“The title of this particular print is ‘Oppendoomer,’ simply because the gentleman depicted is Mr. J. Robert Oppenheimer,” says Byzewski, the designer, illustrator and self-described doom-bringer behind the project. He says a wide variety of stuff that had a big impact on him as a youngster came into play on paper here. “You know, fear of ghosts and nuclear war. That and skulls and large droplets and lightning bolts.” Inspired by “doom-related activities as well as the delayed, but still-oncoming apocalypse,” the print evokes the gamut of pre-apocalyptic emotions and afflictions, says Byzewski: “Anger. Enlightenment. Confusion. Random crying. Influenza. I would describe it as ‘doom-filled and totally good for America.’” But beyond that, he won’t say much. The significance of the drip-shaped bull’s-eye covering Oppenheimer’s snout and gob? It’s a secret. by Romy Ashby