Street Art Meets Super Heroes In Artist Dillon Boy's Work....

There is nothing I enjoy more than finding a cool artists work on Instagram or the Internet, no matter how late to the party I may be. Artist James 'Dillon Boy' Wright has been on the scene for a minute (his Obama 'Hope' poster concoction got him into Time Magazine way back in 2008) and I have seen a few of his pieces over the years. But I just found his Instagram page and was blown away by some of the work he had going on. He has a 'Western Grafitti' series that portrays some of your favorite superheroes in western style get-ups, guns a blazing. Then he has his crazy Disney princess re-creations, or his 'superheros meet real life' mash-ups like 'Nobody Likes The Thing' (my personal fave) which puts these extraordinary characters into real life situations (Thing is getting no likes or comments on Instagram... lol). His shit is dope... and like a typical creative artist he doesn't just stop at the actual artwork. If you look at the contents of his Instagram feed in grid format he takes close ups of his work and makes 6 and 9 square collages that supersize his pieces. A pretty great way to show of the detail of his pieces. So even though I may be a bit late to the party on Dillon Boy's work, it is never to late to give a cat his props when they are due. Check out his Big Cartel store, where you can cop some of his crazy cool art at a relatively cheap price for such a big shot artist. Check out my faves after the jump...



Western Graffiti series faves:

Superheroes with real problems:

Cap, Grid Style:

2008 Time Magazine article about Obama, Dillon's piece is circled....

    

Glenn Beck Really Is A Fucktard

This is an awesome clip compiled from actual audio of Glenn Beck talking about the new half black, half Latino Spider-Man. Beck compares the appearance of Miles Morales to Barack Obama and then uses this groundbreaking character portrayal to belittle Michelle Obama for calling for change in American history. This guy is such a dickbag, and he says hateful shit like this ALL THE TIME. It fits so well with the images of the crazy J. Jonah Jameson from the old Spidey cartoons. Oh, and to the other guy who is in this clip who says "I don't know... I'm not a comic geek." I say a big fuck you. You're damn right your not a comic geek. We don't want assholes like you in our club!!! Thanks to my boy Capt. Carrot from Dad's Big Plan (cool blog... check it) for the tip!!!

So Here Is The Real Reason 2 & A 1/2 Men Got Cancelled...

... So Charlie could become Obama's Warlock Assassin & go after Osama Bin Laden!!!

Get 'Em Obama.... Yeah!!!!

Borrowed this one from Jaquandor over at Byzantium Shores. Thanks for this... go get 'em Prez.... Obama just locked up another term with the events of this week... rest in pieces Osama!!!

Is Jay-Z Really Going To Buy Llamas For The Whole Hood???

So, I'm sure there are more then a few of you guys trying to figure out where I'm going with this post. You see, one of my favorite parts of the past presidential election was all of the rap lyrics that began to focus on the first black candidate to ever run for the presidency. Everybody from Kanye to Young Jeezy got in on the Obama name dropping, and this practice continues still as we enter year two of the "Age of Obama". But my favorite lyric by far came from Brooklyn boy Shawn Carter, also know as the one and only Jay-Z. In his freestyle over Lil Wayne's track "A Milli", Young Hov renamed the track "A Billi" and rapped about all the royalties he has accumulated over the years. But His biggest boast, even though it didn't seem so at the time, involved our president. In a declaration towards the change that would be coming under the newly appointed commander in chief, Mr. Carter dropped the following gem:

"So Brrrrrack, lick a shot, for Barack Obama, Change gon come-ah, If not, I'ma buy the whole hood llamas on me!!!"

For those of you who don't speak street, basically Jay told us to pop shots in the air to celebrate the change Barack Obama was going to bring America as president. And if for some reason Barack didn't change anything after the election, he promised to buy the whole hood guns (llamas, cause they spit bullets) to force that change. Well, its been a year, and so far not much has changed. Well, that's not totally true. Massachusetts, the most blue state in the country, just got their first republican senator in 47 years. I guess that's change, just not the kind democrats were hoping for. Good thing Mr. Hova has all that cash...

Jay's home borough of Brooklyn NY has about 3 million people residing in it, and NYC's population has swelled to over 8.5 million. That's alot of guns to provide, and even more to buy all those bullets... Good thing Jay-z is caked up. Looks like Beyonce might have to start settling for the Steve Madden Tims and Burberry for more then swimming...Lol!!! I included the youtube video of the freestyle, pay close attention at about the one minute mark.

The First Fan- Who Dat Gonna Win The Super Bowl?

Barack will take the points!!! In an interview with Diane Sawyer, huge sports fan Brother Barack was asked who he was rooting for in the upcoming Superbowl XLIV. Watch the clip that aired on ESPN in which he picks the New Orleans Saints over the favored Indy Colts. He is rooting for the Saints cause what they mean to their city, especially after Hurricane Katrina. I love Mr. O for the simple fact that he doesn't hold back answers to the everyday questions, and goes even further by explaining himself. Lets see if the Saints can pull of the upset and get their first franchise championship. To be honest they have a better shot at upsetting Peyton Manning and the Colts then Obama has of getting his health care bill passed!!! The game is less then two weeks away. Place your bets.