Elsewhere, there are plenty of other examples of the brilliant work Thorgerson did, both with Powell and on his own.
Brad Fittler, the former Australia captain who is a more credible figure, has worried aloud about whether Tomkins has the size to handle the NRL – although the example of Billy Slater, the brilliant Melbourne Storm full-back who was once a track jockey, suggests a little bloke can make it, provided he is very good and very tough.
Many later characters, for example, follow Poe's model of the brilliant detective, his personal friend who serves as narrator, and the final revelation being presented before the reasoning that leads up to it.
Another example of the enduringly brilliant combination that is Sesame Street's finest muppet pair plus burlesqued gangsta rap.
He was a striking example of the kind of brilliant, vivid and anarchic figure whom it is hard to imagine holding a major chair in the modern, managed and managerial university.
This is the perfect example of how brilliant minds can leverage technology to change the way the world operates for the better.
But however it happened, it remains the prime example of a brilliant tactic that may have actually been the biggest strategic reason why McCain is losing.
One great example of this is the brilliant display of solidarity action taken by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), who came out on immediate, spontaneous strike on the day the "travel ban" executive order was called.
Judging him purely by his act, however, he is for me merely the ultimate example of what brilliant standup Stewart Lee calls "professionally offensive comedians".
