Retro-futuristic poster makes fun of futurism
David from Wondermark sez, "I thought you guys would appreciate this retro-futuristic poster I designed! It was painted by Carly Monardo, whom you might know from her work on the webcomic Dr. McNinja -- she dug into old Popular Science covers to really get the proper retro feel. " Futurism Print [preorder] (Thanks, David!)
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This reminds me of the tagline we are using for Esozone this year. Esozone : The Other Tomorrow, basically with that same idea, but less smarmy.
Esozone is in Portland, October 10 - 12, esozone.com for details.
Dennis McKenna and Paul Laffoley are gonna be there, yadda yadda yadda
That's great!
But all that stuff IS real now.
-j
Hilarious. On a moderately-related note, Dr. McNinja rocks my very stoic face off. They breath hysterical life into otherwise moribund memes.
It's fun to laugh at the folly of those who dared to dream so many years ago. We're far too smart for that now and all our inventions work without problems.
wondermark ftw!
Isn't Futurism the Italian art movement of the early 20C? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism
#7 - indeed it is, but did you read the rest of the page? "The Futurists admired speed, technology, youth and violence, the car, the plane and the industrial city, all that represented the technological triumph of humanity over nature, and they were passionate nationalists."
I think this picture fits well. Maybe not the "violence" part... Hrm, maybe I can Photoshop this up to be more violent. /grin
Speaking of retro-futurism. Bioshock.
That is all.
Lovely!
Still, i've often wondered, and this I say in no way to imply anything wrong with this image or the message their authors want to convey, if someone could introduce blacks, latinos or asians characters into this kind of retro recreations.
Of course, all the advertisements for the Future That Never Was, was geared specifically at whites, but I think it would be refreshing, original, to somehow work a little equality into the now-we-know-better-re-vision of the past.
Just sayin'
I'd send a copy of this to the Seattle Monorail Project, if they still existed.
if someone could introduce blacks, latinos or asians characters into this kind of retro recreations.
Or (ahem) women.
Actually Susan, women are well represented on retrofuturist art, althought not as equals of men (also a reflection of the era's sensibilities), but in numbers.
Brush Script should be banned like Comic Sans. Can't respect any graphic designer who would use Brush Script.
#9 & #11 -- An early draft of the design included one woman & one man, but ultimately due to fidelity to the period style we decided to go with two white men. If I were writing a story set in the period instead of attempting a pastiche of the style I'd certainly have done it differently!
#13 -- Normally I'd totally agree, but again that choice was made for period fidelity. See for example: http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/covers/195605.jpg
This is a Devo album cover that never was.
#14: My apologies to you, Robert E. Smith, the defunct ATF and its licensees.
However, you might have considered the slightly less hackneyed Dom Casual or Brody.