July 22 2010

Dear Vaughn Bode,

I was fifteen when I first saw your work. It was like the brightest light bulb I had ever seen went off in my head. Lush, vibrant and toothsome, your cartoon universe is a place that I’ve visited with joyful satisfaction time and again. You’ve been gone since 1975 but the spirit of your work has been kept alive thanks to the sweat of your son, Mark and graffiti writers the world over who made you their Godfather. They painted your characters on the sides of trains and drew endless inspiration from your typographical stylings. Since you were such a big sexy perv, I thought it would be apropos to wish you a very happy (would be) 69th birthday.

Ben

http://www.markbode.com/site/vaughnbodetwo.html

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