Tag: pop culture
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Chunk in the Arcade
…actually, he’s in a bowling alley. For 30 years we mistakenly thought this, one of our favorite shots in all of cinema, was captured from the exterior of an arcade window, until we were corrected by the owner of LC Bowl in Astoria, OR, when he bought our painting at the Goonies 30th Anniversary Celebration.…
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OK Xer: Generation Gapz #14
This is our last “Generation Gapz” news commentary comic. Frankly, we’ve come to the realization of late that we read TOO MUCH news. We’re weary of our brain being broken and our soul stolen every day by the shittiness of the world and our powerlessness in it. So we’re going to take Morrissey’s advice and…
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Mogwai Rules Triptych
We painted this little series of minis (they’re only 3 square inches!) for a favored patron of the arts. Normally we don’t do commissions, but made an exception here because of our abiding love for both “Gremlins” movies, especially “Gremlins 2: The New Batch”. <Says brief prayer that “Gremlins” isn’t rebooted now due to us…
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OK Xer: Generation Gapz #13
When one reads as much news as we do, one is treated to viewpoints from across the generational spectrum. ONJ. Christine McVie. Julee Cruise. Loretta Lynn. In 2022 we mourned the passing of several songbirds of our youth. It feels like the world grows less original and less talented by the day. We predict in…
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Viva Charo!
Late one night we turned on our TV and caught the last 30 seconds of Charo appearing on a 70’s variety show. Amazingly, she looked the same in that old clip as she would a decade later in the “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special”, and we’ll be damned if she’s aged a day in the 30+…
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The McHorror Family
The “McHorror Family” series gnawed its way into existence following a late-night binge of soyrizo tacos and Olympic ice skating coverage when we woke from a dream wherein we were stalked by a slow-moving, dead-eyed Grimace. The bloodstains on the purple felt of his mouth were unforgettable. Produced in 2014 using acrylics on 13″ x…
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OK Xer: Generation Gapz #12
When one reads as much news as we do, one is treated to viewpoints from across the generational spectrum. As we anxiously await the results of today’s elections and the inevitable beginning of the end for us all when amnesiac Americans vote against their best interests yet again, we thought we’d address the orange elephant…
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Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Our parents let us watch reruns of “Laugh-In” on Nick at Nite when we were, like, 9. Does this (partially) explain why we’re so fucking weird? You bet your sweet bippy. P.S. if you don’t know who is depicted in this little 8×10-inch cardboard painting, might we kindly suggest you look that up in your…
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OK Xer: Generation Gapz #11
When one reads as much news as we do, one is treated to viewpoints from across the generational spectrum. On July 4, someone sent us a Joe Biden video of dubious origin (google ‘biden describe america one word’ if you are curious about the video to which we refer; we refuse to link to right-wing…
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Kentucky Fried Cracker
We had a dream once that we were on a game show called “Tell It To My Face” where contestants battled to see who could spew the most insults and bleeped-out swears within a certain amount of time. The winner got the opportunity to say something hateful in person to a celebrity or politician and…
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OK Xer: Generation Gapz #10
When one reads as much news as we do, one is treated to viewpoints from across the generational spectrum. We’ve been expecting the end of Roe v Wade since we lived across the street from a Planned Parenthood in the late 90’s and were awakened to psychos singing hymns to an empty building every Sunday…
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OK Xer: Generation Gapz #9
When one reads as much news as we do, one is treated to viewpoints from across the generational spectrum. This one’s based on a direct quote from ex-Preznit Duh-nald Q Tramp that we first heard during one of the Jan 6 Committee Hearings. And if you’re wondering why we chose to replace our usual Xer…
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A Disturbing Display of Deplorable Distaste
It is to our great shame that our hometown of Waterloo, IA, convicted John Wayne Gacy for raping a minor in 1968 but a mere 18 months into his 10-year prison sentence set him free…free to flee to Illinois where he embarked upon his sickeningly infamous serial murder spree. It is to our even greater…
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OK Xer: Generation Gapz #8
When one reads as much news as we do, one is treated to viewpoints from across the generational spectrum. We were not surprised to hear of the goring, slashing, and maiming of various tourists in America’s national parks this past summer. Are the animals in revolt due to the climate crisis, or do they just…
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Fuck Coca-Cola 4Ever
Waaaaaay back in 2003, we read that Coca-Cola was tricking farmers in India into putting toxic sludge on their fields, destroying the soil and poisoning the land and water in the process, so in response we painted this little watercolor. Flash-forward nearly 20 years and we find this evil corporation, hell-bent for decades on the…
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OK Xer: Generation Gapz #7
When one reads as much news as we do, one is treated to viewpoints from across the generational spectrum. Dammit Joe, we thought by now you’d have slipped on the banana peel upon which one of your feet currently rests. Some of us want a lady president, preferably of our own generation. (NOT YOU, PALIN.…
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Mother of Corgis
A self-portrait inspired by Game of Thrones and medieval depictions of the Holy Family; we felt compelled to share this upon the death our fellow Corgi enthusiast Queen Elizabeth II. May she and her “moving carpet” be reunited in The Force. (Pictured: Deanie Baby, Hanky Panks, and Yuuko-chan)
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OK Xer: Generation Gapz #6
When one reads as much news as we do, one is treated to viewpoints from across the generational spectrum. Obviously we’re working through the backlog of our unposted comix, so we’re a little late to this party — but it was still in the news this month so bear with us, mkay? On Oscar ™…
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Kiss My Grits
Much of our pop culture knowledge comes from having been raised by TV addicts. Florence Jean Castleberry (aka Flo), the sassy Mel’s Diner waitress from “Alice” played on television by the illustrious Polly Holliday, is the first in a series of paintings saluting the feminist heroes of our childhood: 1970’s sitcom broads. Produced using acrylics…
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Nutland
“We’re all mad here. You wouldn’t have come here if you weren’t mad…” It’s wonderful when one is in the right place at the right time, no?
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