Yo! I Got Your Commie Rat Jesus Christ Right Here!

If you’re like us, you're wondering what sort of organization is it that bestows a Visionary Award on a big ol’ meatball like Sylvester Stallone.

We did some investigative Googlin’ and found this New York Magazine article from 2008 that provides a quantitative analysis of the religious/ political/ artistic characteristics inherent in a Stallone one-sheet:

The minimalist, black-silhouetted Rambo posters adorning the city’s streets and subways are the work of Jason Lindeman of Ignition Print, a Santa Monica, California–based design firm. The stencil-and-spray-paint image, created as a T-shirt design, is far less violent than previous Rambo-movie posters (Rambo wearing a machine gun, Rambo wearing grenades, etc.), and Tim Palen, co-president of marketing for Lionsgate, recently explained the thinking behind the peaceful posters to the New York Times. It’s “Che Guevara crossed with Jesus Christ by way of Andy Warhol,” he said. “In a way, he’s all of those.” 

  
 
Mistrusting higher mathematics as we do, we prefer the simple arithmetic equation of one plus one equals Bansky.

Comments

[Pierre Pressure]

Or it's just a Banksy ripoff.

[Joe Blow]

Uh, duh, Pierre.

[BoozeyFlapjack]

I saw a version where some bright spark had added Sly's right hand flashing the peace sign. Brilliant.

[Lurkey McLurkerson]

meh.. I can't get it up to bag on Jason, I find him to be very talented. I knew him when his career was just getting started and that boy can design.
Don't forget who else helps massage the poster to finish.
I wonder what all the comps looked like before they were ran through the studio exec washing machine.

[shizzle reel]

yeah-
people need to chill.

and *news flash*
Banksy did not invent the stencil

[Joe Blow]

Seems to me the only thing being bagged on was Palen's pomposity.

[Douche Bigalow]

Tim Palen's a genius!!! Bill Bernbach crossed with Saul Bass by way of Paul Lynde.

[Bobbo the talking chimp]

Tp and JL are both to blame. TP has no original ideas. Ever. JL has been ripping people off since he was a tiny little art director way back when. He wins awards for it. It's a shame. He's given a once great industry a black eye.

[Art D. Rector]

"a once great industry"

Help! Dial 911!!! I fell off my chair when I read that and now I can't get up!

[neptune's net]

The good ol' days weren't so good - we just didn't have a mass media form of communication on which to vent in real time.

[Ron Smith]

Scott Mednick + Tommy Drisi(2) x Georgia Young

http://tinyurl.com/2eg27xb < LOL

[Shuri]

It's not really Tom Cruise!

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=creative&p=83606595&assetType=image

http://www.impawards.com/2010/knight_and_day.html

[spinla]

Lots of bitter puppies. Like the Key Art Awards have ever been fair?
Please.
McLurkerson is right.

The whining is just getting to my nerves.

[Monkey]

Then let your nerves rest a while and go read another blog.

[Some Guy]

and *news flash*
Banksy did not invent the stencil...

John Miller did!