Sullied

mike_wazowski___by_danluvisiart-d66ahsxThe latest of artist Dan LuVisi’s ‘Popped Culture’ noir portraits of popculture figures: a vagrant Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc.: blind and booze-addicted after a terrible twist of fortune:

Mike was tired of it. Tired of lowering himself to telling jokes, only to hurt himself in the process over, and over again. Mike decided to have a talk with Sully about it, but was continuously avoided. Angered, Mike followed Sully one day, only to realize he was headed for the home of Mike’s girlfriend, Celia. Mike rushed home, shocked to find the two talking. His anger got the best of him and he attacked Sully. Out of defense, Sully struck Mike, catching his one-eye. Out of confusion and anger, Mike launched his nimble body into Sully, piercing him with his horns, killing him. [more]

Below, previous childhood ruinations: Donald The Duck, Yoshi – Maxed Out, Bert and Ernie – My Brother’s Keeper, Eve and The Cook.

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The Art Of George W. Bush

Hacker Guccifer has apparently hacked into six email accounts operated by the family of George W. Bush, publishing many of his finds online including the former president’s attempts at painting, pictures of which he emailed to his sister two months ago.

The undoubted highlight (above) is Dubya’s study of himself taking a bath.

Hacker Exposes Bush Family Emails, Photos, and George W. Bush’s Amazing Self-Portraits (Gawker)

Obama 2.0

Barack Obama’s official second-term portrait, snapped in early December 2012 by White House photographer, Pete Souza and posted to the White House Flickr page yesterday, compared with the photo taken four years ago after the presidential election

Dude’s getting younger. And happier.

His predecessors didn’t weather their terms in office quite as well.

nbc