There we go! Happy Holidays to you too Brian and Brian Dennert here bloggers!

Is that the Obama Santa?

Brian, I assume this was your humorous take on the Obama (Hope)sign, as in "Hope, Hope, Hope." Yes?

I always thought this image of Obama was strikingly similar to the Che Guevara t-shirt that's so popular with young, college-aged kids.

Flamo,

I would like to take credit but I saw the image on Dailykos.com, that's why I linked it to their site.

I have been on college campuses and high school campuses often and Che Guevara isn't that popular. I hardly ever see a t-shirt with him on it and when I do it is a latino nationalism thing or a Rage Against The Machine t-shirt. Was he popular when you were on campus?

In Simi Valley I saw a big truck with a Che sticker and a US military sticker. Try to figure that out.

Merry Christmas.

Well, I must admit, I haven't been on a college campus myself for a while myself. But, I do see kids that are obviously high school or college-aged walking around the malls or in other public places with the Che Guevara t-shirt on. Do you agree though that the Obama campaign ripped it off to a certain extent?

They didn't create the image.

Google the story about the artist for us and maybe they will explain their process. I am sure it is interesting.

Here is an article from the Washington Post on the subject:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/05/16/ST2008051602005.html

The artist is indeed inspired from political propaganda posters. His Obey clothing line takes ideas from 1984 by George Orwell.

Years ago a friend of mine commented that the native face painted on the tail of Alaska Airlines aircraft looked like Che Guevara. I don't think so, but I can't stop that from running through my head when I see an Alaska plane. See if that happens to you now too!

Sorry, Brian, my mistake. Do you think Shephard Fairey ripped off the Che Guevara image?

Flamo,

In the article he makes it clear he has used techniques from classic propaganda posters from throughout history. Sometimes they are barely even changed. But if you see a resemblance I see why. It is a similar style of artwork.

Leslie,

I see what you are talking about with the Alaskan Airlines image.

Thanks you both for reading and commenting on my blog.

A Question was asked:
"In Simi Valley I saw a big truck with a Che sticker and a US military sticker. Try to figure that out".
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The person that owns the truck was probably referring to the fact that Hispanics make up a HUGE majority of the United States Military.

I love this sticker! Happy New Year's to you, Brian, and to all the other followers that are here!

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