Thursday 11 May 2023

Psycho Spoof Beast #7

The Magnificent Seventh rides into town.

Coppertone

Original sign was created in 1958 by Tropicalites.
After it was lost in a fire, pin-up art painter Joyce Ballantyne Brand recreated artwork a year later, using her daughter Cheri as the model. 
National Lampoon #35
Garbage Pail Kids - Ultra Violet (alter ego Tanya Hide)
Tennis Girl

In September 1976, aspiring photographer Martin Elliot persuaded his then 18-year-old girlfriend Fiona Butler to pose for a series of cheeky pictures.  He sold said image to Athena and publishing giant first used it as part of a calendar for the 1977 Silver Jubilee; the same year Virginia Wade won the Wimbledon ladies' singles title.
A licence was negotiated to distribute photo as a poster, and from 1978, over 2 million copies were sold at £2 each (equivalent to £14.68 today).

Davis Cup World Tour - Mega Drive advert
Shameless UK - S6 E12
Exit shot shows Lillian walking towards a door after winning a game of tennis in Wii Sports.
Gladiatress
Poster couldn't be more blatant.
Broadening legacy.

Detectorists - S1 E4
The IT Crowd - From Hell (S3 E1)
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

Ultimately expendable, but retro gamers should have fun.

Konicom was probably based on the Konami logo (2003-present).
World War Poo: It's the Shit! is modelled on Worms.
Ignoring E, I and T, the balance of Coexist car sticker is:
C (Pac-Man), O (Dreamcast logo), X (Xbox font) and S (Sega font).
I am certain the following was inspired by Golden Axe.

Choose your hero vs Select player


Result is a makeshift Tyris Flare (Liz), Ax-Battler (Max) and Gilius Thunderhead (Seth).
Nether Realm end boss vs Death Adder


Christ I'm good.

American Gothic - Grant Wood

Nan Wood Graham (left) and Byron McKeeby (right) served as models.
One of the greatest examples of American pop culture got around.

Some you'll know, others not.

Miscellany

Garbage Pail Kids - Dick Hick (alter ego Barnyard Barney)
Dirty Shirley - Dirty Shirley
Novels

American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture
On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality
Rot & Ruin
Video games

Worm Whomper
Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 3 - Citizen Brown
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Tattoo Assassins
Television

The Simpsons - Bart Gets an Elephant (S5 E17)
Darkwing Duck - A Brush With Oblivion (S2 E12)
Desperate Housewives - title sequence
Green Acres - title sequence
Tiny Toon Adventures - Going Places (S2 E2) - That's Art Folks! segment
Film

Dinner for Schmucks
Men in Black
Night at the Museum 2
Robots
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Film posters

For Richer or Poorer and American Gothic


Hide and Creep and Men & Chicken


Motel Hell and Say Uncle


Son in Law, Suburban Gothic and There Goes the Neighborhood


Comic covers (except marked with*)

Elektra: Assassin #7 and Clive Barker's Hellraiser: The Dark Watch Vol.2* (#5 overall)


Hellstorm: Son of Satan #2 and MAD #374


MAD #514 and She-Hulk Vol. 2 #11


Star Wars Vol. 2 #57 and The American #8


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios) #16* and Viz #229


Alf #37 and Army of Darkness (2009) #19


Crazy #28, Knights of the Dinner Table #156 and MAD Super Special #44


Until next time.

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