Artist Rey Taira updates Georges Seurat's masterpiece of pointillism "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by adding DC's superheroes. Behold, "Saturday Morning in Front of La Salle De Justice."
Thanks. Getting my Biblical characters mixed up :)
Some people have been hoping to preserve it as such. Everything I've read about Greco indicates that he was quite earnest about the Holy Land project.
When John Baptist Greco built Holy Land USA in Waterbury, Connecticut, he envisioned it as a pilgrimage site for American Christians. Closed since 1984 however, the long-neglected park now looks more like a horror movie set than a place for wholesome family fun.
I think that demands a photo:
I think when they say "8-bit Cinema," they're just saying that it's an homage to the style of the 8-bit games. Plus, 8-bit is an easy, evocative phrase, even if it isn't entirely accurate.
I wondered that, too. It's weird to hide behind something that calls so much attention to itself.
First Iron Man movie retold as an 8-bit video game
Why isn't this a playable game? CineFix's 8-bit Cinema animation reimagines the action sequences of the first Iron Man as a classic side-scroller.
It's been a while since I've seen one in the wild. Back when I lived in Boston, a group of Scientologists set up an anti-psychiatry exhibit in Harvard Square, and the masks were around for weeks.
Long before V for Vendetta this newspaper seller wore a mustached mask
Alan Moore's comic V for Vendetta (and the subsequent film) inspired members of the group known as Anonymous to cover their faces with Guy Fawkes masks. Back in 1929, this newspaper seller hid his identity with a similarly mustached mask.
