Truth Teller # 11, Bob Dylan

Truth Teller #11 Bob Dylan. Dylan’s pithy rejection of the idea that the president is above the law seems more on point now than ever. Give that man a Nobel Prize! You can hear him deliver the line here 

Truth Teller # 10 Teddy Roosevelt

Truth Teller #10, Teddy Roosevelt nails it. Historian, naturalist, author, soldier, trust buster, they don’t make ’em like TR any more.

Truth Teller #3 Hannah Arendt

Truth tellers #3 Hannah Arendt. The thinker whose book “Eichman in Jerusalem” about the trial of prominent Nazi Adolph Eichman gave us the chilling idea of “The banality of evil.” In the book, she describes how an ordinary person can become a monster, yet remain seemingly normal. Such people try to live in a moral twilight, never deciding between good and bad. As Arendt observed ”The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”

Trump enabler #1, Rudy Giuliani

Heads of Clay

Suddenly got the urge to work in 3-D. These are small, No more than 2.5x2" and fun to do. They are made with Sculpy, and painted with acrylics.

G. W. Bush

G. W. Bush

R. M. Nixon

Ronald Reagan

LBJ

Anchorage Press Cover, Caricature of Mayoral Candidate Andrew Halcro

The folks at The Anchorage Press gave this a great ride on their cover. I left them acres of room for type, but they seemed to think the drawing would hold up the page by itself, because they ran it without copy of any kind.

Poison Pen Pals

 

This is a drawing of my friend Tomás Serrano. He lives in Salamanca, Spain. We have never met in person, only corresponded through the internet. Tomás loves Alaska and was here three or four years ago. In the course of his visit, he ran across the ever-alert Steve Aufrecht. Steve put us in touch, and we struck up an acquaintanceship. Tomás is not merely talented, but versatile as well. He works in several distinct styles when cartooning, has published two books for children, has animated for music videos, and practices as an architect. Recently he surprised me with a beautiful caricature portrait, based on a photo he found on my FB page. It is sharply observed, and drawn with panache in what looks like non-repro blue ink. I was delighted and humbled at the same time. 

It finally dawned on me that I should return the favor, but I hesitated, unsure if I could do him justice. Plus, I hadn't a clue what he looks like. So this morning I googled "Tomás Serrano  Salamanca". As soon as I saw his face I knew everything was going to be all right. The setting is a reference to a brilliant cartoon for which he won Premio Mingote a well-known European cartooning prize in 1995. You can see the cartoon here . Tomas has a spiffy website here and a blog here . It's a strange world we live in, where Anchorage borders Salamanca, but it does have its compensations. 

The drawing Tomás made of me

Elvis Costello- No Mere Mortal