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Time for another artistic alphabetical foray. I am drawing characters from literary sources every week for AlphaBooks!

L is for Lennie. Lennie Small is an ironic name, as this guy was rather large. What he had in size he lacked in intellect. He was mildly retarded but a good worker.

To find out why a gentle giant who loves rabbits (or anything soft . . . he obsesses over touching soft objects) has a gun to his head, read John Steinbeck's depression era drama, Of Mice and Men.

I've never read the book myself, but I saw the trailer for the most recent film adaptation, the 1992 version with Gary Sinise and John Malkovich, about a thousand times. It was played on an endless promotional loop in the lobby of the movie theater in which I was employed as a teen.

Pencil sketch.

Make sure you check out the other great submissions at the AlphaBooks tumblr.
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Aw gee, George. I'm gonna hug 'em and pet 'em and....
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