Wow, it's almost November... Think it's high time I took a note that a book illustrated by me was published in er... March. Without any further ado, let's check out the cover:
Sooo, Mr. Erik D'Amato - my former boss at the once fine now defunct news site politics.hu - wrote this pamphlet on how polarized and crazy American politics and public life has become, while plenty of similarities can be spotted in the the idiosyncracies of the two camps. Hence the drawings also came in pairs, to (literally) illustrate this point. Before sharing some of the fun ones, I would like to emphasize that it was a paid job, furthermore a very decently honoured one.
Now, the illustrations. First of all, a MAGA hat, as shown on the cover, only without colour.
Comrade Brezhnev, the head of the Soviet Union about forty years ago or so (yes, those sneaky Russian also get some mentions).
A triggered feminist lady. Disclaimer: yours truly is something of a feminist himself, but this portrait was actually a lot of fun to draw.
Next up, Mr. Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian Marxist philosopher, pictured as (a somewhat ageing) Jesus - the client's wish is my command (within reasonable limits ;-) )
Now, it's time for the Head Clown to make his appearance. "Tremendous" caption also featured in the book for the sake of bipartisan balance.
I really cannot leave out one of our own homegrown jokers, Péter Szijjártó, who is embarrassing the hell out of Hungary for five years now basically every time he makes an appearance as foreign minister. Pictured here as the incel next door as he's got the features.
The back cover with two terrified ladies lest the gender balance should tip, like... (insert quote from In Bruges, if you please)
Last, but no way least the author himself. Yes, it's totally a possibility to have your own portrait drawn, should you commission me - I would like to point out that I'm perfectly available for similar (or different) projects. I swear I will not take so long to blog the next one.
Before I forget, make sure you get the book from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Left-Right-Equivalence-Hypocrisies/dp/1793881944/
Also, stay tuned, a couple more posts are most likely this year, as some other pretty good stuff have been made.
