Illustration Friday: Suit

click on image for larger view

what a challenge this was! to take such a mundane word as "suit" and do something interesting and creative with it. not an easy task, especially making it into a comicbook cover.

i considered doing it in a retro style, but after much thought dicided it was better suited (no pun intended) to illustrate a point that came up in a discussion earlier this week. and that is: comics have changed. not only in style and format, but at a basic level.

i remember as a kid being able to pick up comics just about anywhere from the grocery store to a gas station. actual comicbook stores were virtually unheard of. now the comicbook racks of yesteryear are gone, and comicbook publishers have become corporate giants run by "the suits". comics have gone up in price from 20¢ when i was a kid to $3.00 and up. i remember being able to walk out with 10 or more comics for less than my $5 allowance with money left over. now $5.00 barely pays for one.

but isn't this the way of the world? i think a line from The Crow (a movie adapted from a comic, interestingly enough) expresses the concept best.

Top Dollar: A man has an idea. The idea attracts others, like-minded. The idea expands. The idea becomes an institution. The idea has become the institution, boys.

comics, once looked down on by "cultured" society, have come into their own.

'nuff said.

as always, this illustration was created specifically for this IF challenge in Adobe Illustrator.

and thanks for last week's comments. enjoy the ride and have a groovy week.