Gino Stroffolino is a key character in the book and is the mastermind of the barge scheme of making money by shipping the garbage to be sold and buried somewhere else. In fact he is a fictional character that takes the place of a few of the men behind the scheme. Jonah Winter, the writer of the book, told me he made him up because he didnt want to end up making somebody(s) mad that might just have the ability to make a call and have Jonah’s kneecaps shattered. after a few bad sketches i stumbled across this one that seemed to fit Gino’s personality.

and here are a few shots of Gino from the book:

i was delighted with the greenish, fluorescent lighting for his office. hopefully the viewer will here the ceiling lights buzzing the way old fluorescent lights do so annoyingly.