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A colorful infographic featuring a mix of black and white photos, illustrations, and text about historical figures, cultural icons, and significant moments.

for MoMA’s Illustrated Lives

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John Leguizamo Ghetto Klown Graphic Novel Eisner Award Nominated Comic Book

Eisner nominated

‍ ‍Ghetto Klown‍ ‍

‍ ‍graphic novel by

John Leguizamo

drawings

untitled, colored pencil on cotton paper, 60” x 30”, 2021.

Illustration of a Black Moon girl , with small horns, fangs, and long flowing hair, crouching and peering at us on an unfamiliar ground against a starry night sky background.
A black and white poster for a Halloween birthday fiesta featuring baby skeletons dancing and banging their rattles, event details including date, time, and location, and mentions of bands and performances at the Jalopy Theatre in Brooklyn.
A stylized cartoon of El Profeta, The Prophet with a mask resembling the Mayan Calendar
A modern reinterpretation of Veronica, Betty and Archie, where Archie is tied up in a seedy hotel while Veronica and Betty stand guard with a huge stack of money.
A cartoon drawing of a cat in a waistcoat vest holding a snake, both appear as hypnotizing as Salvador Dali
Drawing of a person wearing a blindfold, reaching out with both hands towards an aura or energy field.
Black and white illustration of two women with horns, vampire-like fangs, and long hair, known as The Black Moon Girls, under a starry night sky.
Two young women with long hair standing watch under an ethereal starry night sky, two Black Moon Girls.
The superhero Dark Star standing in front of her hightower apartment glass windows, instructing her dark star energy to clean properly
Character design for a Grey Alien in four rotating positions, with large head, black eyes, and slender body standing on a patch of yellow ground, holding a small device in one hand.
Comic-style illustration of Skrull Elektra with green skin, long flowing hair, outdoors with cloudy sky background.
A black and white illustration of a Black Moon girl with long hair standing on a rocky surface, looking at the starry night sky.
A black and white illustration of two female Black Moon Girls with long hair and horns in a starry night landscape. The figure in front has her eyes looking down and appears to be laughing, while the figure in the background looks off to the side.
A black and white comic-style illustration of a young David Bowie and Joan Rivers sitting together, with Joan chugging from a wine glass.
A black and white illustration Silver Surfer, a muscular male figure with a serious expression, set against a starry background.
Drawing of multiple Black Moon Girls with long hair dancing on a moon-like surface in space with stars
Illustration of Capitol building with sky background, featuring three politicians carrying briefcases seated on flying pigs for The Ojay's Album 'Above the Law'
A female humanoid, Natalia Willford, the girlfriend of Blacksad, who is behind her wearing his trademark trench coat and shooting a gun, with smoke coming from the gun's muzzle. The scene appears tense with a dark background and an urban setting.
Black and white sketch of a man with a beard, wearing an eye patch over his right eye, with messy hair, dressed in a dark jacket.
Digital painting of a man speaking passionately into a microphone, wearing glasses, a black hat, and a blue patterned top, with a black background.
Silhouette of skeletons wearing suits and hats, walking in a line, with one skeleton smoking a cigarette, depicted in black and white.
Black and white digital illustration of a woman with long black hair and pink lipstick, winking with a confident expression, within a circular border.
A stylized drawing of a muscular warrior wearing a Viking helmet with feathers, holding a spear, and standing beside a shield. The word "ARES" appears above him with a blood-stained spear integrated into the letter 'E.' The warrior is dressed in a ca
Illustration of She Hulk, a confident woman with an afro hairstyle, wearing a school uniform and carrying a backpack.
Colorful diagram of a spider with a rainbow-colored pattern on its back
Black and white portrait of a young man in a suit and tie, with short hair, looking directly at the camera.
A black and white sketch of a person sitting with knees drawn up, hugging their legs, and resting their head on their knees, on what appears to be a grassy area.
A page from Ghetto Known in which a young Sean Penn has been slapping a young John Leguizamo in Carlito's Way, while Brian De Palma looks on.
Cadavre Exquis, Exquisite Corpse, a comic collection published by siren books featuring c cassano plus other cartoonists
Ghetto Known excerpt of John Leguizamo's grandfather telling him to stay out of the sun, with a scene from Miami Vice.
A woman with face paint resembling a sugar skull and long brown hair interacts with a small mouse dressed as a fairy, surrounded by tiny mice from David Petersen's Mouse Guard, with a Kangaroo protector.
Line art illustration Michael Jordan and Sophia Loren at Caffe Reggio in New York City
Illustration of a group of wolves and dogs in a stylized art style. The wolves are seen howling and resting, with some showing expressive faces. The scene emphasizes a social interaction among the animals, with text bubbles indicating dialogue.
Black and white illustration of a woman with long hair holding two baby foxes, one in each hand, against a dark background.
A comic illustration depicting a sheep character attacking a Giant, causing him to bleed and cry out in pain. The comic includes text about their attack, a scene of the attack in mid-air, and a large herd of sheep in action from The Giant Effect
