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the first published caricature of elvis presley

THE FIRST CAR­I­CA­TURE OF ELVIS that I found was pub­lished in the July 6, 1956, issue of Col­lier’s mag­a­zine. Drawn by the inim­itable Al Hirschfeld. it was used to il­lus­trate a column crit­i­cizing the singer—or more ac­cu­rately, the singer’s fans. As this is an im­por­tant image, I have de­voted this ar­ticle to this drawing. [Read more] “the first published caricature of elvis presley”

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elvis’ golden caricatures volume 10 (elvis by alberto russo)

AL­BERTO “STING” RUSSO is one of the newer gen­er­a­tions of artists who have el­e­vated the art of car­i­ca­ture into a whole new realm. Russo com­bines a tra­di­tional fine art sen­si­bility with the use of com­puter tech­nology. He pro­duces por­traits that are timely, funny, often in­sightful, and just as often ar­resting as a work of art.

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elvis’ golden caricatures volume 6 (wild in the 60s)

FROM 1960 THROUGH 1968, the image that Elvis Presley pre­sented to the public was some com­bi­na­tion of boy-next-door and movie-matinée-idol. In fact, the Elvis of these years comes close to re­al­izing the goody two-shoes/mama’s-boy image he was sad­dled with in some quarters!

Among car­i­ca­tur­ists, there isn’t as much in­terest in re-imagining this Elvis as there is in the Elvis the Pelvis of the ’50s and the jump-suited Elvis of the ’70s. [Read more] “elvis’ golden caricatures volume 6 (wild in the 60s)”

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elvis’ golden caricatures volume 4 (shaggin’ the ’50s)

ELVIS’ GOLDEN CAR­I­CA­TURES VOLUME 4 fea­tures still more im­ages of Presley hoppin’ and a-boppin’ in the ’50s—or at least how mostly modern artists viewed Elvis and the decade! De­spite this being the fourth volume, there is ab­solutely no drop-off in quality!

For more in­for­ma­tion on the art of car­i­ca­tures, refer to the first volume of this se­ries of ar­ti­cles. [Read more] “elvis’ golden caricatures volume 4 (shaggin’ the ’50s)”

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elvis’ golden caricatures volume 3 (rattlin’ the 50s)

ELVIS’ GOLDEN CAR­I­CA­TURES VOLUME 3 is the third volume of car­i­ca­tures of Presley rockin’ and shakin’ and rat­tlin’ and rollin’ the ’50s! Like the first volume, this col­lects fif­teen im­ages of the singer/actor in his youthful prime. There are four­teen im­ages in the main gallery, and there is the fea­tured image found at the top of the page and below the gallery. [Read more] “elvis’ golden caricatures volume 3 (rattlin’ the 50s)”