02:23:92 week in revue

Some solid graphic clippings this week which play off each other. Elvis not only sang with The Stamps, he became one himself this week. The White House celebrated its 200 year anniversary. All Japanese satire aside, General Motors should have foreseen the writing on the wall before 2009. February 1992 was a leap year for Elizabeth Taylor as she completed her 60th. She went to Disneyland in celebration. Weee!

02:16:92 week in revue

The instant lesson clipping addresses President Bush’s loss in the New Hampshire Primary to Pat Buchanan. The real Darrin Stephens, Dick York, died this week. The Olympics continued, as it does in 2010, while the Daytona 500 was set to run its course. Well, not really a course. That would indicate turning in more than one direction. How does the least admired list compare in 2010?

This is an interesting display of clippings with lots of movement across the page. A mix of flush left/right alignments with free form subjects bridging across white space.

02:09:92 week in revue

Role models, or lack thereof, was the order of this week in 1992. In the graphics we see a female unwilling to forgive Mike Tyson’s irresponsible behavior. The graphic leads into a "Roots" image which in turn segues to the Jeffrey Dahmer cut up image. Dahmer was sentenced for his gruesome killings and, two years later, beaten to death by a fellow inmate with a bar from a weight machine while on work detail in the prison gym. An editorial cartoon offers a commentary on positive role models. On the other end of the spectrum was the passing of author, Alex Haley, and the Chicago Autoshow featuring the new Ferrari F40.

02:02:92 week in revue

Jammed packed with graphic clippings this week. All of which presents a fairly interesting display of positive and negative space. From the death of Mr. Miss America to Letterman’s tenth anniversary, the images transition from one to another.

Letterman only had about a year and a half left with NBC at this point. Arguably the best years for Letterman. Many of the regular features so associated with him were from his eleven years at NBC. Since arriving at CBS, he seems to be coasting.

The Olympics began this week in 1992, though golf never really worked out as a winter sport. The small “social action” clipping adds support to the bicycling images. And note the mountain range matching up between the two images and the speed skater and the highway. I know. Too clever for words.

01:26:92 week in revue

Plenty of eye movement across the page this week. Text played a part in transitioning between images. Also in setting down visual anchors. The graph paper was utilized to break apart a couple of graphics using Prismacolor pencils. Once again, circles tie together the images.

Films buffs will note the passing of two Hollywood icons from long ago. Both shown here, arguably, in their quintessential roles, Cyrano de Bergerac and Little Lord Fauntleroy. In 1992, it was Super Bowl Sunday. All eyes were glued to CBS.

01:19:92 week in revue

There is an obvious blue and orange theme for this week in 1992 from scanning numerous magazine and newspaper sources. Some interesting graphics to begin. The added clipped headlines might send a message. For instance, “A Matter of Trust” addresses Internet security. The orange sun color picks up the orange humanoid at the keyboard.

Jerry Seinfeld was hitting his stride with “Seinfeld” and Route 66 celebrated its birthday this week. Many consider the song, “Get your kicks on route 66” as the definitive song for this historical road, but the theme from, “Route 66” is the one you want on your radio when you are traveling. A bouncy, cool jazz tune written for the TV show by Nelson Riddle.

01:12:92 week in revue

My impulsive idea to create a montage of 1992 started the second week in January after the idea came to me halfway through the previous week. Hence no post for the week of January 3.

This initial week of 1992 saw a lot of Spike Lee's alter-ego, Mars Blackmon, who hooked up with Michael "Air" Jordan for a few Nike commercials. We closed in on the one year anniversary to the end of Operation Desert Storm. A mix of clipped headlines leads the eye to the other item from the week. Oliver Stone's sci-fi movie about the JFK assassination. Classic movie buffs should recognize Oliver Hardy with his pal, Stan Laurel, peeking over his shoulder. It sets up a visual and literary pun between Oliver and the word stoned. The circle connects elements across the page. Starting with a drawn interpretation of the planet Mars, the eye moves left and down to the bike wheels which sets up the rifle cross hair circles. Which in turn leads to the JFK reference.