Pokemon vs Dr. Seuss: Gotta Catch 'Em All

The latest Draw2d2 challenge: mashing up Pokemon and Dr. Suess. Great challenge and there are already a bunch of great entries. Above: Gotta Catch 'Em All by Jason Welborn.

Seusemon by Andy Hunter

Eggachu vs Hamasaur by Paul Hargrave

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Dr. Seuss Does Star Wars

Tim Burton's Green Eggs And Ham

Vitruvian Pikachu

Tim Burton's Green Eggs And Ham

I think a dark version of Dr. Seuss is well overdue and perhaps it could come to pass as National Post illustrator Steve Murray imagines some updates of childhood classics that could follow in Red Riding Hood‘s footsteps.

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Tim Burton Monster Mash-Up

I Would Not, Could Not On A Sign

Dr. Seuss Does Star Wars

Dr. Seuss Does Star Wars

Dr. Seuss does Star Wars by cartoonist Adam Watson. There are more where that came from. (Link via Shopped Sci Fi)

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Thing One And Thing Two And Thing Three

I Would Not, Could Not On A Sign

Seuss Army Knife

Head North Through Wonderland, Then It's Straight On To Narnia

I had no idea how close Whoville is to Mordor. It's amazing that Sauron didn't destroy the Who's, what with all the noise from their Jingjinglers, Floofloobers, and Blumbloopas. (The Fantasy World Map from Dan Meth)

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Sailing The Sea Of Memes

Topographical Map Of Marge Simpson

Take Your Stinking Maps Off Me, You Damned Dirty Ape!

Thing One And Thing Two And Thing Three

But our fish said "No, no! Those Things should not be in this house! Make them go! They should not be in here when your mother is not. Put them out! Put them out!" Said the fish in pot. (3Things by Phil Jones; link via Rampaged Reality)

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Rock Beats Scissors

I Would Not, Could Not On A Sign

Lots of Good Fun That Is Funny

I Would Not, Could Not On A Sign

Who's got time to read a whole book these days? How about summing it up for me with a few quick signs? Yeah, that's it, I think I get the gist of it. (Green Eggs and Shirt by Dave Graff)

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Seuss Army Knife
Dr. Seuss Taxidermy
Lots of Good Fun That Is Funny

Seuss Army Knife

I would use this knife in a box
I would use this knife with a fox
I would use this knife here and there
I would use this knife everywhere!

Seuss Army Knife by Ste7en. Vote for it so I can wear it. (Link via Threadless)

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Dr. Seuss Taxidermy
Geek Army Knife
Lots of Good Fun That Is Funny

Dr. Seuss Taxidermy

In the early 1930s, Ted Geisel created what he called A Collection of Unorthodox Taxidermy, a menagerie of Seussian animals constructed from real animal beaks and horns. Above The Sludge Tarpon. (The Art of Dr. Suess via The Awesomer)

Blue Green Abelard

Kangaroo Bird

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Knitsections & Feltidermy
Rudolph The Stuffed-Head Reindeer
Big Cartoon Hunter

Lots of Good Fun That Is Funny

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is 1626 words in length and uses a total vocabulary of 236 words, Theodore Seuss Geisel's response to a 1954 Life article which criticized American school primers as intensely boring, unchallenging to readers and responsible for causing harm to children's literacy. And here it is in a snazzy Wordle word cloud, courtesy of The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations. They've created Wordles of four other Seuss classics as well. Check 'em out.

I can't go a night without reading Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, There's a Wocket in My Pocket, Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! or One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish as Tristan has become hooked on the good doctor. I love it. (Link via culture kills and The Afterword)

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Word Up
A Way With Words
ABC3D

You’ve Got Baby

We interrupt this blog to introduce the newest member of the Popped Culture family: Tristan Lyell Barker. He was in such a rush to get into the world, he arrived a full two weeks early.

Weighing in at a respectable six pounds and eight ounces, the little one was surprisingly quiet, considering his parentage. Tristan comes with the full compliment of fingers and toes, as well as all the other standard bits and pieces.

Mom – otherwise known as Gill – is doing very well and resting comfortably. I am wired to the hilt on coffee and nervous energy. We are both are overtired and in a vague state of shock that we are now parents.

In his first 24 hours of life, he’s already been mentioned on a scandalous blog (damn paparazzi!) and begun to be deluged by pop culture. Included in a welcome package dropped off in our hospital room were coupons for books by Dr. Suess (good) and Disney (not so much). At least McDonald’s hasn’t tried to get its claws into my child… yet.

It’s going to be an interesting journey for so many reasons, including all the new entertainment venues I’ll be able to explore. Who says I’m not in touch with youth culture?