REM RIP

So REM is calling in quits. Great run and I am sure their label is just counting the days until the Reunion Tour starts. So what better way to say farewell to a music and cultural icon than to see the artistic tributes people have made to it over the years.

First up is "Shiny Happy Michael Stipe" by AsStipetakeswing.

Done with colored pencils on notebook paper, this is surely going to be hanging on their Mom's fridge for a long time. I am just surprised that they didn't use a dose of glitter to reinforce the Shiny part. View the original and the "artist" info here.

Next is "Michael Stipe" by canneee572.

Now I will freely admit that Michael Stipe has a (to put it politely) an oddly proportioned face. However, he does not look like a frog as this "artist" imagines him. Maybe it is his fursona? Is it still a furry if it is not a mammal? View the original and the "artist" info here.

Next is another one named  "Michael Stipe", this time by Jeffica-Alice.

Did he have chinectomy? Is that poor shading or patchy shaving? And again with the red backgrounds. Do people understand how bad that looks? It's like drawing someone lying in a pool of their own blood. You get the FBI checking you out for that shit. View the original and the "artist" info here.

And now, Dear Readers, is the final and possibly the best one. Imagine Michael Stipe shirtless in outspace. Got it? Good.

This is "Michael Stipe" (again) by JesusOnTheRocks. Apparently Mr OnTheRocks things about Michael Stipes crotch, a lot. I was so taken aback by the size of the codpiece that I almost didn't notice the awkward shoulders. I know this is supposed to be done in a cartoon styling so the bizarre musculature is something I will overlook. But goddamn, look at the size of the crotch. Someone has a fixation. View the original and the "artist" info here.