A friend of mine is doing a few pages for this and asked a few months ago if I would be interested in doing a few too. I said no as I thought it sounded a bit pointless and my free time to do my own projects is tight enough as it is, but actually seeing it come together I do somewhat regret missing out on getting involved, as the results are hilarious.
The brainchild of Ryan Humphreys and James Harvey, BARTKIRA is a crowdsourcing project to redraw the entirety of the original 6-volume, 2000+ page AKIRA manga, but with Simpsons characters and motifs. Over 700 artists are pitching in a few pages each, see the link for the results.
The 'cast list' is simply inspired. Lisa Simpson IS Lady Miyako. Principal Skinner IS The Colonel. Lunchlady Doris IS Chiyoko. And so on. I particularly admire the decision to go with Homer as The Birdman.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kevintang/768-artists-are-drawing-a-simpsons-akira-mashup-comic (http://www.buzzfeed.com/kevintang/768-artists-are-drawing-a-simpsons-akira-mashup-comic)
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I've seen a bit about this - it's a spellbinding project and needless to say sir you SHOULD HAVE GOT INVOLVED ;)
Also buzzfeed get the award for pissing me off the quickest with this classic bit of phrasing
QuoteWhen comic artist James Harvey called on his friends to reinterpret Akira (a seminal cyberpunk comic/anime, one of Kanye West's favorites) with Simpsons characters, he did not image how many submissions he'd get.
Yes it's a seminal and groundbreaking piece of sequential art BUT ALSO A CELEB LIKES IT. Huzzah it ticks all two boxes. Notable as a piece of art and liked by someone from currently famousland.
Citizen Kane is being re-released in cinemas next March with "as liked by Harry Styles from One Direction" on the poster :P
Harry is more of a 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?' man.
I never thought I'd live to see the day! :lol: