how to flush your life down the toilet. literally.
I suppose this is an unknown artist. I didn’t see any signature anywhere on the piece. Let’s talk about how good it is…
1. a hand drawn wood grain border – adds tremendously to the backwoods charm
2. The speech bubble is dripping – perhaps the first time I’ve seen this
3. The wife – sorry I cut her full figure out of the frame. She is drawn in a totally different style than our protagonist.
4. The concept is grand. Just grand. A guy so desperate he thinks he can kill himself by flushing himself down the toilet…I almost burst into tears at the tragedy/pathos of this little scene.
i love the cranky old bag with the knock knees.
here’s a dripping speech bubble in a piece of high art from a piece of low art.
http://www.pbase.com/dougkess/image/54882059
Comment by donny laundry — June 15, 2008 @ 9:54 pm
Thanks for the link! What other emotions are expressed through the thought/speech bubble itself? Maybe alarm, if they give it pointy edges all around…can a thought bubble pop?
Comment by Rolston — June 16, 2008 @ 10:03 am
The drippy bubble actually looks like it did pop, to me. It’s as if the bottom blew out and the drips are the frayed bubble fabric.
The whole picture is a real downer. I don’t necessarily like being bummed out but I applaud the artist for invoking the emotion.
Comment by Lyle_s — June 16, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
i laugh that although he is down, he’s taking life by the horns and controlling his destiny. a man of action. i imagine he’ll just clog the pot and in the next frame his wife would be harping about the water on the floor and he’d still be there with a new speech bubble that says, “drat.”
in the lichtenstein, i think the drips are like icicles.
Comment by donny laundry — June 16, 2008 @ 9:54 pm