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And to help quality caricaturists find good work. At
that time, Buddy and some others wanted to form an
official trade union or guild of artists.Photos and words on this page courtesy]]
[[File:EFSpring2015_Page_30_Image_0003.jpg|266px|thumb|right|Photo by by Brigitte Ford]]
[[File:EFSpring2015_Page_30_Image_0001.jpg|266px|thumb|right|When fellow ISCA member, Tomoko
[[File: EFSpring2015_Page_32_Image_0001.jpg|266px|thumb|right|Comic by Sam Klemke, reprinted from the January 2000 Issue of the NCN Exaggerated Features newsletter.]]
[[File:EFSpring2015_Page_33_Image_0001.jpg|266px|thumb|right|Comic by Sam Klemke, reprinted from the January 2000 Issue of the NCN Exaggerated Features newsletter.]]
I first met [[Buddy Rose ]] in the spring of
’89. I was 23 and just moved to Texas,
looking for something, not quite sure
he’d get when something tickled him just
right. I’ll miss ya, Buddy.
Back in 1992, when a friend of
mine named Texas Tim said,
“How would you like to go to
Cozumel to a caricature artist
convention?” I had just begun
to draw caricatures. I had been
a confirmed portrait artist until
then.
Going to that convention
changed my life. Buddy Rose
changed my life...and to an
extent the other twelve people
who went.
Buddy was extremely generous
with his money, his time, and his
love. His favorite expression was
“Love ya man!” and he used it for
all of us.
The next year he did it again, paid
almost all of the costs of the
convention out of his own pocket.
We were a larger group: 25 of us.
The next year was in Las Vegas,
about 54 people. Next year 100.
It’s been around 200 attendees
ever since. And now we are
international!
Thank you Buddy, for daring
to corral a bunch of “cats” and
succeeding...and then giving
up “your baby” when the group
became an independent organization.
You’re our hero. Love ya
man!
-Eve Myles
From Dave ‘Bippy’ Boyer, Rochester, New York -
