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I have no idea if these ads were ever part of an official McDonald's campaign, but they're giving me chills I haven't felt since I saw that Simpsons cosplay earlier this week. Ronald McDonald, truly the scariest clown since It. Honestly, I found his first appearance slightly more discomfiting. More »
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Oh, pop art. Lately we've seen Communist war memorials turned into superheroes and Batman and Superman channeling Michelangelo. Now Italian sculptor Giuseppe Veneziano (who previously put supes in compromising positions) has clownified Antonio Canova's 19th century sculpture Perseus and the Head of Medusa in Venice. More »
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In the new book Idle Idol, Edward and John Harrison catalogue Japan's obsession with public mascots. These ubiquitous street idols greet passers-by and run the gamut from kaiju to manga characters to the tanuki, a sake-swilling raccoon-dog with giant testicles. More »
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Britain's 2000AD is known for cutting its scifi with satire, but occasionally even the Galaxy's Greatest Comic can go too far. Such was the case with four episodes of Judge Dredd in 1978, which set out to prove just how dangerous fast food could be, and ended up demonstrating that it's not a good idea to mess with copyrights of international corporations if you're looking to avoid lawyers writing nasty letters. Who knew that Ronald McDonald could be so disagreeable? More »
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