" 75,295 pledged of $3,000 goal." Motherfucker. I need to make a mildly interesting print that panders to geeks!
Artist Rob Loukotka sat through every original Road Runner cartoon, took note of everything Wile E. Coyote ever bought from the ACME company, and has put all of it on a poster. It's an epic tribute to fictional failure, exhibit A in any potential lawsuit the clumsy canine could bring to bear...and an extremely worthy use of the artist's time. From tornado seeds to speed skates, the entire array of malicious malfunctioning merchandise is on display.
Needless to say, he got way more than he needed to fund it on Kickstarter. Poster image after the jump.
Meep Meep Mania
Yeah, it's hard to see every detail online, which is why you need the real thing, but there are some closeup views at Rob's Kickstarter page. If you want one, you have five more days to order one.
via Wired
Tags: Looney Tunes
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So many defective products... And exactly HOW is the coyote supposed to get the money to pay his enormous credit card bill? And I distinctly remember one cartoon in which the coyote was using a giant catapult, that kept on tossing boulders onto him... And at the end it showed the catapult was made by The Road-Runner Manufacturing Company!
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Instead of a giant poster he needs to do a coffee table Catalog book. With each piece individually listed like the old sears catalogs.
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I would buy that book. Make it with description's and price's (where did the Coyote get all his money) that would be a great book
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@10glfan59 The Coyote used credit cards. I assume that's why he didn't just order takeout.
Ahh Credit cards. Free money. It is free right?
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@Someguy There is one, I have it, and the most hilarious item in the book is the "Dental Records Keychain". Kinda obvious what it is.
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There already is an Acme catalog book approved by Warner Bros-- its not catalog sized but it exists. I own it--
This is a nice nerdy thing-- but its not that impressive- since this was done in book form..
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There's an old humor piece called Coyote vs. Acme, or vice versa, that I remember being fairly funny. A spoof of a lawsuit or something. I might do a search for it.
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@OneMinuteGalactica I think it might be this: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1990/02/26/1990_02_26_042_TNY_CARDS_000353816
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@TheConjurerOfCheapTricks Yep, that's it. I bought a book of humor articles all by the same author, and if I remember right, that was the best of them.
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@10glfan59 much better than that Evil Genius Supply Company that tried to pass off a warehouse in New Jersey with its floor painted red as a secret volcano layer
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@arivalscientist Sure, when a video game does it, PETA won't shut the hell up. But mention a big-name corporation like this maiming animals & suddenly they turn chickens***...
