Who would make stained glass windows with olde-style superheroes? Someone raised in the ’80s on comic books and Catholicism, fascinated with heroes and miracles. Makes sense, right? Check out Batman’s halo. Indiana artist Brandon Michael Barker is also a night paramedic, which also makes sense. You can purchase his glassified comic book covers for $300, even that million dollar issue of Superman.
This Image Sums Up the Debt Crisis Nicely
In case you were wondering what the current status of the debt crisis negotiations looks like, it’s the same as it was a few days ago when designer David Colarusso first created this illustration. (Image: @colarusso)
It’s like Pee Wee’s Playhouse for brilliant geniuses at MoMA’s special exhibit Talk To Me, rounding up a whopping 194 communication-themed works, interfaces, devices and visualizations. There’s a finger implant that reads aloud into an ear implant, a plastic wide-open-mouth prosthesis for awkward mumblers, a Muslim prayer robo-rug that lights up neon when facing Mecca and so much more, oooaghgh… Read more »
Despite alleged reports of Voina artist Oleg Vorotnikov being arrested, Yana Sarna tells ANIMAL that the exiled members of Voina “are in touch with Oleg and at the present moment he is safe and still hiding from the police.” Read more »
Car-owning (ooh la la!) residents of West 85th Street got very panicked recently when “Film Shoot” signs appeared on their block in the morning, telling them there’s “No Parking” by noon. Locals say “It feels like harassment.” The film crew says they need to read the signs more clearly because they weren’t threatening to tow their cars. Read more »
The bar for subway drama caught on video has just been raised considerably as a man armed with a screwdriver attempted to commandeer a 5 train in the Bronx last Friday. Clearly disturbed, he managed to climb through the window of the front-car at the 149 St. station. Read more »
Parting Shot
A street artist offers substance abuse and unemployment advice on High Street in Deritend, England. (Photo: Elliott Brown/Flickr)
Here’s the PS3 game trailer for Sideway that just premiered at Comic Con, teaching the children and gaming-inclined adults graff etiquette. A novice writer is punished for going over the wrong guy’s tag and turned into a piece of graffiti. Action ensues. Read more »
The NYPD continues to play by its own rules and recently, detained a videographer for refusing to show his identification to an officer who observed him shooting footage of an arrest in Times Square. Read more »
Polish-born Ewelina Koszykowski alludes to a mysterious sort of “life-altering accident” in her bio and looking at these armies of naked, gawking Barbies and insidious piles of My Little Ponies, we could only guess and shiver. She has worked as a painting assistant to Ron English. Wonder what they bonded over... “Immaculate Deception,” Genevive Zacconi and Ewelina, Jul 29 – Aug 6, Corpo Gallery, Santa Monica
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