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.
That image is priceless.
ReplyDeleteStrangely 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).