Comments on: Obama editorial portrait artist Lukas Ketner explains Wilmette Week illustration

By: Family Portrait Artist Kate

Family Portrait Artist Kate — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:14:46 +0000

Very cheesy and tongue in cheek. Well executed humour

By: THE BEAT » Blog Archive » Manning Award nominees: Lukas Ketner

THE BEAT » Blog Archive » Manning Award nominees: Lukas Ketner — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:03:00 +0000

[...] point, the Obama-as-romance hero metaphor wasn’t quite as obvious as it is now. and Ketner had to explain: The illustration in question is meant to be a humorous depiction of Portland’s (and perhaps [...]

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:03:55 +0000

Very cool article. Hmm – would be interesting to put a side by side comparison of what the same or similar artists did of Hillary compared to Obama…

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:56:48 +0000

For those interested in the iconography of Barack Obama, Let a Thousand Posters Bloom is a nice rundown. Don't let the fact that the article is in The Weekly Standard scare you; the author plays it fairly straight.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:03:08 +0000

I love it. It’s funny and does poke fun at the hysteria some seem to have over him. The open shirt is hilarious.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:27:40 +0000

And here is a brief video of the Portland rally.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:15:59 +0000

The picture makes the joke that Portland is in love with Obama From The Washington Post (link): Record Obama Crowd, the Size of a City By Matthew Mosk PORTLAND, Ore. -- Sen. Barack Obama has seen his share of large crowds over the last 15 months, but his campaign said they have not approached the numbers gathered along the waterfront here right now[, May 18].

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:40:21 +0000

So I was close. Still think it looks more like cheesy 70’s album art.

By: Editorial illustration of Obama as...what exactly? | Writes Like She Talks

Editorial illustration of Obama as...what exactly? | Writes Like She Talks — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:33:04 +0000

[...] See here for the artist’s explanation to me of the illustration. function toggleview(element1) { var [...]