2020. The year of stress and an upside-down world. In the midst of a global pandemic, what’s an artist to do? Create. In this book, “Infectious Pandemic Pop Culture Portraits”, Mike Brennan set out to bring a little joy & levity in the midst of chaos and uncertainty. There were three simple guidelines for the project that become this 1. The illustrations must be related to pop culture 2. They must be connected to the pandemic (but in a humorous way) 3. The art must be portraits. Why pandemic pop culture portraits? Because pop culture brings a sense of connectedness in a current word of social distancing. It’s familiar and can remind us fondly of better days. So if you find yourself needing a little joy, a little levity in dark days, crack open this book and escape for a while!
I know Mike personally and love his art and how it connects with current events and people. His work reflects what we've probably thought since March and shows that through the pop culture portraits he did. Mike set out to bring "joy and levity" to us and he's done so in this book. You should give it a gander.