Abstract
Cheering up the doomsday Clock
Despite its ominous name, the Doomsday Clock is meant to inspire hope and action. James DeMonaco, a 22-year-old art and design student at the Art Institute of California, San Francisco, got the message loud and clear. A course about the history of war introduced DeMonaco to the Bulletin, and he became fascinated with the Clock. In contrast to the horror of the subject he was studying, the Clock had the potential to present a more optimistic outlook.
As part of the final exam for his class, he decided to interpret the Clock along these lines and solicited his friends on campus to serve as models. The final illustration (above) shows how the Clock can spur action, which was precisely DeMonaco's goal: “I hope to encourage people to do more, to stand up for what they believe in. Your planet needs it, your children need it, we all really need it.”
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