She was good enough to snap a picture of it. Her friend and Kyoto guide Naomi reports that this is the emblem or mascot of a chain of sushi restaurants called Ganko-Zushi, which means something like "stubborn sushi."
I imagine I must have made that particular sour expression from time to time in the writing workshop Tara and I took together. If you've seen any cartoon images of me, then you can probably see the resemblance.
I couldn't find any images of me that perfectly capture it, but I think my demonic self-portrait from the Demonstration book comes kind of close:
Anyway, I figure I'm in good company, having a Japanese advertising icon / corporate logo for an overseas doppelganger...
I, too, am disrespectful to dirt.
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That image is priceless.
Strangely enough, I've probably drawn more pictures of Isaac in the last seven years than anybody else--one of our few "returning characters," as it were.
And Mr. Sparkle is equally magnificent, if not more so (being all animated and musical).
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