A Real No Hoper
Alfred E. Neumann, MAD magazine’s jug-eared mascot is the latest in a long line of parodies of Shepard Fairey’s classic Hope poster of Barack Obama. Turns out that the image adorning the latest issue of the mag, #495, is actually Fairey’s favourite…
“I’m very happy that the Hope poster has become such a point of reference,” Fairey wrote in response to poster blogger Rene Wanner’s online collection of parodies. “One parody that is not included is something I consider a high point in my career for pop culture recognition. MAD Magazine’s new cover is a spoof of my Obama image. I loved MAD as a kid. I think MAD’s satire heightened my understanding of irony and hypocrisy. I’m very excited to be a part of MAD’s history.”
Wanner has now updated his ever-growing list of Hope posters on his fantastic resource, posterpage.ch, so it includes the cover of the new edition of MAD among a host of good and, er, not-so-good efforts.
Fairey’s original Hope posters are still going for large sums on eBay (first pressings cost a mere $45 apparently) but here are two from Wanner’s keen-eyed collection that particularly tickled the CR political funny bone.
A rather sprightly Ms. Winehouse from Flickr’s Poster Design pool…
… And is this Ironic Sans’ take on finally ousting the Dark Side?
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Have you guys seen read this…
http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm
…it doesn’t really matter what Shep thinks - or does anymore.
Does it?
He built his ‘reputation’ rippin other graphic artist work and rippin other personalities images too, such Andre’s. He has become the butt of all jokes in graphic and fine art.
Shep is a Plagiarist.
Shep is boring.
n.
neil
28/Oct/08, 10:21 pm