Trick or treat or die! Kung Fu Halloween. I love those grindhouse movie ads. Anything to lure them in. Snatch the movie ticket form my hand grasshopper! Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at […]
No wonder the Great Pumpkin never shows up at the pumpkin patch, he is too busy cruising chicks! Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your […]
The bagel-heads are back! As reported three years ago on Sandbox World, the bagel-head craze is gathering steam. If injecting saline into foreheads to create trendy bagel-like shapes is cool, we are in trouble as a society. I’ll have my bagel-head with cream cheese. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, […]
From Big Bang Theory to Mitt Romney, Aquaman just can’t get a break. Forever be ridiculed as the lamest superhero, now comes Aqua-Romney from the Colbert Report. So who is the Black Manta? Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from […]
Stephane Dillies, the renowned French figurative painter, possesses an extraordinary affinity for the unconventional beauty found in the discarded and overlooked aspects of our daily lives. He possesses a unique ability to breathe life into the very essence of trash, a fascination that is vividly evident in his artistic creations. Dillies’ canvases are an intriguing […]
What do Rob Schneider, Peter Jackson, John Candy, Deidre Hall, Michael Landon, Dan Rather, Dale Evans, John Keats and Julie Dreyfus all have in common? They were all born on Halloween. This must be the second worst day after Christmas to be born. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made […]
Black cats and witches in the bramble!Black bats, wings flashing all a-flurry!Elves, goblins, pixies whirl and scurry!It’s chatter, clatter, giggle, scramble!Old Jack-o’-lantern’s in a hurry!Who cares? It’s fun without a worry!The glow-worm sputters spooky green!Whew-ey, what fun this Hallowe’en! Wise Owl hoots off in the shadow!Jack Pumpkin’s eyes are burning yellow(but, he’s a very decent […]
The first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street came and went. 52 Shades of Greed celebrates the notorious global upstart that seems to have fizzled as fast as it started. This deck of cards is illustrated by the 99%. The 52 Shades of Greed art directing team, Marc Scheff and Daniel Nyari, are NYC-based illustrators who […]
The beauty and ugliness of the Boris Karloff typeface. Karloff explores the idea how two extremes could be combined into a coherent whole. Karloff connects the high contrast Modern type of Bodoni and Didot with the monstrous Italians. The difference between the attractive and repulsive forms lies in a single design parameter, the contrast between […]
Grown-up versions of childhood characters from Hey Arnold, Rugrats, and Recess by celeste doodles. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your permission, may feature your […]
What scary things lurks behind your state? The map of the United States of scary things explores the seedier side of each state. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every […]
To boldly go where no cookie cutter has gone before. Star Trek cookie cutters for your favorite geek baker. What no tribble cookies? Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every […]