Son Of Kansas Governor Creates Board Game

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Son of Kan. Governor Creates Board Game

AP

Posted: 2008-01-27 02:23:54

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The son of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is peddling a board game titled "Don't Drop the Soap," a prison-themed game he created as part of a class project at the Rhode Island School of Design.

 

John Sebelius, 23, has the backing of his mother and father, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Sebelius. Sebelius spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran said both parents "are very proud of their son John's creativity and talent."

 

John Sebelius is selling the game on his Internet site for $34.99, plus packaging, shipping and handling. The contact information on the Web site lists the address of the governor's mansion. Corcoran said the address will change when John Sebelius moves.

 

The game also goes on sale starting Jan. 31 at a shop called Hobbs in the college town of Lawrence.

 

The site describes "Don't Drop the Soap" as a game "Where no one playing enters through the front door!"

 

"Fight your way through 6 different exciting locations in hopes of being granted parole," the site says. "Escape prison riots in The Yard, slip glass into a mob boss' lasagna in the Cafeteria, steal painkillers from the nurse's desk in the Infirmary, avoid being cornered by the Aryans in the Shower Room, fight off Latin Kings in Gang War, and try not to smoke your entire stash in The Hole."

 

The game includes five tokens representing a bag of cocaine, a handgun and three characters: wheelchair-using 'Wheelz," muscle-flexing "Anferny" and business suit-clad "Sal 'the Butcher."'

 

Corcoran said John Sebelius sought legal advice to be sure he followed proper requirements, and he even took out a loan on his own to pay for the production of his work.

 

"This game is intended for mature audiences - not children - and is simply intended for entertainment," Corcoran said.

 

 

The Governor may say she's proud but you know that deep down, she is really cringing.....

[Theunicornhunter 2]

There's something disturbing about this....

[trekz 7]

Wow!

 

This game sounds like it needs warning labels concerning bad taste, cynical humor and the glorification or crime. :P

 

The Rhode Island School of Design, however, is very prestigous especially in Children's Book illustration: Some examples with a few famous artists (in a variety of areas) thrown in:

 

Notable alumni

 

Before 1970

Steven Kellogg (B.F.A 1963) – children's book illustrator

Martin Mull (B.F.A. 1965, M.F.A. 1967) – actor/comedian, painter

Dale Chihuly (M.F.A. 1968) – famous glass–blower/artist, co–founder of Pilchuck School

Martha Coolidge (B.F.A. 1968) – film director: Valley Girl (1983), Real Genius (1985), The Prince and Me (2004), Material Girls (2006)

David Macaulay (B.Arch. 1969) – writer/illustrator, 2006 MacArthur Fellow

 

1970s

Walt Simonson (B.F.A. 1972) – comic book writer/artist

Chris Frantz (B.F.A. 1974) – musician, Talking Heads

Mary Lambert (B.F.A 1974) – film director: Pet Sematary (1989), The In Crowd (2000)

Tina Weymouth (B.F.A. 1974) – musician, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club

Eric Alan Edwards (B.F.A. 1975) – cinematographer: My Own Private Idaho (1991), To Die For (1995),

Gus Van Sant (B.F.A. 1975) – film director: My Own Private Idaho (1991), Good Will Hunting (1997), Finding Forrester (2000), Elephant (2003) Last Days (2006)

 

1980s

Jon Foster (1989) – illustrator

Charles Stone III (B.F.A. 1988) – film director: Drumline (2002), creator of Whassup? Anheuser–Busch Budweiser commercial campaign

 

1990s

Romeo Alaeff (M.F.A. 1996) – Multimedia artist, Children's Television Writer/Animation Editor/Film Editor

Jose Clemente Orozco (MFA 1990) – graphic designer, illustrator, book designer, grandson of Mexican muralist

Claudia Bruno (M.F.A. 1992) – former Associate Art Director Martha Stewart Living magazine, now Creative Director Dwell Magazine

Seth MacFarlane (B.F.A. 1995) – creator of the animated series Family Guy and American Dad

Grace Lin (B.F.A. 1996) – author/illustrator

Alissa Imre Geis (class of 1998), children's book author and illustrator

Jarrett J. Krosoczka (B.F.A. 1999) – author/illustrator

 

2000s

Katherine Gerdes (B.F.A. 2003) – fashion designer and contestant on Project Runway

Cara Campagnoli (B.F.A. 2004)– Knitwear designer Calvin Klein Coture.

Diana Eng (B.F.A. 2005) – fashion designer and contestant on Project Runway

 

Groups formed at RISD

Talking Heads – formed in 1974

David Byrne – musician

Lightning Bolt – formed in 1994

Brian Chippendale (B.F.A 1997) – artist, founded Fort Thunder

Les Savy Fav – formed in 1995

Black Dice – formed in 1997

Forcefield – art collective

Experimental People

Bobo

 

Notable current and past faculty:

David Macaulay (B.Arch. 1969) – Illustrator and author

Seth McFarlane - Writer and voice actor of animated TV series Family Guy – Independent filmmaker

Richard Merkin (M.F.A. 1963) – former RISD professor, painter, appears on the cover of The Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Barry Moser - illustrator

Ootje Oxenaar – Dutch graphic designer, designer of acclaimed but now vanished Dutch currency

Friedrich St. Florian – architect, designer of National World War II Memorial

Chris Van Allsburg – children's book author/illustrator, Caldecott winner for The Polar Express

 

References

^ America's Best Graduate Schools 2007: Master of Fine Arts. U.S. News & World Report.

Edited January 27, 2008 by trekz