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Spring 2010

Something told me I had to include this gallery the MoOM. A Visual History of Whispering Imps is Rhett Bryson's awesome collection of images from vintage show posters, of the "the sagacious magician looking knowingly at the viewer with small imps whispering the enduring secrets of magic in his ear." Unlike the cartoon cliche of an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other, these prestidigitators have no good influence to offset the suggestions of the evil. Beware the results.

Along the same lines as the MoOM classic Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects, but with a much more specific focus, The Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group presents Taxonomic Data of the Breadties of the World. HORG examines Occlupanids of various holotypes, including Haplognaths, Acutignaths, and the elusive Corrugatids, each with a variety of examples and background.

Monsters and robots are called a lot of things. Enemy to the human race. Spawn of unspeakable evil. But at the end of the day, are they really so different from you or I? The In My Arms collection helps us understand that all monsters and robots have really ever wanted to do is just find a woman who faints easily, kidnap her, and gently carry her back to the mothership or underground lair. Sure their intentions might not always be entirely honest or pure, but doesn't our rush to judge and demonize make us the real monsters?

Just because the market is underground doesn't mean branding isn't essential. The names are familiar--Tiger Woods, Gucci, 7Up, Starbucks, Twilight--but the product is 100% illegal. And the tales in broken English about trips to acquire the stuff are so sad (and sometimes funny-sad) that this anonymous Russian/Brooklynite blogger should really have a book deal. Except big publishing won't touch him and he has trouble getting out of bed. DequinceyJynxie, the Drug Branding Archive, will have to suffice.

With politics, as with everything, there are two sides to every coin. But sometimes those sides blur a bit when it comes to illustrating our 44th President. With Bad Paintings of Barack Obama, we have poor renditions by supportive fans. From those opposed we get the Anti-Obama Merchandise collection, where the his face is often more cleanly depicted but he's surrounded by unfortunate design, bizarre historical reaches, and painfully forced puns. Somewhere a bald eagle is weeping and Thomas Kinkade is there painting the scene.

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