This one came out to be one of the good ones. I was feeling especially creative when I did it.
Abbot and Costello came out looking just like them (above the penguin). I got a perfect likeness
the first time I drew Costello but it took HOURS of erasing and redrawing to get Abbott to come out
right. He’s got such an average face (and I’m still not happy with how it came out). The black
waiter to the left of them is surprised to see celebrities in the bar. He’s saying “Lawsy! Dat
dere be Laurel and Hardy!”
I like how the smoking woman in the right foreground came out. She’s feeling a little toasty
from all the margaritas. I also think that’s a pretty cool penguin. Generally the whole drawing
is neat and tightly controlled.
When I was doing research for the dress of this decade, I came across a lot of wedding photos
and thought that would be a good idea for a barpic. I can imagine the preacher trying to get
everyone to be quiet. His pocket is being picked, and the guy in the foreground is saying “Hey!
Stop that!”. I put him in because I needed something to fill in the empty space of the preacher’s
back. The pickpocket came out looking like a cross between Howard Hughes and Walt Disney.
The bride’s father is to the right of her. I like how he came out especially gruff looking. He’s
not too happy about the wedding being in a bar but she talked him into it. It was the place where
she met her soon-to-be husband. Her mother refused to step foot into such a place. To the right of
the bride, the guy is putting his hand on the girl’s knee. She’s saying “Hey, watch where you’re
puttin’ that hand, buster!”
The crossdresser is to the upper right of the black guy bringing in the wedding cake.
The fat guy below the arch on the far right is farting.
