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"Life's like a firework, You're only lit once, And you must stand and radiate correctly." - Andy Partridge (XTC) ====================== ====================== ====================== Art • Illustration • ART HERE: www.zenpop.com
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johnmav's Profile
Artist & Designer,. Former DJ (weren't we all?) Love book stores, record stores, museums, coffee shops, SF Giants, SJ Sharks, Arsenal FC, The Daily Show, indie pop and laughing. Lives in San Francisco Bay Area. Proud father of a 4-year old Art Director.
Real Name: John Mavroudis
Gender: male
Location: San Francisco
Occupation: Artist / Designer / Art Director
Groups: KOS Art Expo 21
Diaries published: 27 (113 days since last diary on Tue Jan 12, 2021 at 07:01 PM PST)
Comments posted: 454 (62 days since last comment on Fri Mar 05, 2021 at 04:04 AM PST)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: often
Total Recommends: 1971
Total Comment Ratings: 1616
Most Recommended Diary: MY OBAMA COVER FOR THE NATION MAG!!!, 657 comments, 1264 recommends
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I’ve finished another piece of art… I thought I would show it here… and here are my thoughts about it. I've been calling Donald Trump and his followers a Cult for a long, long time. I've NEVER lacked evidence for that claim... there's only...
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on Tue Jan 12, 2021 at 07:01 PM PST
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I remember being told that I was overreacting. I remember being told that I was suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome" or "TDS." I remember being told I was being "rude." I remember being told that I was too "angry" I remember being told...
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on Wed Jan 06, 2021 at 04:27 PM PST
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I know a lot of people wanted the massive Blue Wave... but as the Republicans have shown us, you don't need an electoral wipe out to be effective in power. We can still take control of the Senate. (GEORGIA!!! John Lewis would be SO PROUD!) We have the...
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on Sat Nov 07, 2020 at 04:07 PM PST
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During a four-day process to create this cover, the impact of all this is really hit home. Over a 6-month period, Coronavirus takes the American lives of four Vietnam War American casualties. I kept thinking about things like that as I went...
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on Thu Sep 10, 2020 at 06:25 PM PDT
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In the immediate aftermath of the George Floyd murder, I was upset and had to find a way to channel my rage and sorrow into my artwork... This was the first piece I created. I kept thinking about how long this killing took. This was not some...
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on Thu Jun 04, 2020 at 02:38 PM PDT
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I've been working on a couple of things the last few days regarding George Floyd. One of them I was working with TIME magazine, but they went in a different direction on Monday (they're going to do an oil portrait, apparently). I've repurposed the...
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on Wed Jun 03, 2020 at 08:11 PM PDT
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- It’s no longer unusual to find Jennifer Rubin, one of WaPo’s house conservatives, calling for removing many GOP officials. This morning, however, she went further and called for voting out all of them. On top of that, Tom Nichols, a leading...371 comments 522 Recs
- Here we are, Iowa and New Hampshire done, and Elizabeth Warren is done as well — so far as the press seems to be concerned. 55 electoral contests to go, only 2% of the delegates awarded… You’d think things were just getting started. Instead it’s all...767 comments 471 Recs
- Writing for Vox, Ezra Klein lays out The case for Elizabeth Warren, and it’s a solid one. I’m just going to quote a couple of paragraphs here, from the beginning, middle, and end, and encourage everyone to go read the article. Klein writes, at the top:...429 comments 391 Recs
- John McCain planned his own funeral. And it was one for the ages. It encapsulated what he viewed as the best of his idea of “America”. One of imperfect people seeking to live up to perfect goals. Sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing, but always...147 comments 296 Recs
- The President-Elect is pictured here working very hard on his inaugural address. Writing really, really hard. And thinking really hard. So hard. And bigly. So much writing. So much thinking. Nobody writes harder. Believe me. This will be...58 comments 19 Recs
- So guys, I’m out. I’ll obviously have more to say tomorrow as we take stock of tonight’s disaster. Obviously I never saw this coming. All the Trump talk of a hidden vote unseen in the polling was apparently true, whether he intended it to be or not. ...2312 comments 408 Recs
- The refusal of some 20 Republican governors or state legislatures to accept the ACA Medicaid expansion has to rank as one of the biggest political and moral scandals of modern times. To allow ...248 comments 415 Recs
- Comedian Jim Jeffries tackled one of the most controversial subjects in the U.S. gun control laws. Jeffries was once the victim of a home invasion in which he was tied up and beaten with his girlfriend, who was also threatened with rape. You'd think...319 comments 460 Recs
- Originally published in Tikkun Daily Israel's Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, said yesterday that he will be speaking for " the entire Jewish people " in his controversial speech before ...168 comments 287 Recs
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