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[DarkHallMansion]

I don't even know what I'm looking at there...but it looks wrong

Notable Charles M. Schulz image that Marq chose to reference where Charlie Brown was rendered directly in double-take mode, and via both artists of course, the image has varied and broader interpretations, esp Charlie Brown in context of life. Think Binky might share that original Schulz image.

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[matowest]

Roger that

[RambosRemodeler]

Its ugly. Really ugly

[earlgreytoast]

Is he supposed to be like...rapidly turning his head left to right...from indecision? Also, why shirtless?

yes, exactly. A pretty common Schulz technique to show movement of his characters.

Shirtless because someone just smoked a line-drive right past him. Another common Schulz theme on the baseball diamond.

[matowest]

Fair enough

[DarkHallMansion]

Is he supposed to be like...rapidly turning his head left to right...from indecision? Also, why shirtless?

Yes, drawn like that in a stylized manner by Schulz to indicate the motion of game and speed of life, the shirtless ref in response to a line drive, both baseball and real life, ripping past Charlie Brown and his response to it. This kind of imagery recurs prominently in the strip, very famous. Same edition run sizes as with "Woodstock's Song of Love."

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[RambosRemodeler]

ZOMG SPOOOOOZ DOE!!!!

[GoBluePanic]

It makes me dizzy to look at. Seriously.

[35mmpaul]

ZOMG SPOOOOOZ DOE!!!!

Will it flip if their is no foil edition?

[jkw3000]

I was a fan of the last one, and I get the specific reference being made. But the motion of Charlie spinning his head is hard to convey, and it's hard to see it here - it reads as a bit more static, which just makes his blockhead look odd. I do love the idea and the clothes placed everywhere though.

[DarkHallMansion]

And as Marq did with his "Woodstock," all editions will be printed by Monolith with his use of metallic inks on some.

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[DarkHallMansion]

Few of the specific references Marq used, the first and last in particular as to stylization, and his desire to focus in on one of the more surreal Schulz images.

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[jkw3000]

Yeah, I've seen the panel, but I also think a print depicting that one moment in time can sap the image of the psychology perception of motion that reading a comic strip from panel to panel can bring. But that's just my opinion, much respect still to Marq and to his point of reference with Schulz.

That "pow" panel is still one of my favorites though.

[DarkHallMansion]

Yeah, I've seen the panel, but I also think a print depicting that one moment in time can sap the image of the psychology perception of motion that reading a comic strip from panel to panel can bring. But that's just my opinion, much respect still to Marq and to his point of reference with Schulz.

That "pow" panel is still one of my favorites though.

We think Marq reached to that Schulz imagery for a single stand alone print precisely because its surreal nature and strength speaks to something more broadly, with everyone being Charlie Brown on that mound at some point in life and our reaction to it, not solely the fun gags as you can imagine, since it's Schulz but also filtered via Marq's perception as artist as well so informs his choices.

Thanks on the input JK, DHM
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[kansasbbq]

Its ugly. Really ugly

And that's being kind.