The Beatles! Yellow Submarine Line Up by Fred Hembeck

I've seen just about every superhero in existence drawn by Hembeck, so this is a great change of pace. Really fun!

Def cool to see him do a classic Beatles era! Really fun and a nice gift

Fab!

Hey Fred, don't draw it bad,

Take a bad drawing and make it better

Remember to put your passion into your art

Then you can start to draw it better

Na-Na-Na, Nina Na-Na, Nina Na-Na, Hey dude!

I think the coolest part is I could totally see this as an album cover on another timeline.

FUN-TASTIC! 😆

Can't go wrong with a Hembeck Beatles page!

Such a fun piece and great gift!

The bunny ears made me chuckle. Eric is clearly a good friend, that's a nice gift. Holiday Hembeck would make anyone smile, even the Walrus. Nice gift to get that holiday spirit going at CAF. Cooo cooo kachew

Sweet Hembeck team art!   Nice find and congrats, these can be addictive!

Freakin awesome piece! 

This is a unique and wonderful Hembeck! Gotta love it.

Actually, not so much (unique I mean).  Apparently Fred has been doing this on eBay for several years now.  I only started following him a couple of years ago.  He does SO MANY characters, and not just from comics.  I couldn't imagine he would ever run out of things to draw, or him redrawing any particular image.  In fact, when you buy these, they all say "1 of 1" on the back.  But not only has he since redrawn this exact image, he's even done each single Beatle in the same outfits on their own card.  It's still one of my favorite Hembeck drawings, but just a bit bummed that it's not one of a kind.  So perfect for Marcus though.  I love his song lyric comments, and wanted to acknowledge that with a drawing of some of the best songwriters ever.

I knew he did other characters, but hadn't seen a Beatles card before. Interesting that he has redrawn this exact one. Further proof it is a crowd pleaser, and a wonderful gift!

Now there is something you don't see every day! Very cool, Marcus!

Delightful!  Love how he designed the iconic garb, facial hair, and hairdos 

It is our solemn duty, our precious privilege—even our sacred opportunity—to welcome to our homes and to our hearts the Hembeck sketch cards that grace our lives.

Fun portrait of the original Fantastic Four, very cool Marcus!

Hembeck pieces are so much fun and this one looks great. What a great gift.

Fred Hembeck pieces never fail to bring me joy, and this one is no exception.  Especially when the Fab Four are involved.  A wonderful (and colorful!) image, thanks for sharing!

This is awesome. Best band ever.

Hey, hey. We're the Monkees. We're just monkeying arou...n...d.

Why is everyone staring at me? I messed this up again, didn't I?

I keep getting them mixed up.

Ok. Do-over. Best band ever.

Step by step, ooh, baby
Gonna get to you, girl
Step by step, ooh, baby
Really want you in my world

You mix up The Beatles with THE MONKEES??????????? Give me strength....

There's probably a pill for that, ya know. There's a pill for everything else...!

Great rendition of the fab four by Hembeck.

Pete Best is upset that he hasn't been included on a Hembeck card.

Well, this works perfectly. This is a perfect mesh of Hembeck's style, the Beatles' likenesses, and the animated style of the movie. Congrats!

In the page where I post art
Lived a man who likes to share
And he tells us of his thoughts
Observations go here and there

So he posted one by Fred
Of the band from Liverpool
And we marveled at the sight
Of this art we thought was cool

We all live in a comic art machine, a comic art machine, a comic at machine

Hem-Beck Art-ist (Hem-beck Art-ist)

Dear Marcus Wai, will you buy my art?
It took an hour to sketch, will you post on CAF?
It's based on an album by a bug named band
And I need a fix
So I wanna collect a Hem-beck Art-ist
Hem-beck art-ist

It's a tiny card of the biggest band
It's protected by board from a kiddie snack brand
He posts it quickly through the Daily Mail
It's a steady job
But he wants to be a Hem-beck art-ist
Hem-beck Art-ist

Hem-beck art-ist (Hem-beck art-ist)

He posts a thousand cards, give or take a few
Kekkon will buy more in a week or two
The beard gets longer in the Covid style
And he won't make 'em larger if you want him to
Cause he is a Hem-Beck Art-ist

HEMBECK ARTIST!!!!

CAF comment writer.  Writer.

Wow! You can feel the 1960s. It is also reminscent of the Beatles cartoon. 

Yeah!! The Fab Four!! Great!!

Love this Marcus!  Just beautiful!  Congrats!

TITANIC piece, Marcus (er... poor choice of words?)!  What a sensational rendition of Fred's Fab Four (although Ringo reminds me more of Barry Wom from The Rutles :) ) - a terrific, thoughtful, and downright AWESOME gift from Eric!

I normally leave such things to the experts, but to commemorate the occasion, I'd just like to say...

There are Hembecks I remember
In my mind's eye, I see again...
Such a treat to see pop culture
What that looks like, from Freddy's brain

Though he mainly draws from comics 
well represented, the big and small 
Be it Giganto or Ant-Man
In our lives, Fred's drawn them all!

But 'tween Titans and Avengers
From the Fearsome Five to Dynamic Two
All these heroes lose their meaning
Maybe he can draw us something new?

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For the squiggly knees of super teams
We need a little musical inflection
Like Yellllllllllow uh-Submarine...

Happy holidays, Marcus (sorry for the late posting :) )!  I hope yours was as spectacular and overflowing with good cheer as each of the comments you leave for all of us on CAF.  Thank you!
 

Excellent Hembeck example.cant believe it's on a sketchcard!