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Boris Karloff Caricatureby *Fourpanelhero

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The second in my classic horror actor series of caricatures. Karloff not only had a fantastic face that didn't require (yet still often employed) a lot of makeup to convey dread and terror, but also had what I consider the first true "horror voice," not heard again until Vincent Price really made a horror name for himself in the 50's. Karloff's haunting, Victorian voice is classic, and almost more caricatured and plagiarized than his image as Frankenstein's Monster (bit o' trivia here, folks: the monster's name is actually Adam). I wanted to keep a uniform look to this piece that would link it to my Lugosi pic, but still make it definably Karloff. So, I substituted bats for lightening and traded Lugosi's red for Karloff's green (despite the black and white movie, his makeup really was green). I don't know if I'll go further than these two tributes. I would like to create Lon Chaney (senior; junior's a hack), Vincent Price and above all, Christopher Lee. We'll see where time and my interests find me later on....