Some time ago, a young lady I know, who relates very much to my character Iris from The Inquiring Minds, approached me with an idea. She was proud that she had faced her fears, and finally went on the Haunted Mansion ride in Disney World, and loved it! She then had her mom take a photo of her in front of The Mansion, posing as a hitchhiker. What a cool idea, and she deserves all the credit for it!
Now, she's been adamant that Iris is based on her, and has requested that I put her in a comic strip. After seeing the photo of her in front of the Haunted Mansion, and letting it simmer in my mind a bit, I decided to draw Iris in the same pose. After all, I'm in the midst of writing and drawing the Knight and Day Family Vacation, in which the Knights go to Disney World. So, the illustration works for me, and at the same gives this young lady the proof she required that her and Iris are twin souls.
I am very happy to present the original art to her, to reward her inspiration, and very cool idea.
The illustration was based on her photograph, and then turned into a postcard, which I then made into a Knight and Day panel. This is, quite fittingly, my 13th Knight and Day panel! Don't you just love coincidences like that?
All the best, JOHN :0)
PS On my iPod? Hugh Laurie, Let Them Talk
PSS How fitting that Iris appear in a tribute to the Haunted Mansion, since her fellow Inquiring Minds, Bobby and Albert, appeared in a haunting tribute last year! (Available as a fine print in our shop)
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