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Dear Puffin,
Here on the east coast we’ve had an earthquake and a hurricane. So I thought it might be a good idea to talk about some of the less well known disasters in our nation’s history. Such as The Menacing of the East River Bridge.
Or the Great Pittsburgh Zombie Outbreak.
Or the attack on Boston Harbor by the Beast from the Unknown.
Or the destruction of the Washington Monument.
Although officially known as the Washington Monument since plans for the magnificent obelisk were underway while the first President was still alive, the name is something of a misnomer as the currently standing tower is actually a replica. The first Monument, completed in 1862, was attacked and destroyed soon after by “Potomac Patty,” the local river monster who had been won over to the secessionist side of the Civil War by promises of “fresh fish flesh” from the Confederate Army. As photography was scarce during the war, this is actually a photo of the re-completed Monument with an artist’s likeness of Patty grappling with the tower.
Or, for that matter, the original design of the Statue of Liberty. As we all know, Frédéric Bartholdi first envisioned not a shining beacon of freedom featuring Lady Liberty, but a dire warning depicting Krgyyx threatening the world, as he was wont to do.
All of these edifying prints by Matthew Buchholz can be purchased on Etsy.
These are so going in my foyer.
Love
MacGuffin
Other posts tagged as Art:
Renaissance Celebrity Portraits
Dainty China Dolls of Horror and Gore
Art Nouveau 2: The Ladies of Firefly ad Battlestar Galactica
Doctor Who meets Le Petite Prince
Art Nouveau 1: Slave Leia, sinful Disney princesses and more
Dear Puffin
Little known fact: I love silhouettes. I also love movie ephemera and art based on comics, tv shows, movies, etc. So Olly Moss’s Paper Cuts are basically a win-win for me. I found the Calvin and Hobbes one on Epbot and then went on a massive Olly Moss rampage. First I found the Paper Cuts blog and found all these, which were recently featured in a solo show at Gallery 1988. Can you recognize them all?
But then I found more and more stuff from Olly, and now I want to be his concubine. He came up with the Panic and Freak Out mug, that I adore, and can be purchased here.
He also did a series of video game posters based on old Penguin book covers which are EXCELLENT
And Raphi, this is for you:
So yeah, I think I love this guy.
MacGuffin
UPDATE: I also found this, which I think speaks for itself
Dear Puffin
Somehow my brain is not on track and I can only seem to think in bite sized chunks. So here are some bite sized bits of random from around the internet:
A Ministry of Silly Walks minimalist poster by Daniel Norris. Because obviously:
A Game of Thrones infographic, for those of us who have trouble keeping the 7000 plots and 20,000 POV characters straight. It’s nowhere near good enough, but it’s a little bit of fun. Click to embiggen:
There is a whole website of Tom Haverfoods, which makes me happy on so many levels….
In honor of May 4th, aka Star Wars Day, I have some new Star Wars propaganda posters by Cliff Chiang:
And these are from Joe Corroney:
The most cutest Star Wars art that has ever or will ever be made from James Hance. His daughter is suffering from a rare medical condition so buy a print to help them out and also because look at them! They’re awesome!
The first ever Zombie-proof house. It goes from this:
To this:
It has a freaking drawbridge Puff. We need to live here. Liquidate all our assets. How much do we have left from that job in outer Mongolia?
Travis Pitt’s minimalist Robocop poster:
And Peter Weller’s thought on Detroit’s totally pressing need for a Robocop statue, which is actually happening by the way, and the world will be better for it.
Something that I desperately want- it’s a paper art thingy of the Doctor and Madame du Pompadour dancing and I love it! From etsyer Shake the Dust.
The gifs have been exploding on Tumblr lately. Robert Downey Jr is irritable and Tom Baker is awesome:
And this is the biggest/best eye roll ever. I save it for people I need to truly scorn.
A minimalist Thor poster by Dave Williams! Because May 6th is finally coming!!! Asdfghljk!
Tetris sugar cubes. Yeah.
Hopefully at some point in the near future my brain will return from its safari and let me form coherent thoughts. The passing of HR3 will, I’m sure, result in some major ranting. In the meantime I leave you with this, which warms my heart.
Love
MacGuffin
Dear Puffin
Your infographic interests me. Having recently see Shaun of the Dead, (at your insistence), my zombie senses are already tingling. Clearly we need to spend some time planning for the Zapocalypse. In the film the brave heroes hide out in a pub. I think this was an extremely wise choice, indicative of the cool decision making we saw from Shaun at every turn. I would like to nominate The Wellsbourne as our go-to fortress, in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
I would say that we should check this place out regardless, but unfortunately, it’s located on entirely the wrong coast. It’s in LA and nothing short of the Zombie apocalypse will get me to LA. I can’t imagine what it’s doing there, since I don’t think of it as a literary hotspot, aside from Hank Moody. Maybe I’m wrong. This place seems like it would be more at home in Boston, but perhaps that’s just my prejudice. Anyhow, should the zombie apocalypse come we will obviously have to have a Zombieland-esque road trip to the west coast so that we can hide out here.
Yours in readiness and armed with a cricket bat,
MacGuffin
MacGuffin,
I apologize for my brief absence. After a brief power outage, I was left with carrier pigeons as my only means of communication. And, as you may know, their html compliance is questionable at best.
Much to my surprise, I found that G4TV has done some excellent epidemiology of the various zombie outbreaks over the last few years. I present it to you in your favorite form.
I hope my own research into the field will bring about a better world. But for now, this should suffice.
As always,
Puffin
