Have you ever looked at old photos of people from another time period, maybe over a century ago, and wonder, “What’s going through their head right now? Why do they look so … serious?” Besides being shocked by the bright light of a flashbulb, I can’t posit any solid ideas about what these people were thinking that made them look like that. But artist Alex Gross had an idea: maybe they were harboring secret geek fantasies about things that would have sent them straight to the asylum. Gross took a bunch of antique photographs and painted a slew of geek icons over them. And they are not surprisingly wonderful. More after the jump.
First, we’ll cover some DC heroes. Starting with Batgirl:
Batman:
Wonder Woman:
And now, Marvel, starting with Marvel Girl:
Cyclops:
Wolverine:
Star Trek and Star Wars:
And some horror icons, like the Creature from the Black Lagoon:
And Godzilla:
Dear Alex Gross,
Do this forever.
Best regards,
Jamie
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