Comments on: 1980s cartoon heroes as persons of leisure http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 18:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rephlex http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html#comment-1249995 Rephlex Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125145#comment-1249995 Absolutely brilliant. Love it! One million Internets for the Thundercats stuff. Its an old school homage to Katsuhito Akiyama's work, done in a Mahiro Maeda format. Katsuhito Akiyama was anime's pseudo "One hit wonder" art director, responsible for Thundercats and some other 80s hits. Mahira Maeda however, captures a bit of the crude figurative style of that period, but tosses in an <a href="http://static.minitokyo.net/downloads/19/13/60669.jpg" rel="nofollow">almost psychedelic texture scheme for fills in place of traditional block shading</a>. His series "The count of Monte Cristo" (Gankutsuou) would be the best example of that motif. The patterns represented in this work struck me as "Maeda-esque". Great stuff! I'd grab a few prints of these if possible, but I am a sucker for anything that intertwines memories of my childhood into a modern day representation. Absolutely brilliant. Love it!
One million Internets for the Thundercats stuff. Its an old school homage to Katsuhito Akiyama’s work, done in a Mahiro Maeda format. Katsuhito Akiyama was anime’s pseudo “One hit wonder” art director, responsible for Thundercats and some other 80s hits.

Mahira Maeda however, captures a bit of the crude figurative style of that period, but tosses in an almost psychedelic texture scheme for fills in place of traditional block shading. His series “The count of Monte Cristo” (Gankutsuou) would be the best example of that motif. The patterns represented in this work struck me as “Maeda-esque”. Great stuff!

I’d grab a few prints of these if possible, but I am a sucker for anything that intertwines memories of my childhood into a modern day representation.

]]> By: mellowknees http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html#comment-1249788 mellowknees Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125145#comment-1249788 These illustrations are awesome on many, many levels...but a "slightly NSFW" warning would have been nice before I showed off Care Bear Boobs(TM) to all of my office. These illustrations are awesome on many, many levels…but a “slightly NSFW” warning would have been nice before I showed off Care Bear Boobs(TM) to all of my office.

]]> By: kringlebertfistyebuns http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html#comment-1249763 kringlebertfistyebuns Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125145#comment-1249763 They look like rejects from some alternate-universe JC Penney catalogue... They look like rejects from some alternate-universe JC Penney catalogue…

]]> By: Mike Baker http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html#comment-1249673 Mike Baker Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125145#comment-1249673 Seriously, Rob, I think you need a tag here for 19A0s. And then go nuts with it like what's been done here with bananas. "Look at this 19A0s ephemera! Just look at it!" Seriously, Rob, I think you need a tag here for 19A0s. And then go nuts with it like what’s been done here with bananas. “Look at this 19A0s ephemera! Just look at it!”

]]> By: robotnik http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html#comment-1249607 robotnik Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125145#comment-1249607 Hee-hee!!! Cringer as the animal-skin rug! (I had to look up the name.) Hee-hee!!! Cringer as the animal-skin rug! (I had to look up the name.)

]]> By: echolocate chocolate http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html#comment-1249597 echolocate chocolate Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125145#comment-1249597 I totally love and/or hate these. I totally love and/or hate these.

]]> By: Teirhan http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html#comment-1249584 Teirhan Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125145#comment-1249584 That is in fact exactly where I work. It's a thankless job, but I get to stare at tits all day. That is in fact exactly where I work.

It’s a thankless job, but I get to stare at tits all day.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html#comment-1249558 Rob Beschizza Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125145#comment-1249558 Where do you work, the Say No To Cartoon Tits Foundation? Where do you work, the Say No To Cartoon Tits Foundation?

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/1980s-cartoon-heroes-as-persons-of-leisure.html#comment-1249547 Jorpho Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125145#comment-1249547 Oi!  NSFW! Oi!  NSFW!

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