Every year, my brother throws an “Oscar Party” at his restaurant in Chicago, and since 2004, I’ve commemorated each party by creating a ‘caricature poster’ that includes each of the acting nominees, best picture nominees (and often directors and animated features). Above is the most recent edition of this annual tradition (Mad Mad Fury Road inspired, my personal favorite movie of the year, and double the usual size so I could go horizontal for the War Rig).Below are the past twelve years of Academy Award nominees (mostly they are in black and white, but I broke out of the format in 2009 with a ‘3-D Poster’ and again in 2011 with a full color poster). The poster for 2003 was completed as a ‘bonus poster’ for the year 2015 (and I may be back-dating more posters in the future, with the ultimate goal of doing one for every year that I’ve watched the oscars since I was a child, going all the way back to 1972)