…more from the “Alternative Life Instructions” leaflet

Date August 10, 2007

Take a look at about:blank’s previous post from the “Alternative Life Instructions” leaflet

If anyone knows the source/author of these funny illustrations, add it to the comments so i can credit them.

UPDATE: Thanks to all the comments and the additional traffic from Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing, I think we may be getting somewhere.

“James” & Maggie Leber pointed us to Airtoons

“AJ” thinks it the work of Shawn Wolfe
 
“Heather” has pointed us to the nearest match at Something Awful, which had a photoshop competition with similar illustrations although i’m not positive they are as professionally finished as the Doppleganger or Bully Manual but there are some funny attempts:

The search goes on!

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25 Responses to “…more from the “Alternative Life Instructions” leaflet”

  1. Maggie Leber said:

    Looks like Airtoons to me…or maybe just someone inspired by them.

    http://www.airtoons.com/

  2. AJ said:

    Looks like it might be Shaw n Wolfe to me.

    His website: Shawn Wolfe.

    Another piece of his that reminds me of the excerpts you’ve run: here.

  3. james said:

    i believe the initial idea was from ‘airtoons’ (www.airtoons.com) but this seems to be from one of the ones who borrowed the idea.

  4. heather said:

    i think these images were created for a thread on Something Awful.

    http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/saveurlife-wall-posters.php

  5. JVC said:

    Those are great!

    I noticed that the creator is probably American, as they have misspelt ‘Doppelganger’.

  6. Elizabeth Windsor said:

    Another clue that the author is American is that the cartoons are actually funny.

  7. Jase said:

    Haha, with such an excellent dry sense of humour, you must be british!

  8. Kenneth said:

    The doppelganger cartoon is a fusion of images used on the somethingawful thread. See the somethingawfuls for IndieRockLance’s “Way to go she’s Dead and it’s your fault” for the doppelganger on the receiving end of the hot doppelganger-on-doppelganger action and Jumpin_Frog’s “Investigation Shows Olsens’ Mother Forced Bulimia” for the giving it end.

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  11. Rasier die Dummkoepfe said:

    It should read Doppelgänger or Doppelgaenger, unless your name is Dussel. Get a Duden and a life.

    http://www.amazon.com/dp/3411040130/

  12. kevin said:

    I also assumed shawn wolfe because of this: http://shawnwolfe.com/albums/album31/RemoverInstaller_Twice.jpg

    But I don’t really know…

  13. Kieran said:

    On the topic of doppelganger sex, a bit of googling (to try and find the origins of the toon), brought up this:

    http://www.two-of-her.com

    (A pr0n site specialising in photomanipulated and cartoon “clone sex”)

  14. smt said:

    Reminiscent of Amber Hawke Swanson’s Amber Doll work:
    might be inspired by that?

    http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/ourtown/070803/amberdoll/

    http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=amber+hawke+swanson&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

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  16. Word Soup said:

    Doppleganger

    You know, I’ve been issuing that same warning about Dopplegangers for years….

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  18. About Us said:

    That is a good laugh. It made a good start of my day. Thanks

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  20. Jim said:

    Cool image and copy. I just posted on my (NSFW) blog about an artist who made a life size replica of herself. I too am curious as to who the guy who did these are.

    http://www.sexisthenewblog.com/amber-hawk-swanson-fucks-herself/

    Of course doppelganger sex is a fantasy for most healthy adults isn’t it? I mean ISN’T IT?

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  25. Best Jokes said:

    that looks weird…

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