Barack Obama Political Cartoon: "Once-in-a-Lifetime-Leader"

My idea for this sketch came to me as I was listening to one of Barack Obama’s victory speeches on CNN, and I truly started to appreciate Barack Obama’s powerful leadership capability. These speeches were certainly much, much more than eloquent words. His passion and genuineness shined though with every commanding sentence. I knew at that moment, Barack Obama truly has the gift to unify this nation.

Barack Obama’s jam-packed rallies reminded me of movie scenes where a legendary leader would stand on the battlefield in front of his army of thousands, and through his powerful message of hope, would inspire his people to believe.

I pictured Barack Obama 2500 years ago leading the Spartans, or 2000 years ago commanding Caesar’s army, or 800 years ago calling for Freedom in Scotland. All of these images rang true to me. I could imagine Barack Obama as each of those Leaders in History.

So a few weeks later, when Gov. Bill Richardson endorsed Obama as a “Once-in-a-Lifetime-Leader”, I completely understood & agreed, and thought to myself that his remark would perfectly sum up the sketch I had in my head.

In case you are interested I posted all of the illustrations (hand-drawn & computer over-layered versions) online @ http://orlandorand.smugmug.com

Prints are available for sale there too.