Anthony Shore

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Acme product recall notice directed to W.E. Coyote indicating certain products may cause injury or death. Brown furry paws quiver with rage, crushing the letter written to him by E.J. Fudd, Chairman and Millionaire.
Acme product recall notice directed to W.E. Coyote indicating certain products may cause injury or death. Brown furry paws quiver with rage, crushing the letter written to him by E.J. Fudd, Chairman and Millionaire.
Acme product recall notice directed to W.E. Coyote indicating certain products may cause injury or death. Brown furry paws quiver with rage, crushing the letter written to him by E.J. Fudd, Chairman and Millionaire.
Bic for Her, an actual product line in 2011, launched then quickly withdrawn under withering criticism. Product segmentation to a fault.
Red tomatoes but the colors are inverted. They are a vivid ice blue color, rendered with rough brushstrokes. One has a stem, it is a deep red. The tomatoes sit on a navy blue field with very light blue motion-blurred streaks that mimic wood grain.
A technical blueprint of a teapot revealing the complex of arcs and circles that comprise its architecture.
Red radish reimagined as a hungry ladybug with a tail
Gary Larson's: How to recognize the moods of an Irish setter, showing the exact same dog with the exact same expression, each captioned with different emotions: happy, depressed, angry, pensive [that's my favorite], excited, suicidal. Shown to point out similarity to the stars image comparing different stars, which look awfully similar.
A Cybertruck, overturned. Caption read: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes.”
Classic Gary Larson cartoon entitled "How to recognize the moods of an Irish setter" in which six identical images of a chipper Irish Setter are shown, each with a different caption: happy, depressed, angry, pensive, excited, suicidal.
The Grateful Dead logo, "Steal Your Face", featuring a skull with a lightning bolt down its center, dividing the center of the skull into red (left) and blue (right) fields, all within a circle of blue (left) and red (right).
Wearing togas, Roman customer to Ronan clerk says “There I go — sill writing ‘B.C.’ on my checks.”
The upright torso of Black Knight of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, looking forlorn, having all his arms and legs lobbed off by King Arthur. Tis a scratch? Hardly.
A superbloom of desert sunflowers in Racetrack Valley in the California desert. Blue skies with puffy white clouds stretch above.
Phil Lesh playing his six-string bass at Ventura County Fairgrounds in 2022
Phil Lesh, who died today, shown here looking cheerful and goofy at Terrapin Crossroads