- The End
- Context Is Everything
- Quit Your Job
- An Innocent Scan
- Where’s Our Poster?
- A Decision Regarding Primitive Man
- An Unconscious Cover Knockoff
- Kirby: King of Comics
- Voice Defense
- How I Changed A History of Western Philosophy
- Breaking Into Print
- The Big Easy
- Fur Extra Rounded
- Beautiful Agony
- Entertaining Mr. Sloane
- More regrets…
The End
2005, Week in Review illustration
Client: The New York Times
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This illustration is parody of a terrific Alvin Lustig Cover from 1948.
Good art-direction by Nicholas Blechman (as the piece worked well for the story) and decent execution (if I do say so myself).
The credit accompanying this illustration indicated that this was ‘after’ Mr. Lustig’s cover so I wouldn’t say that this stealing or anything.
However, I have come to think that this type of parody is extreemly questionable. It’s aping for a specific reason--maybe even a ligitimate reason--but nothing new is created. And it’s too easy.
I have taken a similar approach in the past when I felt it was appropriate.
