Dan Funderburgh

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Dan Funderburgh
Dan Funderburgh

Brooklyn, New York

While doing some internet research on butts, I stumbled upon the crazy ballpoint pen drawings of a guy calling himself Butt Johnson. Some of his work is little more than a hyper-detailed version of what you drew in 8th grade, others are beautiful juxtapositions of Islamic ornament and wrecked up automobiles.

Posted by Dan Funderburgh on August 17, 2007 at 06:55 AM

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sam wrote… Comment #1 posted on August 17, 2007 at 10:20 AM

kewl

xchromosomex wrote… Comment #2 posted on September 12, 2007 at 08:14 PM

It’s like MC Escher converted…to ball point pens.  I think the wrecked up cars are supposed to be exploded up car bombs.

Butt Johnson wrote… Comment #3 posted on October 11, 2007 at 02:33 AM

yep. They’re car bombs from Iraq.

Car Wallpaper wrote… Comment #4 posted on February 07, 2008 at 03:08 AM

That is one wild picture.

Bill Schmidt wrote… Comment #5 posted on March 03, 2008 at 10:10 AM

I like the picture ‘Et in Arcadia Ego’ by Butt Johnson. But who is the dude with the wig (is it a wig?) looking at the human skull (is he looking at it?) And why is there an animal (dog? sheep??) skull there, too?

Butt Johnson wrote… Comment #6 posted on March 07, 2008 at 10:16 PM

Thanks Bill. The guy in the wig is an Oompa Loompa. The skulls are memento moris, and in this particular landscape are meant to evoke a certain girl from Kansas and her little dog, too.
Some background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_in_arcadia_ego

Bill Schmidt wrote… Comment #7 posted on April 01, 2008 at 10:54 AM

Thanks Butt. So from left to right the characters are Ninja Turtle, Smurf, Oompa Loompa, ? with the rabbit ears, ? with the handle on his head, Sponge Bob, Bart Simpson and Twinky- Winky. Who are the two that I couldn’t identify? Also, what type of filler and paper did you use?

Butt Johnson wrote… Comment #8 posted on April 24, 2008 at 01:30 PM

Pikachu has the rabbit ears, and the handle is a Snork “blowhole”..  I use a zebra F301 ballpoint pen and that one is drawn on handmade paper, but I also use bristol 2ply and lately have been drawing on mylar as well.

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