Byron Brown’s Pigeon Coup

The capitol requested I illustrate a fairly straightforward spot of Buffalo New York’s Mayor Byron Brown releasing a pigeon. The metaphor being that of Steve Pigeon—an aide to billionaire Tom Golisano, who helped engineer a June 8 coup in Albany, being a liability to Byron Brown’s political ambitions.

Art Direction: Mitchell Hoffman for Manhattan Media

Four years after removing Steve Pigeon from his Senate staff, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has again moved to put distance between himself and Pigeon. (For those interested, this is what Steve Pigeon actually looks like. My favorite part of the picture is “that guy” in the background!)