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Armed and dangerous

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:06 pm
by seamusTX
This image was apparently quite popular in 2001, but I never saw it until Mrs. Casey showed it to me today:

Image

It was created in September 2001 by Eliza Gauger, a 17-year-old student at the time, from Bellingham, Washington.

- Jim

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:15 pm
by KBCraig
Yes, it was brilliant, and she sold t-shirts and coffee mugs with the image. But, she disagreed with the war in Iraq, didn't like the jingoistic way her art was being used, and she withdrew it from circulation.

There are still many online copies floating around, though.

Kevin