Monet and Van Gogh x Global Warming

Monet and Van Gogh x Global Warming by DraftFCB. Via.

*Buy Fly Now!: The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum at Amazon.

If Winsor McCay drew DC super villains

The origins of Lex Luthor, Doomsday, Brainiac and other DC Comics villains drawn by Stuart Immonen in the style of Winsor McCay. Via.

*Buy Immonen's Nextwave at Amazon.

The openings of Lost and Tron by Saul Bass

"Hexagonall" channeled Saul Bass to create these openings for Lost and Tron:























Via these sites.

*Previously: Star Wars by Saul Bass.

*Buy Saul Bass posters at eBay.

The Mandalorian Guernica

Picasso's Guernica (A painting I never cared for):



Picasso's depiction of the Mandalorian War against the Old Republic Jedi (courtesy of this week's episode of Clone Wars):






The episode also featured a cubist painting of Duchess Satine Kryze, the Queen Amidala clone/ruler of Mandalore (I don't know whether it's an homage to a specific painting):



*At Toycutter: Custom Mandalorian toys.

*Buy Boba Fett toys at eBay.

Comic book-style ad, costume

Ad by Grabarz & Partner emphasizes the Volkswagen Golf's speed.






Which gives me a good excuse to be the last blogger to post these photos of a woman turned into a Lichtenstein through the magic of MAC Cosmetics. See more photos of the application process here.

*Previously: Packaging for Villainess Cosmetics.

*Buy romance comic books at Amazon.

Wuthering Heights with new Twilight-inspired covers

Clever, HarperCollins is putting out an edition of Wuthering Heights with Twilight-inspired covers. Above are the UK and USA versions. Via.

*Previously: New book cover for Simon Kernick's Deadline was clearly designed to fool people into thinking it was written by Dan Brown.

*Buy "Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006" at Amazon.

If Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, and C.M. Coolidge drew Wolverine

Yesterday, I posted Skottie Young's drawing of Wolverine in the style of Edward Gorey.

There were several more artistic interpretations of Wolverine revealed today, including:


Wolverine by Rene Magritte by Jason Chan.



Wolverines playing poker by C.M. Coolidge by Paolo Rivera.



Surreal Wolverine by Salvador Dali by Rivera.

You can see a few more Wolverine Masterpieces here. And you can see Rivera posing as Helen of Troy here (honest). Via.

*Previously: Rene Magritte paints Mystique.

*Buy Marvel Legends action figures at eBay.

If Edward Gorey drew the X-Men

Skottie Young channels Edward Gorey to draw Wolverine:


Wolverin Cover by *skottieyoung on deviantART

*Previously: Batman by Gorey.

*Buy Marvel Legends action figures at eBay.

Tarsem makes Gatorade's new identity seem not so lame

If Kevin Garnett had starred in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, it might have gone something like this:



It's called The Quest for G and is part of Gatorade's new marketing effort. (Presumably someone concluded that people were more likely to buy sugar water if it was called "G.") The ad is by TBWA/Chiat/Day and was directed by Tarsem. Relatedly, here's a list of Tarsem's music videos. Via.

*Previously: Desktop wallpapers from Tarsem's The Fall.

*Buy NBA bobbleheads at eBay.

Far Side Reenactments photo pool

Far Side Reenactments photo pool. Via.

*Previously: The Far Side desktop icons.

*Buy Gary Larson's The Far Side at Amazon.

Rosie the Riveter is still alive, and supports Obama

Rosie the Riveter for Obama poster by Thunderdog's Tristan Eaton. Another of Eaton's poster for Obama is on sale here.

*Previously: Palin as Rosie the Riveter.

*Buy propaganda poster collections at Amazon.

Jason Voorhees...dancing

Jason Voorhees dancing. Art by ninjatim.


Jason Voorhees Dancing by ~ninjaink on deviantART

And here's one more from ninjatim's excellent DeviantArt gallery. Sarah Palin, propaganda style


Sarah Barracuda by ~ninjaink on deviantART

*At my custom toy site: Jason Voorhees Munny.

*Buy Jason Voorhees toys at eBay.

Big Daddy Roth meets Big Trouble In Little China

Joshua Ellingson mimicked Ed Big Daddy Roth's style to create this image of the Pork Chop Express from Big Trouble in Little China. Click through for a high res version. The image is for a benefit to support the Hell's Belles car club in San Francisco. The club has some cool merchandise on sale like this t-shirt:



*Previously: Lindsay Lohan as David Lo Pan.

*Buy Big Daddy Roth art books at Amazon.

McCain and Obama, if they were drawn by Roger Hargreaves

Roger Hargreaves created the Mr. Men and Little Miss series, which has sold over 100 million copies.





Nate Wragg mimicked Hargreaves' style to create these caricatures of John McCain and Barack Obama:


Mr. McSame



Mr. Change

Go here for high res versions.

*Previously: Sci-fi version of Munch's The Scream.

*Buy books by Roger Hargreaves at Amazon.