The Stooges
A few weeks back, I got an article from Paste about humorous music, and how it can taint a band’s image, preventing them from being taken seriously. While brainstorming classic comedy acts (The Marx Bros, Laurel and Hardy, etc.) I realized that The Three Stooges shared a name with punk rock band The Stooges. Now all it needed was some sign of a hostile audience. It was a small illustration, so drawing the audience was out of the picture. Tomatoes, however, were not.
I then used the formula from my previous Paste illustration, and came up with this:
I would have taken the “stooges” connection further, but an image of a crowd-surfing, near-naked Moe smearing peanut butter over his bare chest would probably have given the editors multiple seizures. Ah well, what can you do?
April 4th, 2008 at 1:21 am
Haha @ the tomato smacking in Curly’s grill!
April 4th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Glad you updated your site. I always look forward to seeing your new work. Those action style poses kill me
I like the new blog too. Your creative process is pretty interesting. It’s cool to see how it all comes together. Amazing work.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Sheng - Yeah, that was my favorite part to draw.
Anne-Renée - Thanks! Hopefully I can keep updating the blog at a somewhat regular schedule. Blogging’s tough!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
brilliant!
May 10th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I think it’s insensitive of you to crack a joke about multiple seizures. Even so,good work.
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