From Tommy Ramone to Philip Seymour Hoffman, we lost a lot of legends this year, and one T-shirt aims to honor them all. For his annual “Faces of Death” project, Brooklyn portraitist Michael Hambouz — whose 3D record crate paintings are kind of awesome — has gotten dozens of artists to draw the likenesses of “fallen icons” like Pete Seeger, Shirley Temple, Robin Williams, HR Giger, Don Pardo, Lauren Bacall, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez so they can coexist on a t-shirt that’s now available for .
You can preview some of the portraits online (shown here: Hambouz’s own drawing of late GWAR frontman Dave Brockie in full Oderus Urungus mode) and celebrate the t-shirt’s release on Thursday, Dec. 18 at Calico in Greenpoint. Supplies of Greenpoint Beer & Ale Co. will no doubt be limited and this is an art gallery, so please resist pouring one out for Jan Hooks.
Here’s who’ll be honored by whom.
2014 F.O.D. icons & ARTISTS:
*Joan Rivers (TOP JOAN IMAGE WILL BE JURY SELECTED)
Jim Traficant- AARON LAZAR
Big Bank Hank- AARON NEELEY
Mike Nichols- A COLOR GREEN
John Pinette- ADAM SUERTE
Johnny Winter- ADAM SULTANOV
Tony Gwynn- AL ROLAND
Jerry Vale- ALEX AUGOUSTOPOULOS
Ann B. Davis- ALISON WALSH
Bobby Womack- BILLY BOUCHARD
Charles Keating- BRENDAN MCCANN
Massimo Vignelli- CAMILO ROJAS LAVADO
Casey Kasem- CAROLINA RAMIREZ
Lauren Bacall- CAROLINE HIGGS
Charlie Haden- CASE JERNIGAN
Gabriel García Márquez- CAT ALEXANDER
Rik Mayall- CHRIS SMITH
Ken Forsse- CHRISTIE YOUNG
Russell Johnson- CHRISTINA CARROZZA
James Garner- COLIN BURNS
King Mabel- DANE THOMPSON
Ruby Dee- DAWLINE-JANE ONI-ESELEH
Geoffrey Holder- THE DEATH HEAD
Donald Levine- EDUARDO BENEDETTO
Elaine Stritch- ELIZABETH diGIACOMANTONIO
Joe Young- FRANCIS CHRISTIE
Robin Williams- HOPE GANGLOFF
Eileen Ford- JADA WEST
John Holt- JAKE PENDLETON
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter- JAMEY RAHM
Jimi Jamison, 63, singer Survivor- JARED GNIEWEK
H.R. Giger- JASON BARKMAN
Wayne Static-JASON FREDERICK
Don Pardo- JASON LONGO
Run Run Shaw- JASON MITCHELL
Elizabeth Peña- JESSIE WALSH-ROSENSTOCK
Leee Black Childers- JENN STEFFEY
Meshach Taylor- JOCELYN JONES
Tommy Ramone- JODY KIVORT
Eli Wallach- JOLIE MAYERS
Bob Casale- JONATHAN GOULD
Mickey Rooney- JONATHAN RAUBERTS
Eric the Actor- JUSTIN TESA
Marion Barry- KARIN LOUZADA
Deborah Sussman- KATE NIELSEN
Peaches Geldof- KATIE SHULMAN
Maya Angelou- KELLY DUNN
DJ E-Z Rock- KRISTA SAMMONS
Raphael Ravenscroft- KRISTEN SONNTAG
Arthur Smith- LAUREN HEANES
Anne Hollander- LIBBY VANDERPLOEG
Philip Seymour Hoffman- LINA HELLDEN
Phil Everly- LINZI SILVERMAN
Jack Bruce- LIZZIE GILL
Dave Madden- MARK MANN
Richard Kiel- MARTIN ESTEVES
The Ultimate Warrior- MATT LEINES
On Kawara- MATT LUCAS
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier- MATT RELKIN
Al Feldstein- MICHELLE YANIKIAN
Oderus Urungus- MIKE HAMBOUZ
Harold Ramis- MIKE O’SHEA
Sid Caesar- MIKE REDDY
Hobie Alter- MILTON CARTER
Colonel Meow- MYLES GAYTHWAITE
Bob Hoskins- NATHAN GELGUD
Gerard Parkes- NICK CIMINELLI
Don Zimmer- PHIL SHAHEEN
Oscar de la Renta- PINKY WEBER
Fred Ho- REBECCA LYSEN
L’Wren Scott- RIE LANG
Tom Magliozzi- RYAN JUNELL
Richard Attenborough- SAMANTHA FARMER
Shirley Temple- SARA MARIE MILLER
David Brenner- SARAH ROBERSON
Jan Hooks- SAUL NACHSHEN
Jay Adams- SCOTT CHASSE
Glen Larson- STEPH UNTZ
Scott Asheton- STEPHAN MAZE GEORGES
Paul Revere- STEPHANIE COLONNA
Pete Seeger- THADDEUS PAWLOWSKI
with more to be announced!
“Faces of Death 2014” Team Party, Dec. 18 from 7-9pm at Calico, 67 West St. #203, Greenpoint