When WEST FC (who has been my running partner since before New Edition came out with Candy Girl) said we were gonna do a Jack Kirby themed production, I got real hyped. I started sketching and mocking up concepts right away.
Wouldnt ya know… when the weekend neared I came down with worst case of the Running Snot-Box ever. I dunno if I’ve got the H 1 N 1 or the Funky 4 + 1 or what… but I was determined to paint. Luckily the rains took a rare 2 day weekend off and I rolled up from Flatbush to the Bronx hacking and hocking, sniffling and snuffling. The Q to the 5 to the 6 to the Hunts Point B6 Bus to walking down the desolate Ho-Stro with my big ol’ bags of pintura rattling away. When I finally found the top-secret location, the gang was all there. A veritable FC reunion; DASH WEST PSYCHO WANE SERVE VIRUS SYE DUB GETS NEO TOTEM DONTAY and on and on and on. We were like 25 deep, even CLAW MONEY took a break from the fast paced world of Haute Couture High Fashion and Glamour to rock with the fellas.
Despite battling the Swine Flu, fierce winds, whack paint, AND the ferocious snaps of DASHER167, the Kid prevailed. I was not altogether displeased with my piece and I survived to paint another day.
The soundtrack of the day was strickly old school slow-jams and sounded a little sumpin like this…
Which is only right for a Jack Kirby tribute on a sunny Sunday in the Boogie Down Bronx B.K.A. Pelon.
Posted by Keo on June 09, 2009 at 12:36 PM
