When 8-Bit Worlds Collide


An immense 8-bit battle with over 170 characters from I-Mockery. Seriously epic.

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Mac Sabbath!



Would you like a little metal with your McHappy Meal? Meet Mac Sabbath, the McDonalds-themed Black Sabbath cover band. For real.





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Fast Food Final Fantasy
Super Sized Last Supper
Fast Food, Fast Times


Danny, I'm Coming!


The Shining is still one of the creepiest films I've ever watched. Can't wait to finally get to the Kubrick show at the TIFF Light Box next month.  (Jason Masters for Crazy 4 Cult)

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Come And Play With Us, Danny
All Work And No Play...
I’m Not Gonna Hurt Ya!


The Legends of Pac-Man




Carved on the walls of the Valley of the Kings, buried deep in the Mayan jungles and glimpsed millennia into our future, the legend of Pac-Man transcends space and time.

Legend Of The Pac-Man, Pac-Man Ho-Tep and Pac-Man Reborn II, all by Casey Callender for Hero Complex Gallery.

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The Persistence Of Pac-Man
The Tragedy Of Blinky, Pinky, Inky And Clyde
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Hairy Baby!


Loved Big Hero 6 and so did my boys. Marvel and Disney are in good hands with John Lasseter. (Baymax and Mochi by ArtistAbe)

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Days of Future Pixar
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They're Always After Me Lucky Charms!


Sure, he *might* be under the influence of Loki, but I don't know if I ever really trusted Toucan Sam.

(Un-Lucky Charms by Jaime Fortunato Jimenez for Van Eaton Galleries show When Good Toons Go Bad)

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The Last Breakfast
The Breakfastables
The Breakfast Cereal Club


Kill Finn



You didn't think it was gonna be that easy, did you?
You know, for a second there, yeah, I kinda did.

(By Nikki Ward via The Nerdist)

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Gogo Vangogh
It's Simple. We Kill Bill
Princess Peach In... Kill Bowser

Grand Theft Mario



Things have gotten a little rough in the Mushroom Kingdom. (Bob Dob for his upcoming Gallery 1988 show, Exit Home.)

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Drive 2: Mario Kart
Throne Of Games


I Am The One Who Knock-Diddly-Ocks


Wow, I don't know how I missed this one when it came out. It's perfect. You're gosh darn diddly doodly right. (By ThomasJakeRoss)

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I Am The Ding-Dang-Diddly Danger!
Walt And The Bad Breakers
Pinkman And The Brain


Let's Go Do Some Crimes


You cannot go wrong with a Repo Man reference. Also, I can't believe this is my first Repo Man post in all these years. I have been remiss. From 100% Soft (Truck Torrence’s) Lil MacGuffins show at Bottleneck Gallery. Be sure to check out the other nine.

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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1988
All 80's, All The Time
80's Film Iconography

I’m Not Gonna Hurt Ya!


Cuddly Rigor Mortis (Kristin Tercek)’s Shining typewriter reminds me of the Sesame Street hot-wheels typewriter, but more maniacal. This is her submission to Spoke Art’s great Stanley Kubrick show.

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Doctor, Doctor, Can't You See, I'm Burning, Burning?


College Humor calls this “A Definitive Ranking Of Every Pop Culture Doctor Ever”, but it doesn’t have Dr. Nick so clearly that’s a lie. But I like that it puts Dr. Phil and Zoidberg about even.

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Doctor Doom Is Happy!
Doctor Whoville


The Case Of The Mysterious Ghostface!


Zoinks! Illustrator Travis Falligant is updating Scooby-Doo and the gang with some new mysteries. 



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All Work And No Play...


Makes Stanley Kubrick a dull boy. Great work by Dave MacDowell.

"There ain't nothing in Room 237, but you ain't got no business going in there anyway, so stay out! You understand, stay out!"

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And Now I Have A Heart
The Overlook Hotel Kids' Placemat


Fictional Foods



A good selection, though I would personally pass on the Merciless Pepper of Quetzalacatenango and the monkey brains. Can you name all 12? (Fictional Foods by Joshua Budich)

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Fast Food Kills
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
Koopa, It's What's For Dinner


Breaking Toys


Dave MacDowell's latest is packed with Breaking Bad references, from the Heisenberg belt buckle around Walt's undie-wearing Woody, to the equation on the brim of his hat. And Hank as the clueless but well-meaning Buzz Lightyear is inspired, not to mention Jesse as Jessie.

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Toy Story 4: The Shining
Midnight Cowboy Toy Story
The First Casualty Of War Toys Is Innocence


Pinkman And The Brain


Gee, Mr. White, what do you want to do tonight?
The same thing we do every night, Pinkman - try to take over the world! (Paul Hostetler via The Line It Is Drawn)

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King Of The Meth Mountain
Breaking Bad: The Animated Series
Dexter's Meth Lab


Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D, A Real American Hero


Yo Coulson! 

Here are Phil Coulson’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. team, quickly summed up as G.I Joe characters. I thought artist Paul Hostetler was a little harsh with Skye, but thinking about it, he’s right. She is bow-ring. (Via The Line It Is Drawn)

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Stuck In The Burger (With You)


Relegated to the sidelines of McDonald's marketing, the Hamburglar  eventually goes rancid. (DrFaustusAU)

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Disney's Game of Thrones


Of course this should NEVER HAPPEN, but now that I've seen these illustrations, a Disney version of Game of Thrones seems entirely plausible if wildly inappropriate.

Created by Brazilian animators Fernando Mendonça and Anderson Mahanski, their work shows how iconic George R.R. Martin's characters are. Cersi makes a perfect wicked Queen — Snow White wouldn't have made it out of the woods. (via Sploid)










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