ABOUT THE ARTISTS

EMILY C. SCHMIDT
Emily is a graphic designer with a BFA in design from the School of Visual Arts. Like most of us at 3p2c, Emily wanted to share her feelings on the Bush administration’s unwarranted assault on Iraq. The loss of life on both sides is staggering, but Emily felt she should focus on the young U.S. soldiers who are giving their lives away every day for a pointless war. A fictitious letter, created by researching many true ones posted online, from a U.S. army boy to his parents, formed the core of 3p2c/Rogue Review’s postcard campaign. Collaborating with 3p2c’s own Creative Director Andrew E. C. Gaska, Emily was able to bring her concepts for this and the other images in her FLAG series to life (one a child’s rendition of what the new Iraqi flag should be, and the other, entitled ‘GOD IS GREAT’ shows the cost of life to the US over the Iraqi flag). Emily is available for freelance hire, just drop us a line at thelist@3p2c.com and we’ll let her know you’re interested in her work.

ANDREW E.C. GASKA
An alumnus of the School of Visual Arts, and cofounder of 3p2c, BLAM! COMICS, and ROGUE REVIEW, Drew has been drawn more and more into politics ever since he found himself glued to the television screen until 4am for the 2000 Election (GORE has won, no BUSH has won, NO WAIT GORE, NO WAIT…). When presented with the concept of Emily Schmidt’s FLAG series, Drew saw the opportunity to reach out to the public and share not only his and Emily’s artistic visions of the election year, but that of art students and other professionals as well. In addition to being creative director of 3p2c, Drew is a freelance graphic artist/character designer. His other works, both written and artistic, can be seen here monthly at www.3p2c.com.