Paul McCartney—Twice

The character of ‘Paul McCartney’ appears twice, giving us a nice encore of his broad, scattered, likable personality. Damn, I tried to draw Paul as accurately as possible.  Not with saccharine and whipped cream, but with grit, stamina, and openness like I’ve always imagined he has in abundance.  I tried to make him creative and spontaneous, as shown by the way he lives utterly in the “now.” To others he’s absent-minded, but no. He’s just tuned into a different channel.  He’s comfortable in his own skin (“I can cuddle up and go to sleep anywhere.”) I tried to make him decidedly non-American—a quasi-British Canadian who is always saying, “aye.”  I tried to make him otherworldly, as when he  gazes around at everything except what’s immediately in front of him. I tried to make him Beatles-like, with a Beatles haircut that needed the right combing style. Also by saying, “It looked like he could sit down at the piano right now and bang out, “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?” I tried to make him non-materialistic, as shown by his lack of concern for having no money. And he has a philosophy: “Whatever the media does, you do the opposite. They always get it wrong.” He likes to smoke reefer. He is the one who identifies Acapulco Gold on page 281.  He’s one of the few characters Roger really identifies with and likes unconditionally, as evidenced when they say goodbye, and Roger waves, “Keep the venture rocking, man!” I’m hoping Paul McCartney himself would approve of the way he’s portrayed in the book.