Self-portraits of New Wave Stars

[DougMash]

Whenever I ran into an artist I liked, I used to collect a "self portrait." Lots more interesting than just an autograph (though I am proud owner of Lloyd Cole's "first US" autograph, shortly before NME named him "Wally of the Year" back home).

Here's a link to some of the more interesting ones I got (XTC, Weller, Squeeze, Robyn Hitchcock, Johnny Rotten) and my two-bit psychoanalysis of them: http://hometown.aol.com/dougmash/selfport.html

If anyone has other self portraits, or a link to any, I'd love to see them!
Cheers,
Doug Mashkow
CD Island
Rockville Centre, NY
www.cdisland.com

[Ollie Stench]

Those are GREAT, and definately a mile away from a simple autograph. Have you ever had people turn you down, or just go "what the fukk??"

[design_femme]

If I ever get to my folks' place this fall, I'll try to dig up my old, old issues of [i]Star Hits[/i] magazine. One article (circa 1986 perhaps?) had all these artists doing self-portraits. If I recall correctly, Neil Arthur (of Blancmange) and Simon LeBon did awesome ones, more in the vein of caricatures (and self-parody) than serious drawings. Ohhh, I hope I still have those mags in storage!

[DougMash]

Nobody turned me down, though a few (John Wesley Harding & Paul from Mighty Lemon Drops among others) said they couldn't draw! I chickened out on a few (Joey Ramone being the one I regret the most), and some were done on album covers so they don't scan well, but artists tend to like the challenge of being "artists!"

[Crimsor]

Those are great.

Paul Weller can draw pretty well but he thinks he looks like Pete Townshend!