I appreciate the concern, but rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I am alive as ever! I AM NOT DEAD!
It is true that I have suffered significant vision loss in my left eye which makes it very uncomfortable for me to draw for extended periods of time. So I had to make some hard choices, and giving up creating tickling art is one of them. I must now use my limited vision to focus on my conventional career. (I like to eat) If for some miraculous reason my vision returns in the not too distant future, I will return.
Thanks for all the concern, encouragement and interest. When I first started drawing tickling art, I didn't think there was anyone else out there that was interested in this stuff. So it felt like I had no choice but to create art for my own enjoyment...Once I discovered that we are many of us I became motivated to create work for our under-served masses. But now I must move back to being merely a consumer.
Good Luck and Peace to you all.
Thanks.
B
Dear BAC,
I hope this finds you well
Let me chime in the concert of elation to let you know how relieved I am to hear that you still are among us! I am very sad that you wouldn't be drawing anymore due to health issues (sadly, I know other artists in this case), but rest assured that your work shall live on forever.
And you shall never, ever become "merely a consumer", contrary to what you say. You will always be one of our greatest and most influential artists, if not
the greatest. Your art is still around, on MTJ covers, printed on paper, or scattered around this site. I am in touch with many younger artists here, some of them my age, and they ALL claim to have been influenced by you. Your modesty does you credit, but it becomes you not: you are a major figure among us.
Personally, I am a huge fan of your
Tickle Torture Tales 5, the one with the beauty salon. It is still one of the most breathtaking pieces of fetish art I have ever had the pleasure to read. Your women are gorgeous, and your creativity absolutely devilish. I also think I can speak for the majority when I say that we all have dreamed at one point in our life to be as cool as Philippe LaFeet (I think that was his name).
So rejoice, for every great artist that emerges owes you a little!