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Sleepy Sins of Suzy Spreadwell 5: Agape Painting

John Linton Roberson

United States

Painting, Watercolor on Paper

Size: 10 W x 13 H x 0.1 D in

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The idea behind my satirical character Suzy Spreadwell, from my comic of the same name, or one of the ideas, is to look at fundamentalist, deep-red state religion as we would a fetish. I find the model fits quite well. The premise of the series is that Suzy, just having reached adulthood, is having a great deal of trouble keeping to her Purity Pledge, and florid and often blasphemous fantasies start exploding through her head. This series of paintings arising from that is called "The Sleepy Sins of Suzy Spreadwell." This one, somewhat darker than the rest, shows Suzy with her minister, receiving a lesson in the universal and selfless love of the Christian community, or "agape." But there is also how we are expected to receive it, and what might really be behind it. These days, watching the Christian Right embrace Trump, you have to wonder whose hand is in the sock puppets. You may notice, unlike the rest, Jesus is not present watching. This is because they are in a church. 10" x 13" on thick illustration board.

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Painting:Watercolor on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:10 W x 13 H x 0.1 D in

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John Linton Roberson has been an independent cartoonist, writer, and illustrator for over 25 years, and has produced 22 publications as Bottomless Studio since 1998. He is the adapter of Frank Wedekind's Lulu, the creator of Martha, Vladrushka, and Suzy Spreadwell, among others, and the co-creator (with John E. Williams) of Uncle Cyrus. In addition he has also been published by Journey Magazine, Fantagraphics Books, Seven Stories Press and Martian Lit. He is also the editor of the anthology THIS SICKNESS. Pages from his Lulu were exhibited in Munich's Deutsches Theatremuseum as part of their 2014 Frank Wedekind retrospective. Occasionally he is heard, usually at length, on Tim Young's Deconstructing Comics podcast. Some of the influences on his current work include Dave Sim, Dan DeCarlo, Felicien Rops,Terry Southern, Jack Kamen, Molly Kiely, Paolo Serpieri, Emily Kaplan, Norman Lindsay, Carter Tutti and Guido Crepax. Online you can find him at jlroberson.org.

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