News May 2, 2014 at 5:47 pm

Happy Birthday, Mayor Murray!

Anna Minard
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1
Kinda looks a little like Reagan here...
pg13 on May 2, 2014 at 6:02 PM Report this
2
That was my thought exactly. Too much hair, maybe?
crone on May 2, 2014 at 6:18 PM Report this
3
That portrait bears absolutely no resemblance to Ed Murray. Also, it looks like an Erdman.
kitschnsync on May 2, 2014 at 6:24 PM Report this
4
Poor Mike McGinn. He's probably riding his bike alone, crying softly into the wind, "They never drew me, those bastards. They never drew me."
TVDinner on May 2, 2014 at 6:26 PM Report this
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Best mayor eva'!
on May 2, 2014 at 6:39 PM Report this
6
My first thought was Reagan too. A Reagan as described by someone with poor facial recognition skills (like mine, actually) to a police mugshot artist.
originalcinner on May 2, 2014 at 6:39 PM Report this
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You could have given him the Greg Nickels treatment.

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/stran…
Gern Blanston on May 2, 2014 at 6:48 PM Report this
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As someone who knows our Mayor Murray personally, the picture of him here gives him arms he would kill for - buff, toned and hot. I think that's a pretty decent 59th birthday present: hot biceps.

Well done Stranger staff.
IndicaDogwalk on May 2, 2014 at 6:48 PM Report this
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@4, "They never drew me"?
TomJohnsonJr on May 2, 2014 at 7:03 PM Report this
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#3 I think Erdman shared his projection tracing machine technique with Nokes after they got shackled and then she nabbed his portrait gigs with the Stranger.
Ignatz Mouse on May 2, 2014 at 8:43 PM Report this
11
A birthday tank-top portrait deserves a little more hair. And you can't draw in every little wobble and dent when it's a GIFT. In my defense, I did a great job!
Emily Nokes on May 3, 2014 at 12:18 AM Report this
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@7, hahahahaha. I was thinking of the very same thing.

This sketch may not be the greatest depiction of Murray ever, but it could have been so so much worse.
Reverse Polarity on May 3, 2014 at 12:26 AM Report this
13
Sketch looks like 70's Robert Blake.
NotSean on May 3, 2014 at 7:31 AM Report this
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@9: Well, ok, I was totally just guessing.
TVDinner on May 3, 2014 at 9:46 AM Report this
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It actually does kind of look like a way more fit version of the pre-legislator Murray.
sall on May 3, 2014 at 10:05 AM Report this
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@11: Sorry dear, if you're ever going to succeed as an artist you must cultivate, quest for, and learn from feedback. Your defensiveness will get in the way of your growth.
Phoebe in Wallingford on May 3, 2014 at 1:51 PM Report this
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I always thought he was older than me!
auntie jim on May 4, 2014 at 6:59 AM Report this

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