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Famous People In Comics (Sort Of)

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

19:37 / 18.02.03

It's been done in many different ways. The blatant (The Ultimates) and the actually creative (Cerebus). I just discovered that putting a guy who talks and looks like ex-Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty in my webcomic (http://www.benjaminbirdie.com/genrecity.html) has tripled my audience, for today at least. Is it the Hirschfeld factor? Do people love seeing ridiculous versions of the people they love? I know Mick and Keef have always been my favorite Cerebus characters. What's the deal? Thoughts?

Secularius

20:31 / 18.02.03

Love those Wulff & Morgenthaler. They feature famous people once in a while.

bjacques

08:56 / 20.02.03

I've got a horrific example of the opposite. Mike Tyson being bundled off a plane yesterday, with face covered, looks like Queen Anne's moonchild from the Invisibles. If he were being prodded by staves, the resemblance would be complete.

FinderWolf

13:37 / 21.02.03

Actually, Tyson's facial tattoos look like that of American Indian warrior Chakotay from VOYAGER.

Our Lady of The Two Towers

13:50 / 21.02.03

Joyce and Hemmingway in Shade?

sleazenation

14:35 / 21.02.03

Well how about richard Branson's appearence in transformers (UK)

Hieronymus

15:17 / 21.02.03

Marquis De Sade, Byron and Shelley, et al in THE INVISIBLES
And didn't Neil Gaiman fill THE SANDMAN with famous literary people? Swinburne, Shakespeare, Robespierre and the like?

Hieronymus

15:19 / 21.02.03

Well okay Robespierre was just a giant ass but Gaiman did have the guy mocking Patrick Henry. And HE wrote stuff.

I got nothing.

Baz Auckland

18:33 / 21.02.03

Sandman had Emperor Norton, GK Chesterson, Marco Polo, various myth figures (do they count as famous?)

Hellblazer had a bad Brendan Behan copy, Preacher had Bill Hicks...

The Sandman appearances were done nicely, but the Bill Hicks bit in preacher seemed a bit lame.