This is the day we've all been waiting for: Obama Vs. McCain. If you're over 18 and a US American citizen, I'm assuming you've voted or about to vote. In celebration of this monumental election, here's a wonderful spoof collection of the iconic graphic of the 2008 Presidential Campaign: the Obama "Hope" Poster by Shepard Fairey. I believe Mr. Fairey's poster contributed significantly to bringing the younger American voice to the Presidential elections.

CHECK OUT MORE "HOPE" SPOOFS BY CLICKING HERE.

I'm super excited about the Takashi Murakami retrospective Art Show at MoCA's Geffen Contemporary opening today. There's already been tons of sneak previews and coverage from the preview show and it looks bigger and better than I imagined.I'm a bit uncomfortable about the strong commercial presence of Louis Vuitton, though. I understand that Murakami's international success is integrally connected to his design collaborations with LV...but it's a little weird and insulting that a fully operating Louis Vuitton store is at the center of the Art Exhibit. Then again it's probably the ultimate mixing of Murakami's obsession with commercialism and branding.Here are some great pics from the show I found on the Supertouch Blog:

I've always like the GOLD KEY COMICS, mainly because of their amazing covers. They did numerous comic books series based on TV shows like THE AVENGERS, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THE FLINTSTONES or TARZAN. Here, you can find the 61 covers of the STAR TREK series.

There is a nice exhibition at WACKO/LA LUZ DE JESUS in Los Angeles: WORK FROM ED "BIG DADDY" ROTH STUDIOS. It features 17 original ink on board artworks for tee-shirts & decals. It's funny, beautiful and unfortunately too expensive for me.

It's difficult to find information about Sandro Simeoni, at least in a language that I can understand. I discovered his work with the Dario Argento's movie posters. I heard he did more than 3000 posters during his 50 years career, here's what I could find on the web.

Since I'm talking about the SMASH-UP DERBY, I should mention this link sent by my friend ADN (him again). You'll find there some fantastic ads for toys as cool as the SMASH-UP DERBY.