Just realized it was Presidents Day in the U.S. Meanwhile here in Canada (well, some parts) it was Family Day. That really tells you most of what you need to know about the differences between Americans and Canadians. So in honour (with a U) of the day, I present you Abraham Lincoln as King of the Cage, by Brandon Bird, who is knocking out high prices by putting anything featuring one of history’s great leaders on sale.
Let that be a lesson to all you animated, inanimate objects. I can only imagine the horror show that must have really gone on in the Beauty and the Beast castle.
Bugs: It's true, Doc; I'm a rabbit alright. Would you like to shoot me now or wait 'til you get home? Daffy: Shoot him now! Shoot him now! Bugs: You keep outta this! He doesn't have to shoot you now! Daffy: He does so have to shoot me now! [to Elmer] I demand that you shoot me now!
Pop artist James Cauty's work Splatter repurposes classic Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera cartoons and gives them a Sin City-style blood spatter makeover, "presenting the viewer with unrelenting acts of bloody, cartoon violence, which, in cartoon law, ultimately cannot cause fatal injury."
The idea came from the Cauty's 15-year-old son who suggested his dad show the violence that cartoons leave out. "People have been saying since the ‘60s that cartoons should show the consequences of violence, or kids will get the wrong idea," Cauty told the Telegraph.
"Its very difficult to shock kids these days - you have cartoon characters being shot in the head and walking off cliffs, so we have decided to replace them with something more realistic."
Take that Itchy & Scratchy. (Link via Media-Digest)
