SciFi & Fantasy Art is Still Weird

[Büge]

It's Chuck Tingle's latest romance novel, CUDDLED BY MY DEMISEXUAL PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS GIRLFRIEND FOR THE COMPERSION OF OUR AROACE ALIEN ANCHOR PARTNER

 

[Büge]

 

[Exposition Owl]

"Space travel! Einstein! Lincoln! Tutankhamun! And ... an apple." Wow, the benevolent wizard that that kid is psychically manifesting sure ran out of ideas fast.

 

[Exposition Owl]

There's a lot going on in this image, but I'm going to start by saying that the guy in the upper left has used so much Brylcreem that he has crossed into some kind of Hair Uncanny Valley, which I didn't even know was possible. Or maybe he just decided to cut out the middleman and get a toupee made of molded plastic.

 

[Exposition Owl]

I love the pilot's facial expression in this one. "You see what I have to work with here? I've got a frickin' Time Baby on my bridge!"

 

[Exposition Owl]

"Dial 'M' for Monkey Martin Freeman!"

 

[Becksworth]

Five Thousand Forty-Eight Monkeys

 

[Torzelbaum]

They really escalated things for the sequel.

 

[lincolnic]

Five Thousand Forty-Eight Monkeys

Six hundred miiiiiinutes

 

[Felicia]

There's a lot going on in this image, but I'm going to start by saying that the guy in the upper left has used so much Brylcreem that he has crossed into some kind of Hair Uncanny Valley, which I didn't even know was possible. Or maybe he just decided to cut out the middleman and get a toupee made of molded plastic.

I just have so many questions about that helmet. Why does it have a bunch of tiny rockets, that are all firing in the opposite direction of the rocket pack? Is it for maneuvering somehow? Or are they shooting beams at something? And also, that rocket pack is pretty clearly burning the guy's legs.

As for the dude with the walkie-talkie, that's Mandrake the Magician, isn't it?

 

[lincolnic]

I just have so many questions about that helmet. Why does it have a bunch of tiny rockets, that are all firing in the opposite direction of the rocket pack? Is it for maneuvering somehow? Or are they shooting beams at something? And also, that rocket pack is pretty clearly burning the guy's legs.

As for the dude with the walkie-talkie, that's Mandrake the Magician, isn't it?

Let's also not overlook the fact that Rocket McCalfburns also appears to be wearing flippers.

 

[Daikaiju]

"Space travel! Einstein! Lincoln! Tutankhamun! And ... an apple." Wow, the benevolent wizard that that kid is psychically manifesting sure ran out of ideas fast.

I think the apple is shorthand for physics

 

[Exposition Owl]

I think the apple is shorthand for physics

OK, that makes sense. The benevolent wizard knows both relativistic and classical physics, then. And presumably the butterfly stands for biology. It’s a pity that there’s not more from the arts and humanities, though.

And my apologies, Büge: I think I misinterpreted the picture. Now that I look again, the computer is manifesting the wizard, and the ghostly squiggle is apparently the line of ideas that the wizard is beaming directly into the kid’s brain. But is that static electricity around the kid’s head and arms? To be frank, I have some doubts about this wizard’s pedagogical techniques.

 

[Torzelbaum]

And presumably the butterfly stands for biology.

Or possibly chaos theory.

 

[MetManMas]

"Dial 'M' for Monkey Martin Freeman!"

Etemon looks wrong without the sunglasses.

 

[Felicia]

I wasn't sure if I should post it here or in the skeleton thread, but I had to post it somewhere, due to the extraordinary use of skeleton-as-clothing:

 

[Daikaiju]

Hm, yeah, Skeletal bra... Another predominate trope, though usually in "Dark Fantasy"

 

[Kirin]

Attaching it to Skull Codpiece is taking it to another level though.

 

[Becksworth]

Skeleton covering lady's privates/supporting her bosom: Shrugs "It's a living..."

 

[Torzelbaum]

I don't know why but I feel like that needs a punny name but I'm not sure what.

underworld bra?

pushing-up-daisies bra?

Did she get it from Vecna's Secret?

Attaching it to Skull Codpiece is taking it to another level though.

Is it still a codpiece if it's worn by a woman?

 

[Kirin]

Is it still a codpiece if it's worn by a woman?

I dunno, but I refuse to use the term "chastity belt".

Thong Armor maybe? (Obvisouly "Bikini Armor" is a thing but that usually refers to a whole outfit.)

 

[Violentvixen]

Jillstrap is technically the term that would be most appropriate here, but everyone just uses jockstrap anyway. And jockstrap isn't quite right but eh, closest I got.

 

[Torzelbaum]

I was thinking it was sort of like a loincloth but those usually aren't connected to anything on the upper torso.

But we digress...

 

[Exposition Owl]

That thing looks downright angry to be crawling out of the primordial ooze.

 

[Becksworth]

"Ugh, I need energy to sustain myself and eventually reproduce? I did not sign up for this!"

 

[Torzelbaum]

That is a lot of mouths to feed.

But at least you can still scream.

 

[Daikaiju]

Like someone melted a bucket of Army Men

 

[Purple]

I was thinking it was sort of like a loincloth but those usually aren't connected to anything on the upper torso.

Really if it's anything, it's a skeletabard. Not to be confused with a skeletal bard.

But we digress...

Society (1989, Brian Yuzna)

 

[Exposition Owl]

 

[lincolnic]

Unicorn Dragon turning to ask the audience "Sheesh, can you believe this guy?"