The New York Observer

RIP, George HW Bush

I had relatively few occasions to draw the first President Bush, who died last Friday, during his single term. Probably the best was the first, a party invitation for Inaugural Day at Eve’s and my loft in New York. This was only ironically a celebratory occasion; we were good Democrats who had supported Bush’s opponent Michael Dukakis. I actually painted a caricature of Bush on our floor for guests to dance on, though it was not as detailed as the one on the flyer:

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RIP, Philip Roth

Less than a week after I went through my box of caricature originals for Tom Wolfe, I hauled the box out again to unearth images of Philip Roth, who died yesterday. These caricatures were all printed in The New York Observer. Roth with Steve Martin:

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Nemesis by Philip Roth

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Belated RIP, David Bowie

I somehow had the idea that I had never drawn him, but then I found these two drawings in a box of coquille board originals. Almost undoubtedly, these were drawn for The New York Observer.

Three From The New York Observer

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Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary
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