Day 15: I've Got My Eye on You

In 9^th grade (age 14), a friend brought a book to school of Basil Wolverton’s art. I’d seen some of his stuff before in vintage pre-magazine Mad Comics, but didn’t know the guy’s name,. I loved the depth of field with a simple pen and brush. Black lines and black dots made these impossible characters pop out of the page and appear real.

One such drawing was a guy with one huge eye and one withered eye. The caption had something to do with Visene (or the 1950s equivalent) I’ve revisited this fascination a number of times in my work, since 9^th grade, but never before had I considered just how or why the guy’s eye would have gotten that way.

Now we know.