The Stipple Smile
A couple of weeks ago, the Columbia Journalism Review pointed out that the Wall Street Journal had updated some of its stipple portraits (or "hedcuts"), replacing the portraits of cheery-looking banking moguls (like Citi CEO Vikram Pandit) with more somber-looking ones. It isn't clear if the Journal took it upon itself to update the illustrations or if publicists had been the ones pushing for the change, but the switch made some sense: When you're announcing billions in losses and shedding employees daily, do you really want to be beaming on C1? Yesterday, Henry Kravis's visage (left) graced the Journal following the news that Kravis's private equity giant, KKR, would go public. We've already gone to the trouble of wiping the smile off Kravis's face for when KKR follows in the footsteps of Steve Schwarzman's Blackstone Group and takes an ugly tumble. (We also gave Henry slightly plumper lips. You're welcome.) After the jump, test your skillz by identifying a few (appropriately serious-looking) people who have made Journal appearances in recent years.
Answers in the box below. (All the images that follow are from renowned stipple artist Noli Novak.)