Premonitions of the violence to come are seen in the blood-soaked area behind and on the back of its head. How does this bizarre image command our attention? I believe that, in part, it may be because the Warduck has its head turned so that its eye is looking directly at the viewer, creating a bond between the viewer and the Warduck, not unlike the way the best portraits do. In , we are presented with a giant bird, number 88, with five human
figures on or near it. One of the figures is with an accurately depicted bomb attached to the left wing, while several others are loading a box into the “hold” of the duck/warbird. Lastly, a lone figure is crouched atop the bird’s back. While this image lacks the commanding eye- to-eye connection seen in , it has a striking similarity to so many on- the-ground photographs of warplanes that we have all seen many times over. A barn is vaguely sketched in the distance, like a hangar for this killer avian.