Fornicon

Tomi Ungerer's illustrations, for a time, helped define Madison Ave. His work appeared in Esquire, Life, Harper's Bazaar, The Village Voice and The New York Times. He drew the iconic Dr. Strangelove movie poster. "Tomi influenced everybody," said his friend and author/illustrator, Maurice Sendak. "No one, I dare say, no one was as original as Tomi Ungerer." His distinct form of simple line drawing practically screams "the Sixties." Ungerer drew political cartoons, illustrated iconic childrens books, such as Flat Stanley as well as drawing darkly pornographic artwork based around sadomasochistic themes. His 1969 project, The Fornicon, was a series of shocking, yet comic depictions of gyrating, wiggling and penetrating sexual S&M machinery and people.