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August 11, 2011 2:03 AM

Charles Forsman: "After my Raiders/Popeye strip was so well received I decided to try another combination. After a failed attempt at another combination I decided to try mashing up 2 of my all-time favorites: Spielberg and Benchley's Jaws drawn like Schulz's Peanuts. "

more of Forsman's work:

Clubfoot
Mickey the Man
flickr
wolf (NSFW)
charlesforsman+

posted by dubold (26 comments total)

This....it's perfect. It's amazing. I'm considering printing it out on newsprint and putting on my fridge next to the Flash/iPad Zits comic to give it the treatment it deserves.
posted by Brainy at 3:15 AM on August 11, 2011 [3 favorites]

Full of win.
posted by ook at 3:21 AM on August 11, 2011 [3 favorites]

He really nails the style; this is good.
posted by TedW at 4:16 AM on August 11, 2011 [2 favorites]

very nice
posted by riruro at 4:46 AM on August 11, 2011

What they said.

Mickey the Man is a hard thing to see, but I don't know what kind of warning you could give that.
posted by rahnefan at 4:54 AM on August 11, 2011

I'm pretty sure Lord of the Rings as Smurfs has to come next
posted by Jon_Evil at 5:22 AM on August 11, 2011

I love this. Sikoryak's Inferno Joe and Good Ol' Gregor Brown in the same vein, but I can't find the whole srips on the web..
posted by Daddy-O at 5:26 AM on August 11, 2011

I'd seen the Indy/Popeye stuff before, but the rest of his work is really good. Looks like a lot of it was student work, I hope he continues putting out stuff.
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:44 AM on August 11, 2011

That was better than I expected, and managed to neatly nail both Peanuts and Jaws.
posted by kinnakeet at 5:46 AM on August 11, 2011 [2 favorites]

Mickey the Man is a hard thing to see, but I don't know what kind of warning you could give that

WARNING: ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
posted by scrowdid at 5:56 AM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

Normally I don't have any time for these nostalgic makeovers (I'm so sick of anything 8 bit) but for some reason - perhaps my enduring love of Jaws - I clicked on this and I'm so glad I did. The 'going to need a bigger boat' strip is just perfect. Made my day, and after a week of crappy rioting and looting (by others, not me) it was just what I needed. Thanks.
posted by ciderwoman at 6:10 AM on August 11, 2011

Classic—especially the Chief / Charlie getting slapped by Lucy.

Roy Scheider said that in real life, the actress playing Mrs. Kintner didn't know how to perform a movie slap. So, when filming that scene, she just slapped him, and in his words, "it hurt like hell."
posted by dcipjr at 6:40 AM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

Excellent post. The wolf strip was particularly poignant.
posted by arcticseal at 7:08 AM on August 11, 2011

This is absolutely stupendous.
posted by jquinby at 7:21 AM on August 11, 2011

I knew this was going to be great when I saw the very first panel.

I was not disappointed.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 7:43 AM on August 11, 2011

How nice to click on a link knowing it's probably not going to depress me. This was great -- love it.
posted by OolooKitty at 9:02 AM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

I just ordered a print of this to give my sister for Christmas. Sheer brilliance.
posted by Strange Interlude at 9:33 AM on August 11, 2011

omg...he should totally do 'Kathy' + 'Aliens'
posted by sexyrobot at 9:43 AM on August 11, 2011 [2 favorites]

WARNING: ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

Someone's baby being stolen pretty much trumps everything else we give warnings about, scrowdid, even if it is artistic expression.
posted by rahnefan at 9:45 AM on August 11, 2011

This is really good and I'm glad I clicked on it. I'm really impressed at his getting the newspaper color look down so well. It wouldn't be as convincing if the colors weren't so right.
posted by Tesseractive at 10:11 AM on August 11, 2011

Here is the whole Kafka Peanuts, Daddy-O.
posted by cazoo at 10:21 AM on August 11, 2011 [2 favorites]

I'm a fan of Lovecraft mashups, myself. Like this one, though there are others.
posted by jquinby at 10:37 AM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

Gotta love Schulz' stock hollerin' pose on SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME. This is classic.
posted by Spatch at 11:13 AM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

It's really hard to improve on the original, minus a little filler.
posted by Clyde Mnestra at 12:58 PM on August 11, 2011

Strange Interlude, where did you order the print from?
posted by Brainy at 1:48 PM on August 11, 2011

brainy: available here
posted by dubold at 2:09 PM on August 11, 2011