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Jesus Christ at Comic-Con 2012
July 18, 2012I like signs, and in particular, protest signs, so naturally I was drawn to the distinctly jaundiced Jesusy signs outside the convention center during Comic-Con. In the photo above, I have obviously caught Echo and the Bunnymen’s pink-shirted Ian McCullough … Continue reading
A Collection of Do Not Disturb Signs from Hotels Around the World
June 18, 2012Next time someone gives you a strange look because you’re an adult who collects toys, feel free to tell them about these folks. Rainer from Germany and Edoardo from Italy have each been collecting do not disturb signs for 20 years. According … Continue reading
Friday 06-15-12 Instagram Roundup
June 16, 2012Welcome to the latest installment of the recurring Instagram Roundup. Every friday, I bring you art, toys, cats and propaganda from the IG universe. I had to skip a week while I was traveling, but hopefully this 50-pic strong Roundup will make … Continue reading
Relentless at Oh No! Doom Gallery
May 13, 2012Relentless, a four-man show featuring the artwork of Tyler Coey, Yosiell Lorenzo, Brent Nolasco and Matthew Ryan Sharp, opened this weekend at Oh No! Doom Gallery in Chicago. The four artists are part of the M. Collective, and Sharp and Lorenzo were in attendance. … Continue reading
Subversively Suburban Street Art
May 9, 2012The clever Carmichael Collective staked out some unlikely ground for suburban street art, and for me, it’s a big win. It’s like billboard appropriation + guerrilla gardening + environmental intervention + oversized objects + tagging 2.0 all rolled into a handful of elegant and ironic … Continue reading
Healthy Eaters Don’t Spell So Good
March 21, 2012Today, I bring you a convergence of vegetarian-friendly Engrish from two native English-speaking countries. Up top, my friend Podgypanda shares a Finsbury Park, London “fruit stand that can’t spell fruit”. Below, Starbucks makes its foray into the healthy lifestyle niche with their first … Continue reading
Occupy Sesame Street by Frank Kozik
October 10, 2011Perhaps inspired by the sign art of Occupy Wall Street, poster artist and propaganda enthusiast Frank Kozik has entered the fray. Kozik posted his Occupy Sesame Street agenda to domestic terrorist hotbed, Facebook, where it was met with a bevy … Continue reading
The Sign Art of Occupy Wall Street
October 7, 2011Tomorrow, Saturday, October 8th, from 6-9PM, there will be a pop-up show of multimedia activist art from members and participants in the Occupy Wall Street movement on Wall Street. The show concerns the “current paradigm shift of human expression and the emerging … Continue reading
