Now that's a flashy suit

October 13, 2010 11:12 AM

The Mysterious "Mirror Man", aka The Collector by artist Gustav Troger
posted by gottabefunky (18 comments total)

Mirror Man at Griffith Observatory in LA (more pictures in this Flickr gallery).

A different mirror man, who
posted by filthy light thief at 11:33 AM on October 13, 2010

eats the ends of sentences?
posted by pracowity at 11:38 AM on October 13, 2010 [2 favorites]

OK, how are we not living in a comic-book universe now?
posted by Slap*Happy at 11:58 AM on October 13, 2010

Alas not Freddie.
You could fall in love with me if you tried.
I’ve done everything I could to make it easy. You just won’t try!
posted by adamvasco at 12:02 PM on October 13, 2010

I want him to collaborate with Buckethead.
posted by boo_radley at 12:04 PM on October 13, 2010

So he's a vampire?
posted by lauratheexplorer at 12:11 PM on October 13, 2010

Oooh-ooh-oooh-oooooh!
posted by chavenet at 12:43 PM on October 13, 2010

I'd like to meet his tailor.
No, seriously.
posted by From Bklyn at 12:55 PM on October 13, 2010

Too bad men stopped wearing fedoras and bowler hats in real life. Artists lost their favorite symbol for soulless mass man. Now -- as adamvasco suggests -- a fedora just means Freddie Kreuger.
posted by Faze at 12:56 PM on October 13, 2010

Weaknesses: Hammers, opera singers, calculating the number of years bad luck accrued if encountering either of the former.
posted by schmod at 1:00 PM on October 13, 2010

I'm reminded of Li Xiaofeng somewhat.
posted by peacay at 1:15 PM on October 13, 2010

Does he fight or cause crime?
posted by The Whelk at 2:51 PM on October 13, 2010

A different mirror man, who

pracowity: eats the ends of sentences?

Um, yes. And attends dance events with Mirror Girl. It seems they might end up blinding other dancers. That's where I was going with my earlier statement, but I was dazzled.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:25 PM on October 13, 2010

I'd hit it.
posted by Ouisch at 4:39 PM on October 13, 2010

But think of the bad luck!
posted by The Whelk at 4:40 PM on October 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

I think they failed to take into account...his mirror balls.
LOOK AT THEM SHINE! LOOK-AT-THEM-SHINE!
posted by Strange Interlude at 5:15 PM on October 13, 2010

Beefheart Mirror Man.

The guy kind of looks like John Lee Hooker. I think that's the connection between them.
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:43 PM on October 13, 2010

disco-camo
posted by fuzzypantalones at 8:09 PM on October 13, 2010