Feral Beast: Radical Restyle of familiar cartoon characters

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Radical Restyle of familiar cartoon characters - Meet the 'Simpsonzu'

The Simpsonzu by *spacecoyote on deviant ART

A 14-year-old animated show inevitably gets predictable, so this exotic repackaging of the Simpson cartoon cast sent out a jolt. Fans were intrigued, puzzled, or confused. But they kept clicking online to eyeball it or download it. In fact, the "deviant artist" who styles herself Space Coyote was overwhelmed by the eventual fallout from her Japanese Anime-reinvention of America's yellow 'toon family, the Simpsons, which she posted last January in order to amuse her friends. After the blogosphere got the images out, reactions were strong and swift. The professionals scrutinized this decidedly odd take and decided it was commercial. Now Max Groening, the driving force behind Homer & co , has asked the artist to do a stint with his longrunning show.

For a larger image, click on one of the cartoon couch potatoes, and then click on "full image". D'oh.

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Feral Beast? Try Lemming

If the press were an animal, what kind of animal would it be? I’ve got my answer. A legion of lemmings, furry and well-intentioned, but ultimately condemned by their nature to follow each other mindlessly off a tall cliff, over the Paris Hilton peak or into the Invade Iraq crevasse. The words “feral beast” certainly wouldn’t come to mind. It’s not particularly accurate or particularly evocative. But that is how the departing British prime minister, Tony Blair, sees journalists: as malicious tormentors who have tried to tear him limb from limb.

--Gal Beckerman of the Columbia Journalism Review

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