Mattias Adolfsson’s literal figures of literary figures

Cartoonist Mattias Adolfsson’s sketch blog is always amazing, but I was especially tickled by his doodles of literal interpretations of author’s names. In addition the two above, he also drew Oscar Wilde, Günter Grass, Richard Scarry, Norman Mailer and Shakespear (sic). Go, click!

[Update: I don't know how I forgot to mention it earlier, but I've been reminded that Adlofsson's sketchbook,  Mattias Unfiltered: The Sketchbook Art of Mattias Adolfsson is available from Boom!. That's very much worth checking out.]

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Mattias Adolfsson map is its own treasure

So you’re in a low-budget play and the script requires a treasure map. If you’re like me, your best bet is to hit Long John Silvers and pray that they have a placemat or something that you can make do with. If you’re Mattias Adolfsson‘s daughter, on the other hand … oh, wow, are you in luck.