It's getting to the point where I can't tell the difference between TMZ and CNN. Anderson Cooper should just go ahead and deliver the nightly news while holding his sippy cup and using a green pen to scrawl out the nightly headlines as the news staff cracks clever quips. Why just today CNN is enlightening us with fluffy trivialities such a report about psychics who see "magic" in Jackson's life and a portrait of Jackson's pill consumption. Medium: graphite scrawl with digital color. Much thanks to Holly for the inspiration.
Jim,
YES!!! Now THAT'S impressive news!
xoxo
14
Posted by: 14 | July 28, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Bill Maher had it right.
The real breaking news story is that Keith Richards is STILL ALIVE!
Posted by: Jim Crosson | July 28, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Wheee!!! I needed my 14 fix!
Posted by: Holly Viola | July 23, 2009 at 08:32 PM
Oh please, MJ was a super star; but don't make his death a very sensational one. Give respect to him, please.
Posted by: free mp3 music | July 21, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Finally a new post. I've been dying here...
Posted by: Holly Howe | July 16, 2009 at 05:08 AM
pleasant surprise to see a new work up! thanks, 14!!
Posted by: Knox Bronson | July 16, 2009 at 01:49 AM
Praise Jeebus you're back! Your version of Andy is a little more DILF than I usually envision him and it's HAWT. Michael looks like Bubbles. Perfection.
Posted by: The Rural Modernist.com | July 15, 2009 at 04:56 PM
LOL! That is soooooooooooooo cool!
Posted by: Liggy | July 14, 2009 at 05:41 PM
Ha!Mockazine — "no one can escape the evil of the Thriller!" Cue Vincent Price's maniacal laughter.
Posted by: Red | July 14, 2009 at 08:29 AM
I prefer to get my news from the Soup. WELCOME BACK!
Posted by: Red | July 14, 2009 at 08:28 AM
Maybe this is just as bad as James Brown's corpse ... I am glad I don't have cable.
14, you got a tattoo and didn't tell me? Thanks for adding Anderson Cooper to all this bullshit. He is really working my nerves lately and I don't watch TV!!!
Posted by: Sweet Subversion | July 13, 2009 at 10:06 PM
The circus background and planet of the apes styling are perfect.
Posted by: Sage | July 13, 2009 at 04:05 PM
You know what makes me sad about all this macabre fixation on Jacko? Farrah Fawcett's death seems to be largely ignored because she was a decent, beautiful human being (why yes, I did have a massive crush on her as a kid, didn't everyone?).
Posted by: Erik | July 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Michael is OBAMA'S last great hope for taking us away from the truth.. ew
Posted by: Killershoes | July 13, 2009 at 09:37 AM
The war over jackson's kids has replaced the war in iraq on CNN...Cheesy News Network
Posted by: Miss Penelope | July 13, 2009 at 05:20 AM
Brilliant! I LOVE your take on MJ. Man. I must admit, I do turn on the computer in the morning to see if MJ is still dead--otherwise, I start to twitch uncontrollably.
Posted by: midi | July 12, 2009 at 10:46 PM
I am so pissed. We taxpayers SHOULD NOT BE PAYING for this over-done Staples Center spectacle. If they turn Neverland into some type of Graceland then L.A. County should be able to collect from incoming money paid by delusional tourist, lame idol worshipers and wanna-be's. If you have ever seen the movie "Idiocracy", this whole media circus seemed like a scene from that film. Thanks again for your artwork and Welcome Back.
Posted by: Ann | July 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Please do one on Joe Jackson. I can't stand that self-promoting money grubber. OOOOOO He is BEGGING for it!
Posted by: Psychochick | July 11, 2009 at 11:03 AM
When life gives you noses, make lemonade.
Posted by: Vern | July 10, 2009 at 10:04 PM
'Anhalts Kids' would be in such great companionship, having Prince 'I made millions with a brothel' Porno as their half-brother <3
Posted by: mariam | July 10, 2009 at 05:53 PM
Excellent work as usual.
Do you foresee bitter and protracted court battles then between Zsa Zsa, Ma Jackson and Diana Ross over Paris, Prince Michael and Blanket???
From Wikipedia:
Prinz von Anhalt has reportedly profited to the tune of millions of dollars by selling the Anhalt name to other individuals. "If someone offers you $2 million, you do it", he has said.
Together with his wife Zsa Zsa Gabor he has adopted several men.
Posted by: Frank | July 10, 2009 at 04:39 PM
All of these "news" channels have degraded into near tabloid gossip shows practically. And Joe Simpson is already talking about whoring out Jacko's kids to show biz. The Jackson family had no problem turning their son's/brother's funeral into a huge publicity spectacle. If they had any class, they would mourn in private. Frank Sinatra was leagues above MJ in talent and fame yet he didn't have a televised funeral-concert! And oh yeah, Frank didn't molest children either. Maybe if he did, he would have gotten a huge televised concert-funeral funded with $4 million in taxpayer money like MJ!
Posted by: Paige | July 10, 2009 at 03:23 PM
Like so many artists, he is more popular in death than in life--but your right, it is ironic how the "real" journalists are still so fixated on him. There is no escaping the evil of the thriller.
Posted by: Mockazine | July 10, 2009 at 01:57 PM
So very glad that you're back!
Posted by: Mimi | July 10, 2009 at 01:39 PM
The Prince Von Anhalt detail is as hilariously perfect as the expressions on both of their faces.
Posted by: Jenn F. | July 10, 2009 at 01:36 PM