Viking_Yearbook_93

T he Vanguard has been blessed with talented cartoon­ ists over the years. One of the Vanguard’s cartoonists during the 1992-93 school year. Brian Wells, has been accepted to the prestigious California Institute of the Arts, a private art school founded by Walt Disney, and expects to start there in the fall. He follows in the footsteps of some of the greatest cartoonists in the country. Vanguard in 1983, and is now an internationally known cartoonist. Bill Plympton, whose short animation films have been seen oi MTV, got his start drawing at the Vanguard in Uio late ‘60s. ^ 6eP«»rat;fr -the uwi«r»r^ -(takCTions... Athe«?t«od r NO... John Callahan got his start at the Oxumoron : (okse-mSron') A rhetoficaL -^i6ure in which an epigrammatic effect is creaieA by the conjunction of incongruous or contradictory terms : “This is good company^”»Wells. 17 said humbly of his j predecessors tremendous accomplishments. This year Wells got lots of feedback from readers because of the controversial nature of his cartoons. Whether the readers were in agreement or not. Wells was pleased that he had opened dialogue. “I don’t want people to think like me, I just want them to think.” Wells said. He admitted he likfes to* push the social envelope to expose issues that are either socially or personally uncomfortable for his audience to create social change. Particularly, Wells Creat A fresRMv fWi-s-btlti'' (H i <-'->5 would like to see traditional gender roles change because they are limiting to both men and women. “One of the major problems in society, I believe, are emotionally § distant fathers. If men could leara to*" be more nurturing, then I think we could all feel more comfortable with both the masculine and feminine j aspects of ourselves.” he said. Wells became an advocate for * social change after he spent 10 years in the military. “I spent 10 years of my life dedicated to the cause of war, the rest of my life will be dedicated to peace,” he said. Wells is grateful that the Vanguard W 0 :z-OV^& Layer... (3overnmen.t Accourtabi Lily My statement of purpose is to redeem social conditions brought about by the media through animation as a medium. I hope to make films of social comment. // —Brian Wells