Digital illustrations of my friends as Depression Era Hoboes for The 700 Hoboes Project. The project is inspired by the writings of author John Hodgman and his book Areas of My Expertise. It is meant as an homage to the wandering men and women who chose to ride the rails during and before The Great Depression.
Taken directly from the 700 Hoboes website:
"In the beginning, there were hoboes. Then, a notable non-historian wrote some lies about them in his wonderful and wholly inaccurate almanac. That man was John Hodgman. The book was The Areas of My Expertise. Amongst the lies was a comprehensive list of notable historical hobo names, numbering 700. After Hodgman read the list into a music flattening device, one Mr. Mark Frauenfelder of the Boing Boing teletyped a suggestion that 700 cartoonists volunteer to draw one hobo each as a public service or for no particular reason. And so it was, more or less, and here they are."
The running list of hoboes I have submitted to the 700 Hoboes Project.
#586: Self-Taught-Guitarist Edmund (Submitted September 24, 2006)
#252: The Young Churchill (Submitted September 24, 2006)
#253: The Young Churchill’s Hated Bride (Submitted September 24, 2006)
#530: Trixie of the East (Submitted September 24, 2006)
#531: Trixie of the West (Submitted September 24, 2006)
#538: Shanty Queen Elizabeth Regina (Submitted July 26, 2006)
#55 Iron Trousers the Strong (Submitted July 4, 2006)
#95 Lolly Hoot Holler (Submitted June 29, 2006)
#100 Rex Spangler the Bedazzler (Based on a superhero pose by Jim Lee of
Cyclops (XMEN) from the early 90′s. Submitted June 27, 2006)
#677 Professor ? (Submitted June 20, 2006)
