Kansas City-based toy designer and illustrator, MAD , is sick of the sellouts. Specifically, he’s tired of seeing the heroes he grew up with being “motivated by profit rather than to inspire.” That’s why he came up with his own take on these “Modern Heroes”—each of whom sport cartoonish, skeletal faces, to drive home the […]
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Matt Gondek’s Exploding Pop Culture Icons #FanArtFriday
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Things get explosive in this week’s edition of #FanArtFriday courtesy of LA-based painter & illustrator Matt Gondek, whose got a violent streak that involves blowing up the heads of pop culture icons like Homer Simpson, Bugs Bunny, Alf, Pink Panther, Garfield and countless others. Luckily, no actual cartoon characters were injured in the making of […]
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Sillof’s Custom STAR WARS Action Figures #FanArtFriday
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This weeks’ Fan Art Friday submission comes to us courtesy of club member Benjamin Hayden, who brought to our attention this awesome series of custom Star Wars action figures. Built and designed by Indianapolis-based artist Sillof, each set is themed after a variety of time periods and genres including the wild west, steampunk, noir, Metropolis […]
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IT’S ALIVE—A Tribute to the Bride of Frankenstein #FanArtFriday
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It’s not often we get to share some incredible are and celebrate a good cause in this column, but that’s exactly what we’ll be doing today. Curated by Mucklebones, in partnership with Blacksparrow Auctions, IT’S ALIVE is an online exhibition that “celebrates The Bride of Frankenstein by presenting 80 re-imagined life-size Elsa Lanchester Bride of […]
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What If ‘Game of Thrones’ Was a 2D Fighting Game? #FanArtFriday
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If any television show deserved to be turned into a 2D fighting game, it’s Game of Thrones. A variety of characters from “noble houses” vying for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms—that plot is tailor made for a Street Fighter-esque tournament. Naturally, we’ve gotten every kind of Game of Thrones game except a fighting […]
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Garbage Pail Kids: Where Are They Now? #FanArtFriday
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Our latest #FanArtFriday comes to us from an unexpected place, St. Louis-based advertising agency Bruton Stroube Studios. Inspired by a lunch conversation between Jake Houvenagle (Art Director) and Brandon Voges (Photographer), Garbage Pail Kids – Where are they now? finds six hand-picked GPK characters “as real people, in real situations, with backstories of how their […]
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Fan Art Friday: STAR WARS Ship Monsters by Jake Parker
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This week’s Fan Art Friday is brought you by the letters ‘J’ and ‘P,’ and the number 9. Specifically nine pieces of fan art by illustrator/designer Jake Parker (The Antler Boy) that take iconic Star Wars space ships and transforms them into hideous monsters. It sorta reminds me of those old ‘Haunted Vehicles’ from Kenner’s […]
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