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The Graphic Cigar Man Goes Explicit

by JayZuck on February 10th, 2009
Posted In: Sketches
The Graphic Cigar Man Goes Explicit

Ages and ages ago, I posted a graphic piece entitled “Cigar Man” which was based on General Ripper in Dr. Strangelove.  You know, the guy who was all worried about his bodily fluids.

The piece is one of my favorite graphic illustrations to date and while I still think the original is bomb (no pun intended), I decided it was worth messing around with if only for my own amusement.

I debated whether I wanted to post the image of the original “Cigar Man” so that my readers could do a side by side comparison.  I am curious about how many of you would actually take the step of clicking on the conveniently placed link I provided to the original work. As an experiment, I would love to get comments on which piece you preferred and why.

If I don’t get many comments, I regrettably will be forced to conclude that I have a rather lazy bunch of readers on my hands and I will error on the side of laziness in the future.  Experience tells me that this is always the prudent course on the internet, but if the converse happens to be true I will be pleasantly surprised.

I leave you with the inspiring words of General Ripper himself, “In conclusion, I would like to say that . . . I have always expected the best from you, and you have never given me anything less than that. Today, the nation (The Jay Zuck Simian Nation) is counting on us.”

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Cigar Man

by JayZuck on November 3rd, 2008
Posted In: Sketches
Cigar Man

The Cigar Man is inspired by General Ripper in Stanley Kubrick’s classic film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

General Ripper is a deranged lunatic who has a bizarre theory that occured to him mid-coitus that there is a Communist theory that intends to “sap and impurify” the “precious bodily fluids” of the American people through fluoridated water.  Clearly, sexually frustrated and impotent, General Ripper uses the prospect of nuclear war with the Soviets to redeem his sense of potent manhood.

Kubrick was a brilliant director who had a talent for getting in the head of his audience.  He had a particular ability for finding comedy in our greatest fears.  Kubrick proved that there is no subject so serious that it cannot be satirized, but even still I don’t know that I can ever look at flouridated water the same way again.

Stanley Kubrick is one of my favorite directors and I did this piece in honor of him.

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