Black-and-white comic panel featuring a woman with long dark hair speaking, with speech bubbles, and a background with a star symbol from Ghetto Known by John Leguizamo.
Black and white ink drawing of a woman with long hair flowing around her head, looking back over her shoulder with an intense expression.
A collage of four images: a young woman leaning over the edge of a rooftop, a person shooting up, young woman ironing, and a group of people gathered around a birthday cake with candles.
A group of sheep with thought bubbles containing the rebel sheep above their heads in a field from the comic The Giant Effect by c cassano.
Black and white illustration of Christopher Walken and Eleanor Roosevelt at Caffe Reggio in downtown NYC
Portrait of a guest from the podcast Spent by Lindsay Goldwert
Black and white comic-style illustration of Eugene O'Neil, Sam Shepard, Arthur Miller and Miguel Pinero from Ghetto Klown
A woman lying in bed with eyes closed, resting or sleeping.
Black and white Ghetto Klown excerpt of Tweety saying 'Write, write, write!'. The character John Leguizamo reflects on his journey in 'Mambo Mouth'.
A black and white illustration of a skeleton lying in a field of grass with trees in the background. Below, two panels show sheep with one distressed and the other lying relaxed with the words "Many would die for their insurgence" and "And many more
Black and white Ghetto Klown excerpt of John Leguizamo's future first wife performing at the Nuyorican's Poet's Cafe
Drawing of a victorious and celebratory sheep jumping for joy from The Giant Effect comic
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c cassano design for little grey aliens, inspired by children monks
'Subjugation Through Architecture' was suppose to be cut out of Abram's Books edition but I kept it in. A young John Lguizamo with a big afro in his high school yearbook
Black and white illustrated portrait of Jimmy Hendrix at Caffe Reggio in cafe in The East Village.
Line art illustration of Bob Dylan and crew in New York City at Caffe Reggio.
Comic collaboration born out of The Atlantic Center for the Arts Graphic Novel Residency
Excerpt from Ghetto Klown, John Leguizamo's parent tumultuous relationship
Comic strip of a doctor examining a young Goth wearing Micky Mouse ears sitting on an examination table with his studded shoes off revealing black toe nail polish. Born from The Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency.
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Comic strip showing a wolf and other animals, with close-up panels of wolf's eyes and a side profile of the wolf resting.
Black and white illustration of a donkey in front of an American flag background.
Black and white comic panel showing a woman speaking into a microphone, saying, "God is a woman, thank you." John Leguizamo's first wife at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe.
Sketch of four young men known as The Fairbanks Four, hired work for the documentary,
A cartoon-style drawing mash-up of Motor Girl by Terry Moore in c cassano's style mixed with her grey aliens and Robby the Robots
Illustration of Molly Ringwald and Patti Smith sitting together at Caffe Reggio in the East Village, New York City iconic cafe
A large pile of money bags with dollar signs outside a bank.
Black and white cartoon illustration of a man in military uniform , saluting and smiling, next to an airplane, and stars in the background.
A character design of Jason Mamoa as a classic Aquaman
A woman with curly hair wearing a sleeveless dress and carrying a bag is walking up the stairs at a city subway station entrance that has a sign indicating the station is 66 St-Lincoln Ctr in downtown.
Black and white digital illustration of a man with a beard, mustache, and styled hair, smiling slightly, enclosed in a circular border.
Stylized black-and-white illustration of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a low-cut top, with red lipstick.
Black and white digital drawing of a man with short dark hair, a goatee, and wearing a dark jacket, inside a circular frame.
A young man with an afro hairstyle walking on a city sidewalk with his head slightly bowed and hands in his pockets. Behind him, a brick wall features graffiti by Jean Michael Basquiat and Keith Haring in old NYC from Ghetto Klownby John Leguizamo
Illustration for Elaine Cuyegkeng’s exceptional short story “These Constellations Will Be Yours” featured in Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 2: The Ever Expanding Universe of Fantasy and Science Fiction, edited by Bill Campbell from Rosarium Publishing
c cassano's alien design for grays wearing gray robes with yellow symbols around their necks

sculptures

A wooden box with a dial, a switch, and wires connected to it, labeled as 'Genocide Stopper'
Found object reconstructed as sculptural contemporary art, a device that stops war and hatred, labeled "Genocide Stopper"
A gold leaf found object sculpture consisting of a telephone speaker and camera lens combined into contemporary fine art sculpture, with alchemical properties, labeled as "Truth Amplifier/Magnifier."
3/4 view of a two-headed contemporary fine art sculpture covered in gold leaf, combining a lens and speaker, forming a device that magnifies and amplifies the truth
A wooden cart with metal wheels and a red cushion on its seat, built with wood, metal, rope, foam, fabric, and rubber that symbolizes a utilitarian and helpless state.

Young American 1

Found art contemporary sculpture representing the early stages of America

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