Funny Will Elder photo

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, May 16, 2008 12:50 PM | permalink

Eric Reynolds of Fantagraphics writes: "I came across this incredible Will Elder photo this morning, looking for some nice Elder photos in our MAD PLAYBOY OF ART files, to give the Los Angeles Times for its obituary, which I'm told will run tomorrow. Was there ever a man who embodied the vivaciousness of his work more perfectly?" Link

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#1 posted by mechfish , May 16, 2008 1:23 PM

This is like the time I watched the video of Nick Park and noticed that he has many of the same facial tics and gestures as Wallace and Gromit.

Will Elder obviously used a mirror while learning to draw. ;)

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#2 posted by Torley , May 16, 2008 6:30 PM

Ha, what a wacky expression! Rubber-face, reminds me of Jim Carrey that way — Mechfish, that's intriguing, have a link to that video? I like Wallace and Gromit a lot.

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#3 posted by Logotu , May 16, 2008 10:11 PM

Wow, this looked immediately familiar. I wonder if the angel mural/mascot of the famous Sink restaurant in Boulder Colorado was influenced by this 1939 Will Elder photo art?

http://www.thesink.com/

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#4 posted by Jeff Parker , May 18, 2008 12:59 AM

Elder was one of those cartoonists that had me in hysterics as a kid, and then when I'd look back at his work as an adult, I'd go right back into the same hysterics. His work was so good at entertaining you didn't even think about how incredibly well it was drawn. Thanks Mark for so often focusing on the people and things that make comics great.

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#5 posted by Beanolini , May 19, 2008 3:05 AM

Why use the ugly 'vivaciousness' when you could say 'vivacity'?