A "cult figure" is a person whose image has become a symbol which transcends the meaning of the original image. The best way to describe them is as an "in joke" taken way too far. Every year the cult figure selection committee would choose a person to become the Cult Figure of the Year. Then, we would make a bunch of stuff with this person's face on it. Usually the person is selected because of the comical expression on his or her face, not because we have anything against them. Readers are asked to send in their own interpretation of the cult figure as well. Cult figures are usually just ordinary people who are not famous in any way (until we make them temporarily famous).
This was a photo I found on the street in Florida. I was immediately struck by how creepy and evil this guy looked, almost like a caricature of the devil... perfect for the cult figure of the year!
Contributor: P.J.M.
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A1 Waste Paper Company
33 Shipbrook Road
Rudheath, Northwich
Cheshire CW9 7EX
England
Marta
Belles
Balmes
8-302A
08007 Barcelona
Spain
Boek 861
Apartado 861
43080 Tarragona
Spain
Guido Bondioli
24955 Brush Creek Rd
Sweet Home, OR 97386, USA
Bruno Capatti
Via I. Luminasi, 22
40059 Medicina (BO)
Italy
Alan Catlin
143 Furman St.
Schenectady, NY 12304, USA
Charistos & Ansari
PF 350, 1071 Wien
Austria
Barbara Cooper
Fine Art Rorschach Test
516 Canal St., #10
San Rafael, CA 94901, USA
R.
F. Côté
12465, Ave de Troyes
Québec, Qc, G2A 3C9
Canada
Marilyn Dammann
PO Box 115
Baraga, MI 49908, USA
Dopesick
S.F.
Box 11422
Berkeley, CA 94712
Paulette Duque
331 San Marcos Dr
Vallejo, CA 94590, USA
Walt Evans
220 North 4th St, Apt 23
Klamath Falls, OR 97601-6301, USA
Frips
Halvemaarstraat 113
9040 Gent
Belgium
Mike Geno
815 Beech Rd.
Langhorne, PA 19053
Eberhard
Janke / Edition Janus
Schlosstr. 8
13507 Berlin
Germany
Violet Jones
Box 55336
Hayward, CA 94545-0336, USA
Trinlay
Khadro
PO Box 240934
Brown Deer, WI 53224, USA
Kiyotei
Box 2786
Carlsbad, CA 92018 , USA
Jean
Kusina
810 Clinton St.
Fremont, OH 43420, USA
Malok
PO Box 41
Waukau, WI 54980, USA
Ken Miller
PO Box 101
Newtown, PA 18940-0101 USA
PJM
PO Box 2632
Bellingham, WA 98227-2632, USA
Henk Van Ooyen
Vlinderveen 258
3205 EJ
Spijkenisse
Holland
Opal Moiety / Jonkari Alex
Nu-Jetson
PO Box 420691
SF, CA 94142, USA
Clemente
Padin
Casilla C. Central 1211
Montevideo
Uruguay
Pistol Pete
41 Kelly Pkwy, Apt D4
Bayonne, NJ 07002, USA
Predrag "Pedja" Popovic
Brace Poljakovic 5
34000 Kragujevac
Serbia
Ross
Priddle
Box 1612
Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0
Canada
Miguel
Sokolowski Romany
c/ Benito Gutierrez 10-10-Izda.
Madrid- 28008
Spain
Elaine Rounds
2237 Louise Ave
Brandon, Manitoba
R7B 0L7
Canada
K.D.
Schmitz
PO Box 1806
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA
Jose Roberto Sechi
Av. M 29 - No 2183 JD São João
Rio Claro S.P.
13505-410
Brazil
Mary
Seim & Dr.
Surearts
20 17th Ave South
St Cloud, MN 56301-4123 , USA
Manuel Sainz
Serrano
Estiradores, 3-10B
40002 Segovia
Spain
Dale Speirs
Box 6830
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 2E7
Canada
The Sticker Dude
267 Broadway
NY, NY 10007-2387, USA
Dr. Surearts
20 17th Ave South
St Cloud, MN 56301-4123 , USA
Julia
Tant
3 Kestral Avenue
Herne Hill
SE24 OED London
England
Catherine
Thieblemont
16, avenue Charles de Gaulle
02000 Laon
France
Eric Thompson
3023 N. Hyde Ave.
Panama City, FL 32405, USA
Narcissa Weatherbee
112 Hunter St.
Woodbury, NJ 08096, USA
Oscar Yeats
4624 US Hwy 12W
Helena, MT 59601, USA
Damien Warhol (default image) by PJM
