The Guitar Project

Patrick Bubien, the owner of Guitarification: Custom Guitars and Basses, has donated a wonderful custom-made guitar to Cartoonists Across America's worldwide campaign to promote literacy, creativity and the arts!

CAA's president and founder Phil Yeh has been traveling all over the world with this guitar, getting many notable people to draw and add their signature, including; legendary writer Ray Bradbury, Gary Owens (Laugh-In), MAD magazine's Sergio Aragones, actor Alan Alda (who painted with us almost 20 years ago in Los Angeles), For Better of For Worse creator Lynn Johnston, Star Wars artist Steve Leialoha, Simpsons artist Phil Ortiz, Gumby writer and creator of the Flaming Carrot, Bob Burden, Mutts' creator Patrick McDonnell, Foxtrot's Bill Amend, Dinotopia's James Gurney, writer Peter Straub, and many others. The list keeps growing, and the space on the guitar is nearly full.

The guitar continues to tour with Phil at major book and art festivals and we hope to, one day, have a nice exhibit of the guitar at the Cleveland Rock & Roll HALL OF FAME, making the connection of art and rock that has always existed in this world.


Patrick Bubien with the Riffmaster Humbucker model.
Patrick's website is www.guitarification.com.



Phil Yeh holds the guitar at the American Library Association convention 2007.
(Photo courtesy of Bruce Guthrie of digitalphalanx.com)




Author Ray Bradbury, long-time supporter of the Cartoonists Across America mission.






Elephantmen and Hip Flask creator Richard Starkings, owner of Comicraft, that also created the PhilYeh FONT for us.
Artist Moritat in the background.






Close to Home creator John McPherson






Cobalt 60 artist Mark Bode, son of the legendary Vaughn Bode






Tony Hawk & Quicksilver artist Matt Lorentz





Dinotopia artist, James Gurney
(Photo courtesy of Bruce Guthrie of digitalphalanx.com)





Legendary DJ, star of Laugh-In and voice artist Gary Owens signs the guitar at the 2007
San Diego Comicon, with his old pal Phil Yeh watching.





Mulan artist Alex Nino




Dinosaur artist William Stout




Star Wars artist Steve Leialoha




MAD magazine and GROO artist Sergio Aragones




Fantasy artist Joe Jusko





Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin, American comedian and famous actor.



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