Author: Steve Melcher

Johann Hamza, German

“It Says Corporate Has Decided To Pivot. From Now On, Instead of a Build-A-Bear Workshop, We’re a Build-An-Ostrich Workshop,” 1902

Oil on wood

Paul Fischer, Danish

“It’s Not Important Whose Fault It Is That Our Clothes Got Swept Out To Sea While We Were Napping. The Point Is One of Us Now Has To Walk Into Town and Somehow Barter For Towels. Not It!,” 1924

Oil on canvas

Frederick Arthur Bridgman, American

Frank Would Later Deny Being Frightened By Their “Flying Princess” Stunt, But the Adult Diaper He Wore Suggested Otherwise, 1869-70

Oil on canvas

Ulisse Caputo, Italian

At the Now-Defunct Disneyland Stalingrad, the Hottest Item in the Gift Shops Was the Mouse Ears Ushanka, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Joseph Bail, French

Bruce Wayne’s Chef Summoning Him To Dinner Via the Vat-Signal, 1910

Oil on canvas

Augustus Edwin Mulready, British

News Junkie Begging For a Fix, 1874

Oil on cardboard

Federico Andreotti, Italian

“Oh, I Was Merely Saying That I Wanted To Purchase Your Entire Inventory. But You’re Right. ‘I’d Love To De-Flower You’ Was Perhaps a Poor Choice of Words,” Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Artist Unknown

The Hot Toy This Holiday Season: Overdressed Fly Fishing Barbie™ (Hip Waders Sold Separately), 1906

Chromolithograph