John K. meets Captain Kirk

[Maurice]

Just ran across this on the blog of animator John Kricfalusi (the creator of Ren & Stimpy).

 

[Gary7]

Funny!

The one of Kirk on top reminds me of Neelix.

 

[Captain Robert April]

Clearly inspired by "Turnabout Intruder"...

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Once again proving that it's really TOUGH to draw a good likeness of William Shatner.

 

[Ssosmcin]

I've been saying that for years (just not here). For some reason, he is the hardest person to get right in illustrations, unless someone is doing a 1/1 copy of a still. John K. does pretty well in making him recognizable.

 

[Captain Robert April]

Even tracing a photo, it's a toughie.

 

[Maurice]

It's actually tough to caricature people who don't have very strong distinguishing characteristics. Nimoy's got an unusual face that makes him easy to caricature, and Kelly's got lines and those eyebrows, but Shatner...not so much. That said I think he got the expressions very good, especially nailing the episode in question.