# Does anyone know of an existent photo of Cecil Adams? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 21, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032 "2006-01-21T21:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/1 "2006-01-21T21:48:05Z")
I’m just curious what this great man looks like. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/2 "2006-01-21T22:09:51Z")
He’s got to be good-looking ’cause he’s so hard to see. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/3 "2006-01-21T22:14:55Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > He’s got to be good-looking ’cause he’s so hard to see. I really don’t think further comment is necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/4 "2006-01-21T22:20:00Z")
I understand Slug’s portraits of him are drawn from life. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/5 "2006-01-21T22:29:47Z")
I’m sure there’s a FAQ somewhere that says he’s never been photographed. However, I did find this article, make what you will of it. [http://www.ipass.net/whitetho/edcecil.htm](http://www.ipass.net/whitetho/edcecil.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/6 "2006-01-21T22:49:36Z")
Man, I can picture that being real. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/7 "2006-01-21T23:01:30Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > He’s got to be good-looking ’cause he’s so hard to see. More or less like the IPU… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/8 "2006-01-21T23:28:58Z")
Well, as everyone knows, to protect Cecil’s privacy, Ed stands in as a body double. However, I have it on good authority that he attended Lollapalooza in Grant Park last summer, and a photograph showing him does exist on the Internet. It’s [here](http://dakotaroo.com/backblog/wp-content/Chicago%20crowd.jpg). Cecil is in the 78th row left, about 8 from the edge. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/9 "2006-01-21T23:42:40Z")
… as opposed to an imaginary photo…? ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/10 "2006-01-21T23:45:29Z")
Heh. [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ipass.net/~whitetho/edcecil.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ipass.net/~whitetho/edcecil.htm&h=253&w=418&sz=26&tbnid=o8VFOqAnZk4jlM:&tbnh=73&tbnw=122&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCecil%2BAdams%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26c2coff%3D1](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ipass.net/~whitetho/edcecil.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ipass.net/~whitetho/edcecil.htm&h=253&w=418&sz=26&tbnid=o8VFOqAnZk4jlM:&tbnh=73&tbnw=122&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCecil%2BAdams%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26c2coff%3D1) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-an-existent-photo-of-cecil-adams/341032/11 "2006-01-21T23:54:06Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > Heh. [Heh.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7021292&postcount=5)