"Presidential Trouble"
I just sold this piece at Meltdown Comics. As I've heard, a guy who works on Family Guy bought it.
It was placed at this weird corner which was sort of hard to see. My friend who curated the gallery said that he put it there so that the laughter would echo in the room. I think that's one of the reasons. But I think, partially, its because of the subject matter.
I'm not complaining. I'd put it there too and I was a little worried on how it would be received. The thing got sold. And it was fun standing there to see people's reactions: laughter or confusion.
I have two other pieces at the gallery show.
And not only am I referencing Watchmen but also old ads you'd find in comics.
(added March 12)
Also, because I didn't expect for this piece to get so viral, I'd like to give credit where credit is due. Some panels (especially panel 4) I "inked" from the original Gibbons work. Some, I copied by eye. Some, a combination (in panel 3 its the same pose for the Comedian, but different costume).
The joke wouldn't be as clear if I didn't "ink" Mr. Gibbon's fine work.
And since I made money on this and I am not a thief, I will share the meager 150 bucks I made on this piece with Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ONLY in the form of a meal on me, or perhaps some drinks, or maybe pie.
yes... a fruit pie.
Labels: Alan Moore, Art, comics, my work, Watchmen
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8 Comments :
I can understand why this would be tucked away in the corner, what with trans-fats being such a hot button issue these days.
Hilarious piece though. I need to hustle on down there and see it in person.
So wrong... and yet so funny.
This is hilarious! The only thing that I wonder about is the next-to-last panel. With SO MANY profiles of Nixon in WATCHMEN, it looks like you used one of Dave Gibbons's faces of Gerald Ford for the "Don't thank us, Mr President" panel. Of course, I mought be wrong-o...
Mark --
http://markssuperblog.blogspot.com/
Hey dude it's AMBER, I wanted to say I spotted your comic on my favorite Sci-fi blog i09.com, you must be getting a lot of traffic now, just wanted to say congrats!
http://io9.com/5167686/the-last-watchmen-story-you-need-ever-read
Mark, I forgot which panel I swiped-- um, er, homaged Nixon's profile. I think it was the Defcon Radar cover for that issue.
So, you be the judge of how accurate I made my Nixon.
Thank you, Amber.
Thanks everyone. Please, if you're bored, read my comics. I know the buttons don't work sometimes. This is a badly designed site. I'm not just about rape jokes and tracing Dave Gibbons. So just go to:
www.theoryofeverythingcomics.com
This relates to pretty obscure video game history... but had you seen the comic about Bill Gates, game designers, Twinkies and rape?
No Mr. Anonymous, tell me more!
"Who needs rape when there's Hostess Fruit Pies" is now my second favorite line in comics.
My favorite is still Jack Kirby's "Hey! Quit rattling your gonads in my ears, Mr Big. Mama nature doesn't give a damn!"
Sweet Hostess add man!
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