Northbrook area, Northside of Chicago, etc.

Chris Wolfson's drum kit ala Ringo Starr!

TOM MARGARITES: CARTOON STATUE KING!

When Tom isn't playing, teaching and recording guitar, he is collecting and sculpting cartoon statues! He has quite a collection. Just below this type are a few he sculpted including PETER POTOMUS, DROOP-A-LONG and the beginnings of SNEEZLY THE SEAL!

WDCC