Tony Cochran’s Agnes is a whimsical look at childhood through the eyes of the title character and her best friend, Trout. What sets this strip apart is the focus on that limbo just before little girls discover boys and appropriate social skills.
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Agent Gates by Carmen Subhiyah & Kyle Hilton
Alley Oop by Jack and Carole Bender
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simpsonfan2 said, about 1 year ago
He might as well have done greeting cards, he sure wasn’t an artist, from what I’ve seen of his ‘art’.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, about 1 year ago
Surprising that Agnes knows who Jackson Pollock is.
Lovecraft said, about 1 year ago
She can come and make my bed anytime.
DavidHuieGreen said, about 1 year ago
What’s the problem? The bed looks right.
isthereanybodyoutthere said, about 1 year ago
@simpsonfan2
Pollock’s art was probably similar to Andy Warhol’s art so greeting cards may have even been too grand. Maybe these alleged artists art should be on the toilet paper used to wipe themselves after completing one of their works of art. See piss Christ.
rshive said, about 1 year ago
Nice try Agnes!
Some people are just aesthetically not “modern”. For them we should be thankful.
Phaze58 said, about 1 year ago
when someone throws up here in UK we call it a pavement Pollock
Night-Gaunt49 said, about 1 year ago
@Phaze58
Pollock ’s art did have a strange layered depth to it.
Isthereanybodyoutthere you certainly are ignorant of what the “Piss Christ” represented. (I would have put it in blood myself.) It concerned how the Catholic church was behind the Govt of El Salvador who used death squads to keep dissent of any kind down.
UncaJim said, about 1 year ago
In my HS Art Class, I got the idea of filling my mouth with
blue, green & red tempra and primed with a snootful of pepper, sneezed it onto a canvas. The teacher thought I waz a (deleted) wise-ass and gave me a zero. Years later, Mr. Pollock is lauded for essentially doing the same thing.
Only difference; Mr. Pollock remained stringy and starved-
looking and died rich; I grew fat and old.
Thus the eventuality of the liberal arts.
tigre1 said, about 1 year ago
From what I know of Pollock…a book, abject fawning article or two…I wish Grandma HAD gotten hold of him…he might not have gotten drunk and…what? killed a couple of beautiful women who loved him in an unnecessary car accident.
The spattered colors ARE pretty…maybe even beautiful…
nevertheless my respect goes to people who have worked diligently and gained skills to communicate with color form line shape etc etc…what the heck, I CAN spatter-paint.
I would have a GREAT deal of work to be able to draw and paint in such a way as to keep attention and give the viewer fair worth for his or her time in perusal…
Even Andy Warhol could sketch, draw, paint…before he tripped off into pure advertising and social commentary…
Night-Gaunt49 said, about 1 year ago
Agnes’ room is way cleaner than Luann’s but then Luann is middle class and Agnes is very low on the borderline very poor. She only has to straighten her bed. Things could be worse her guardian could make Agnes do all the house work and wash clothes and make dinner. She doesn’t know how fortunate she is in that area.
Hunter7 said, about 1 year ago
@Night-Gaunt49
From those curved walls and rivets, I get the impression the trailer is 3 rooms – bathroom, bedroom & living space with kitchen space. I’m not sure – but I think maybe Grandma’s bedroom/bed is the fold out couch.
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So housework might not be that much. Though laundry & dishes on the other hand …. could I have a house elf & brownie please?
DavidHuieGreen said, about 1 year ago
@Night-Gaunt49
CONSIDERING:
“- – - “Piss Christ” represented. (I would have put it in blood myself.) It concerned how the Catholic church was behind the Govt of El Salvador who used death squads to keep dissent of any kind down.”
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The artist doesn’t seem to have had El Salvador in mind according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ
But even if it were, the cross is generally used as a symbol of Christianity rather than Catholicism. (non Catholics can see quite a difference) As such, the artist’s depiction was taken as an attack on all who followed the teachings of Christ.
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The biggest complaint was the idea that taxpayer’s money funded the project. Be as vulgar as you wish but don’t use my money to do it.
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“The photograph was one of a series of photographs that Serrano had made that involved classical statuettes submerged in various fluids—milk, blood, and urine.”
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[So your joy can be complete since he used blood on another in the series.]
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“Serrano has not ascribed overtly political content to Piss Christ and related artworks, on the contrary stressing their ambiguity. He has also said that while this work is not intended to denounce religion, it alludes to a perceived commercializing or cheapening of Christian icons in contemporary culture.”
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If the artist is misunderstood following intentional ambiguity, let’s blame The Great Unwashed?