Did I have Chuck Taylors when I was a kid? Of course I did. Do I have a pair now? Yeah, I do. I remember learning about Chuck Taylor (the man) and finding out he was sort of the first “shoe evangelist”, as it were. You can learn more about Chuck on Wikipedia.
Of course if you just want to learn about the shoes, you can do that too. The pair I have now, I definitely don’t wear every day. I think Chucks are much better for young feet than for someone who has been around over four decades. (Or maybe that’s just my feet talking.)
Anyway, I’m sure I’ve seen hundreds of skaters and punk kids wearing Chucks over the years, and then they got even more popular and normies started wearing them. I guess that’s just how it goes, eh?
So pour one out for Chuck whose was born on June 24th, 1901 and died on June 23rd, 1969… just five days after I was born.
Side story here, when we lived near a cemetery (last time, not this time) we always looked at death dates and birth dates to see if people made it to their birthday. Sadly Chuck died the day before his birthday! So close!!!
I’ve mentioned it before, but I do these sketches with an Apple Pencil on an iPad using Procreate. If you want a print of one of these, or a color I didn’t do, let me know and we can work something out.