The Visual Vocabulary of Ardeshir Mohassess

...borrowed, colorized and repurposed:

Note: Ardeshir's signature is also included

... Inspired the main features of the main characters

The Floating Hat of Churchill and the General Prime Minister Zahedi as an anthropomorphized Pig

Deconstruction of "World Police" 

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For more on Decoding: Modern Miniaturism: An Interview with Kurosh ValaNejad, the Tuqay, Feb 2013

10+ years later, I see why a floating hat means "authority" to Ardeshir.