Graphic Novel Cover Illustration Idea...

This would be a sci-fi odyssey about how Obama negotiates world peace with the invasion forces from Avianyx, an aggressive alien culture bent on securing Earth's vast copper resources.
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This would be a sci-fi odyssey about how Obama negotiates world peace with the invasion forces from Avianyx, an aggressive alien culture bent on securing Earth's vast copper resources.
This is my entry to this week's theme over at Illustration Friday. Why not explore the other "mysterious" entries there?
I wanted to do a king vulture study, sensing the beauty lurking beneath the grotesque details. Sounds like a Francis Bacon painting, doesn't it? Maybe it's the vivid coloration in contrast to the reptilian skin folds.
Now, back to our regular programming....
It has happened again. My caricature of Assad that I did on October 17, 2005 (see that post on the old Cox and Forkum site found in the archives) has popped up in a recently gathering of angry anti-government citizens.
First it was Khameini and Ahmadinejad (June 20, 2009). Then it was Gadaffi (February 24, 2011). Now Assad. I'm waiting on my Kim caricature to make it sometime.
A large hat-tip to Robert Tracinski, editor of The Intellectual Activist, for bringing this to my attention.
AND THE ORIGINAL IS AVAILABLE!
Trackside Tavern had it's Grand Opening this past weekend and this is the t-shirt design I created for Doc, the owner. It burned down January 20, 2009 and re-opened in just a couple of months ago.
You'd walk into this place, layers of mysterious dust covering the ceiling fan,Costello warbling about Allison. A fifty-ish, heavy-set nebbish, surrounded by Star Wars kitsch, is lecturing a soccer mom on the psychosexual themes of the Boomtown Rats oeuvre.
I find the possibilities of the Digital Age mesmerizing. Take a gander at more "mesmerizing" illustrations over at Illustration Friday.
Today is national "Talk Like a Pirate Day". So have it, m' hearties.
I'd like to see elected Liberals take the Hippocratic Oath before they get their filthy hands on our tax dollars.
It's been brought to my attention, via Allen Forkum and others, my Ahmadinejad (second from the left) and Khameini (fourth from the left) caricatures have inspired Iranian protesters once again.
I'm digging the size of the masks. Very enterprising.
Ugandan President Idi Amin was a ferocious, murderous head of state who was responsible for the termination of hundreds of thousands of lives between 1971-1979.
See more "ferocious" illustration entries over at Illustration Friday.
John Cox is a painter, cartoonist, and illustrator for hire. For information about purchasing existing work or commissioning new work, contact him by e-mail at john555cox [at] hotmail.com.
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