How many of these cartoon eyes can you identify?
You can get a poster of this design by Yoni Alter. And there’s an interactive cheat guide here…
Tag: cartoons
Fleshed out fiction
Have you ever wondered what Skeletor looked like before all the skin disappeared from his face? Had I paid more attention to the underlying metanarrative of He-Man as a child, rather than just appreciating it for the awesome sword and cool battle cat, I probably would have asked the question much earlier.
In fact. I didn’t ask the question. I didn’t need to. Someone else did it for me. Along with a couple of others…
Ironic Sans has a couple more.
Sleep tight
It’s almost summer. Which presents a number of uniquely tropical problems in Townsville – when do you turn the aircon on? How cold do you set it? How do you keep mozzies out?
There’s a cool little collection of sleep related cartoons over here. Like this one:
Cartoons in real life
Ben posts Peanuts comics on Thursdays. They’re a fun reminder of days flicking through Snoopy comics and playing the Snoopy Game on the Amiga.
Well, this post should excite him greatly – a real life Charlie Brown – courtesy of a Mr Tim O’Brien – who produced this for an exhibition entitled “Monsters”. It’s great.
Another artist name Pixeloo – or whose site is named Pixeloo – has put together a bunch of “real life” cartoon (and game) characters… they’re kind of freaky.
There will be blood
The thing that always frustrated me about cartoons based on the perennial chase, the binary battle between good and evil, the constant game of cat and mouse – was that in every case (except perhaps for Itchy and Scratchy) – the poor innocent creature got away. Well, not in these beautifully conceived reworkings of classic cartoons…
Life on the far side
Gary Larson’s “The Far Side” is one of my favourite cartoons – it’s up there with Dilbert and Calvin and Hobbes. So when I found this Flickr group dedicated to recreating Far Side scenes in real life – I couldn’t help but share it with you all.
