U2 Bono’s drawing of President Zelensky graces cover of The Atlantic

The Irish musician Bono is not only a rock god—he’s additionally a dab hand with a pencil and paintbrush. The U2 frontman was invited for instance the June cowl of The Atlantic that includes the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, highlighting a bit about whether or not “the way forward for the democratic world can be decided by whether or not the Ukrainian navy can break a stalemate with Russia”. However it was not all plain crusing for the singer, revealed The Washington Publish. Bono went forwards and backwards with artwork director Oliver Munday on 15 to twenty completely different iterations of the picture, which began as a easy line drawing of Zelensky. Bono additionally highlighted the place his arty facet comes from, saying: “I realized to attract and paint on images from my father, who put color to black and white polaroids of my mom.” Bono added that he has “drawn and painted over The Atlantic covers earlier than. … defaced is one other phrase for this, however it’s with nice affection. I’m a fan of their long-form journalism.”