Featured Unusual etching of a ritual ceremony

I purchased this etching about 10 years ago. I have not been able to figure out the signature. I would also like some help understanding what is going on in this picture. I am thinking it must be from some mythology that I am not familiar with.

 

Paul Zylinslav? Silly guess!

That Chicken guy is obviously a badass though, eh? Doesn't look like the crowd is too happy to see him....

 

I found an illustrator named Paul Zelinsky. Unfortunately he would have been 17 in 1970, but his work is quite complex and metaphorical.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pau...HI&ei=0DoVXtLTMZCL-gTFsIPYBQ&bih=607&biw=1229

 

Well done - I'm pretty sure you've nailed it!

 

I hope so. @Lithographer has brought some interesting things to the table. You have too.

 

That is so unique - and so cool!

 

That is strange - creepy.
I can't see that artist producing both pieces but I guess it is possible.

 

Paul Glansky ?

 

Hmm, I'm not convinced. He seems to go by Paul O. Zelinsky and signature is quite different- though they do change over time. You could always email him.

 

I thought of that. He would have been 17 at the time before he went to Yale and he took a class that would lead him to his career in children's books. He could have developed his artistic signature as part of that process. Before I posted this idea, I reviewed this wikipedia article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_O._Zelinsky
I really have no idea and I think your comment on sending him an email would be excellent.

 

People grow up

 

Fortunately