COVID – 19 has left me
with some extra time to ponder not only printmaking but politics, as a result
let me introduce you to:
"SUPER
PRESIDENT"
The cartoon Super
President ran for thirty episodes on Saturday mornings from 1967 to 1968.
As a result of having been
caught in a cosmic rainstorm, James Norcross, President of the United States, could
change his molecules to any form he wanted. He also possessed super strength
and the power of flight. He had a bumbling VP, who he often had to save.
Sound good? It wasn’t, creator David DePatie quoted: "I
think it was really the worst thing we've ever made. It was a real turkey…”
Printmaker Earl Klein
worked on Super President as a Director.
Earl Klein (1915 – 1993)
was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at the Cleveland School of Art and the Chicago
Art Institute. He moved to LA in 1940 and spent the next 20 years working as an
animator and producer.
During his time in LA, he
continued to make prints. The aquatint, Compassion, caught my eye. The
print expresses an attribute that even more clearly now in this time of COVID –
19, our own current, not super president, lacks…
Compassion
Aquatint, 1950
Ghandi 1960
Night-Time in the City,
open bite aquatint and etching,
1961
(American) Beach Scene
etching and aquatint
So I leave you with
another image of Super President and a few links to learn more:
Please check out the video version of this post:
Stay well and learn
about prints!
