How to be a Retronaut » Drawing http://www.howtobearetronaut.com If the past is a foreign country, this is your passport Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:32:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Tweety-pie’s skeleton… http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/02/tweety-pies-skeleton/ http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/02/tweety-pies-skeleton/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:01:40 +0000 The Retronaut http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1503

Momento Mori is a theme that has existed in art since… well, forever. Translated from Latin as “Remember you must die”, its purpose has been to remind us [...]]]>

Momento Mori is a theme that has existed in art since… well, forever. Translated from Latin as “Remember you must die”, its purpose has been to remind us that our lives are of limited duration. For me, Michael Paulus’ skeleton cartoon characters are a contemporary – and very chilling – Momento Mori.

Click on any image to see the gallery. That’s REALLY all, folks…

Baby Huey Barney Rubble Betty Boop Blossom Bubbles Buttercup Charlie Brown Charlie Brown 2 Dexter Eggbert Fred Flintstone Hello Kitty 1 Hello Kitty 2 Linus Little Lotta Lucy Marvin the Martian Peppermint Patty Pigpen Pikachu The Mad Scientist

Thank you to Lady Crafthole.

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