Sunday, September 28, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008

it appears that punk is not dead afterall



from OldNavy.com:
"Let the revolution begin with you. Our "punk" graphic tees allude to the do-it-yourself aesthetic of the original movement."

Standing at the precipice of revolution, I pause to reflect: will this t-shirt save the world, or destroy it?

discuss


Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Saturday, September 13, 2008

worship of the object



Since Steve Ditko's original artwork for 1962's "Amazing Fantasy 15" — the first appearance of the Spider-Man — was donated to the Library of Congress in April, a new breed of researcher has been spotted at the library.

"I've never, ever had researchers have their picture taken with works of art, until now," said Sara W. Duke, a curator of popular and applied graphic art at the library. "It's almost like a worship of the object that goes on."

Two people with no plans to visit, however, are the webslinger's creative team: writer/editor Stan Lee and artist Ditko.

"I'm just too busy," said Lee, 85, in an interview from his California offices. "Plus, I've already seen them. I'm not someone who lives in the past too much."

Ditko, 80, was more abrupt. When reached at his Manhattan studio, he would only say: "I couldn't care less."



ok so right until this moment I did not realize there was an alternate, way cooler Steve Ditko version of the AF15 cover. I mean, look at that fucking thing. It is beautiful. On the basis of this alone I am tempted to declare that Ditko was a superior artist to Jack Kirby, but I don't want to get crazy here.

Friday, September 12, 2008

what if I got a tattoo of this



or maybe this

hot damn



please buy this for me

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Evan Tanner died as he lived


that is to say, bafflingly

but who among us can deny that this man was a Dude?

Sunday, September 7, 2008