May You Live In Interesting Times

The 1960s produced some of the most emotionally evocative imagery ever. This illustration is derived from a photo whose strong self-contained narrative appealed to me. Very powerful stuff.


I digitally cleaned up the drawing (read: Live Traced it) to compensate for the crappy ink that I use/can afford. Not sure if that's frowned down upon ... anyways, here's the original scan:


Recommended reading: Joe Haldeman's "1968", an account of the war fought on both Vietnamese soil and the American home front.