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August 31, 2007 in art by mike | 11 comments

evil rotten rasputin was the topic of today’s drawergeeks.

apparently, as legend has it, ol’ raspi was nearly impossible to kill. after several assassination attempts on the guy (including being stabbed and strangled) his body was eventually found frozen in an icy river. he was found poisoned, shot four times and severely beaten. after all of this, the autopsy report showed that his cause of death was hypothermia.

of course, that’s just legend. but it does sound like raspi wasn’t a very popular russian (i mean- he was evil). maybe he just died of a broken heart?

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Bryan B. on September 1, 2007 at 5:16 pm

really great buddy. the falling mags, nice touch. :)

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Muffin on September 2, 2007 at 10:29 pm

hehe
I’m always looking forward to see what you are coming up with, Mike. And you never dissapoint. :) I especially love the hands.

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Sarah! on September 6, 2007 at 3:49 pm

Very cool Mike! I especially like the maggots too. Ew!

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mike on September 6, 2007 at 7:37 pm

bryan- thanks! maggots are fun to draw for some reason…

muffin- same to you, mette!

sarah- :) you guys really like maggots! huh…

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Andrew Glazebrook on September 7, 2007 at 3:45 pm

Brilliant work !!

Check out this version of Boney M’s Rasputin
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=17543089

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Richard Gaines on September 8, 2007 at 4:42 pm

Man, I love your stuff! Your coloration is amazing and your characters have so much appeal.

Really really fun stuff!

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(other) mike on September 9, 2007 at 12:14 am

Absolutely stunning stuff! You have a whole lotta talent, and it’s really inspiring.

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Marcelo on September 10, 2007 at 12:23 pm

Hahahaha…Great drawing, Mike. Only you to make Rasputin a fun character!

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mike on September 10, 2007 at 2:58 pm

andrew- thanks!

richard- i’m trying. you’ve got some really great characters on your site too!

other mike- thank you. those are some darkly hilarious comics you draw. that batman/penguin one is great.

marcelo- haha! yeah- i need to work on my “evil”. :)

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magnus on July 11, 2008 at 12:18 am

he was a very popular russian inndedd for a moment. being the right hand of tsar nikolay II and known as a healer prophet and the mad monk. he bacame unpoular after starting critise the tsar family.

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Rin on June 3, 2009 at 7:46 pm

Actually, He was a healer and a very perverted one at that. But in reality he was a Holy man who helped people.

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