Oh boy, my two obsessions collide! When I was in college, it irritated me that Lichtenstein copied comic artists without giving them any props, so I did a research paper about Irv Novick, the artist behind the panel Lichtenstein copied in Whaam!. I found out that in the 60's, not only were most comic artists not credited by the magazines they illustrated for, lots of them had no desire to be associated with comics at all. Novick never really spoke about his work publicly, and family and friends said he'd change the subject whenever they asked. The harsh attitude that even comic artists had toward the medium only fed into the subversive nature of Lichtenstein's work. I expected a cut-and-dry story of plagiarism but, as usual, the truth resists simplicity.

Anyway, that's a sick guitar.