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	<title>The Words and Not Words of Chris Erickson &#187; Illustration</title>
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		<title>He-Man Hipsters — Masters of the Indieverse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most of you, I&#8217;ve been patiently waiting for enough time to re-design the entire Masters of the Universe cast as Indie Hipsters, but the talented Mr. Adrien Riemann beat me to the punch. The shame!
While I&#8217;m sulking, check out his set of sixteen characters, including He-Man, Man-At-Arms (aka Burt Reynolds), Trap Jaw, and She-Ra. Please [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like most of you, I&#8217;ve been patiently waiting for enough time to re-design the entire Masters of the Universe cast as Indie Hipsters, but the talented Mr. <a href="http://www.behance.net/AdrianFranco">Adrien Riemann</a> beat me to the punch. The shame!</p>
<p>While I&#8217;m sulking, check out his set of <a href="http://bit.ly/1GNc0E">sixteen characters</a>, including He-Man, Man-At-Arms (aka Burt Reynolds), Trap Jaw, and She-Ra. Please note that Skeletor bears a striking resemblance to a hip and bald Carrot Top, who in turns looks quite a bit like <a href="http://totallylookslike.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/carrot-top2.jpg">Liono</a> when unbald. Maybe it&#8217;s just me.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to explain. When I wrote, &#8220;<em>Maybe it&#8217;s just me,&#8221;</em> I meant that maybe I&#8217;m the only person who thinks that Carrot Top is getting dangerously close to looking like a creepy cartoon villian. I was not inferring that <em>I</em> might be the person who looks like Skeletor, Carrot Top, or Liono.</p>
<p>Am I making this more confusing that it needs to be? I am starting to believe that should have been split into two posts: one about He-Man sketches and one about spooky weirdos.</p>
<div id="attachment_1286" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 500px"><a href="http://www.behance.net/Gallery/MASTERS-OF-THE-UNIVERSE/213057"><img class="size-large wp-image-1286   " title="He-Man" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/781051244053082-490x841.jpg" alt="He-Man of course" width="490" height="841" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I want his hair right now — and I mean RIGHT NOW!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1287" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 500px"><a href="http://www.behance.net/Gallery/MASTERS-OF-THE-UNIVERSE/213057"><img class="size-large wp-image-1287" title="781051240167438" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/781051240167438-490x841.jpg" alt="Skeletor is one bad dude but he's got mad fashion sense" width="490" height="841" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Skeletor is one bad dude but he&#39;s got mad fashion sense.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1293" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 500px"><a href="http://www.behance.net/Gallery/MASTERS-OF-THE-UNIVERSE/213057"><img class="size-large wp-image-1293" title="781051240168260" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/781051240168260-490x841.jpg" alt="Whoa, settle down She-Ra." width="490" height="841" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Whoa, settle down She-Ra. PS: Kate Hudson called and she wants her face back and the Hoff might want his jacket.</p></div>
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		<title>But Mars Started It</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 18:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Erickson</dc:creator>
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Topps really went for it when they put together their 1962 Mars Attacks series. Illustrated by Norman Saunders and Bob Powell, they leave little to the imagination.
After attacking Earth, the aliens took an early lead, due at least in part to their giant, exposed brains, which enabled them to devise dozens of clever ways of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-573" title="The Invasion Begins" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/01_marsattacks_invasionbeginsjpg-490x344.jpg" alt="The Invasion Begins" width="490" height="344" /></a><br />
Topps really went for it when they put together their 1962 <em>Mars Attacks</em> series. Illustrated by Norman Saunders and Bob Powell, they leave little to the imagination.</p>
<p>After attacking Earth, the aliens took an early lead, due at least in part to their giant, exposed brains, which enabled them to devise dozens of clever ways of killing men, women, children and animals. Methods included, but were not limited to, lighting dogs on fire, crushing folks in compactors, wielding flesh-eating rayguns and controlling giant robots.<span id="more-569"></span></p>
<p>Despite their best efforts, the Martians&#8217; did not account for the fortitude of the United States military, and during a counter attach Mars was destroyed. Phew.</p>
<p>I have a hard time believing that you wouldn&#8217;t want to check out the entire <a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html">Mars Attacks</a> series, but here are a few of my favs just in case your time is more important than mine.</p>
<p><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-574" title="Terror in Times Square" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/08_marsattacks_terrortimesquarejpg-490x345.jpg" alt="Terror in Times Square" width="490" height="345" /></a><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-575" title="Watching From Mars" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/13_marsattacks_watchfrommarsjpg-490x343.jpg" alt="Watching From Mars" width="490" height="343" /></a><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-576" title="19_marsattacks_burningfleshjpg" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/19_marsattacks_burningfleshjpg-490x346.jpg" alt="19_marsattacks_burningfleshjpg" width="490" height="346" /></a><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-577" title="31_marsattacks_monsterreachesinjpg" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/31_marsattacks_monsterreachesinjpg-490x339.jpg" alt="31_marsattacks_monsterreachesinjpg" width="490" height="339" /></a><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-578" title="36_marsattacks_destroyingadogjpg" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/36_marsattacks_destroyingadogjpg-490x341.jpg" alt="36_marsattacks_destroyingadogjpg" width="490" height="341" /></a><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-579" title="47_marsattacks_earthbombsmarsjpg" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/47_marsattacks_earthbombsmarsjpg-490x340.jpg" alt="47_marsattacks_earthbombsmarsjpg" width="490" height="340" /></a><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-580" title="50_marsattacks_smashingenemyjpg" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/50_marsattacks_smashingenemyjpg-490x343.jpg" alt="50_marsattacks_smashingenemyjpg" width="490" height="343" /></a><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/mars-attacks-originally-published-by.html"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-581" title="54_marsattacks_marsexplodesjpg" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/54_marsattacks_marsexplodesjpg-490x341.jpg" alt="54_marsattacks_marsexplodesjpg" width="490" height="341" /></a></p>
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		<title>A Sketchbook&#8217;s View of The Cycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 07:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorites parts of any project is all of the planning, ideas, brainstorming sessions, and behind-the-scenes pieces that lead to the end result. These parts of the process usually remain hidden, but I love the sketches that led to all of the machinery that we animated for The Cycle.  Here are a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my favorites parts of any project is all of the planning, ideas, brainstorming sessions, and behind-the-scenes pieces that lead to the end result. These parts of the process usually remain hidden, but I love the sketches that led to all of the machinery that we animated for <a href="http://www.explorethecycle.com">The Cycle</a>.  Here are a few of my favorites (from the sketchbook of Jono Stark, the lead designer on the project).</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-479" title="rb-sketches" src="http://www.kindnessandhumility.com/tell/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rb-sketches.jpg" alt="rb-sketches" width="750" height="2235" /></p>
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