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DOUBLE TROUBLE

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"If a man could have just half of his wishes,
he would double his troubles." -Benjamin Franklin

18 x 12 on 120lbs. Cold-press watercolor paper
watercolors - pen and ink - pastel markers - graphite
Completion times : 1 week

Here's a little history on the comic strip ( Taken from WIKIPEDIA.com):

Spy vs. Spy is a black and white comic strip that debuted in Mad magazine #60, dated January 1961, and was originally published by EC Comics. The strip was created by Antonio Prohías.

Prohias was a prolific cartoonist in Cuba and known for political satire. Prohias' parodies of newly-installed Cuban dictator Fidel Castro attracted criticism, and faced with the loss of work, possible arrest and threats of execution, he fled to the United States on May 1, 1960 – 3 days before Castro took over the last of the Cuban free press. Prohias sought work in his profession and travelled to the offices of MAD Magazine in New York City on July 12, 1960. After a successful showing of his work and a prototype cartoon for Spy vs. Spy, Prohias was hired.

Prohias completed a total of 241 strips for MAD Magazine, the last appearing in Issue #269 (March 1987). During an interview with the Miami Herald in 1983, Prohias reflected on his career, stating "The sweetest revenge has been to turn Fidel's accusation of me as a spy into a moneymaking venture." Ironically, Prohias was censored by MAD Magazine publisher William Gaines on at least one occasion. The strip that eventually appeared in MAD Magazine #84 (Jan. 1964) was altered as the Spies were depicted as drinking and smoking, and Gaines was anti-smoking.

Prohias eventually retired due to ill health, and died aged 77 on February 24, 1998.[4] The strips continued, with writer Duck Edwing and artist Bob Clarke creating the majority. As of MAD Magazine #356 (April 1997), Peter Kuper took over as writer and artist for the strip.
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tdickensheets's avatar
Look like Spy vs Spy.