Portraits of Sad Men 1 - 05/12/09

The drawing of Harvey Pekar, a famously unhappy man, reminded me of an idea I had a while back, portraits of sad men. It came from watching Sylvester Stallone in the 2000 remake of Get Carter. Though it changed out the nihilistic ending of the 1971 Michael Caine original for a relentlessly hopeful American one, the parallels of Jack Carter - a has-been small time hood -- and Sylvester Stallone, the former apotheosis of Reagan-era machismo and foreign policy were striking. Whether he was playing or being was kind of a moot point, he was a sad and hollow man.

Anyway, I hope you dig; more to come... (sadly this is procrastinating from the book, but it's good procrastinating right?)...

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