Spider Man is on Neighbourhood Watch!

one small seed — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:43:00 +0000

For whatever reason, we’ve all dressed up as our most beloved superhero. Whether it’s the Man of Steel or Batman — we’ve all been there. We’ve also experienced nostalgic sadness when our spandex wouldn’t fit and our capes started to drape around us like a bib. I’d bet that even today you’d get a bit upset when someone 10 years younger than yourself would pretend that Iron Man is better than Batman (he’s not, just by the way).

Andrew Lamb

He goes by the pseudonym, Andrew Lamb and he’s responsible for bringing out the inner child in most of us. He does so by successfully vandalising street signs with ’80s superheroes such as Wonder Woman, Hulk and the Fantastic Four just to name a few. Lamb would print out the images of the heroes on a laser printer and then go around pasting them on signs that mostly read ‘Neighbourhood Watch’.

Andrew Lamb

His inspiration for these works of art was merely just an idea that sparked in his mind. During an interview with CBC News he said, ‘I walked by and thought those signs would be much better with a superhero up there.’

If that isn’t enough to get you feeling young again, you can now take comfort in dressing up as your favourite hero on any other day when you patrol your neighbourhood. Why? Because many other residents are doing it too. Check out this documentary about American locals dressing up as their favourite heroes and even creating their own.

Now go forth and prosper, and may the force be with you.

Who would win in a fight, the local SAPS or these artistic street signs? Comment your thoughts below or hit us up on twitter @onesmallseedSA.

Credits

Words: Matthew Alexander
Images: Andrew Lamb

Andrew Lamb

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Dan Hipp’s world of comics

one small seed — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:12:36 +0000

California-based illustrator and comic artist Dan Hipp is one of the name’s behind the graphic novel series titled Amazing Joy Buzzards, which was first published in January 2005 by Image Comics. Hipp also creates energetic and eye-catching images for comic labels like Real Simple, Wired, DC Comics, Image Comics and Random House.

When not working on professional assignments, and/or training to survive the zombie apocalypse, Hipp fills his blog with wonderfully colourful, in-your-face drawings of characters from comics, films, games and other avenues of popular culture.

His take on the characters are usually wacky and imaginative, including mash-ups and routine zombifications, and are often hilarious. Hipp employs large areas of bright (but almost monochromatic) colour, out of which smaller parts of contrasting colour shine out. He embellishes his linework with areas of darks or textures, cranking it all up with his great sense of comic exaggeration. His latest series of illustrations re-imagines some of science fiction’s most seminal movies — Star Wars, Tron and Alien — as iconic Tintin picture books.

You can browse his blog or Tumblr as well as his Flickr stream, and at some unspecified point in the (hopefully near) future you will be able to purchase his new book, Stray Days.

Who Watches the Watchmen, indeed.

Source: www.linesandcolors.com and www.lostateminor.com
Images: http://mrhipp.blogspot.com/

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Spider Man is on Neighbourhood Watch!

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Dan Hipp’s world of comics