Kenny Kiernan whipped up a cool, fun illustration for this week’s Time Out Chicago cover. The art director wanted an anime/manga-style cartoon indie rock musician illustration to go along with their “Big In Japan” cover story.

“It’s about Chicago artists and musicians who haven't made much of a splash in Chicago but are huge in other countries,” says Kenny. “The classic Spinal Tap-esque ‘huge in Japan’ rock cliché - fun stuff!”