"Selfportrait of the Artist as Archie's Geeky Pal"
digital collage by Mick Mather While contemplating the Illustration Friday theme, this week it's geeky, I started thinking about it in historic terms. First in mind was a movie starring Tyrone Power as a circus sideshow attraction, "The Geek". Next I began researching the term and various images related to definitions found and somewhere along the way it struck me that one of the more famous geeks of American Pop Culture is a comic book character. Forsythe Pendleton Jones III by name alone qualifies for something quite deep in that neighborhood. Fondly remembered by his nickname, many who followed along in the Archie Comics Series well understood that "Jughead" was in fact a "cool geek" when all was said and done. While there may not be a cool breeze attached to myself in this satirical selfportrait, I sure did have a good time creating it! :DLabels: a painting a day, American Pop Culture, an Artwork a Day by Mick Mather, Archie Comics, Illustration Friday, Jughead, The Geek, The Selfportrait Series