The Little Golden BooksOpens in a new tab series have been a huge piece of Americana for over 70 years, and most of us as kids grew up reading them back when we were in pre-school and kindergarten. For a lot of us, Scuffy the Tugboat and Katie the Kitten were among the first books we ever read or owned, and their cheerful art style is instantly recognizable to us all, even years later as adults.
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Over the past few years, artist Joey SpiottoOpens in a new tab has taken the classic Little Golden Book art style and applied them to modern pop culture icons, with characters from movies, television, and even well known musicians. He debuted his first series of these in a line of parody style art he called StorytimeOpens in a new tab back in 2014, which featured cute Little Golden Book inspired pieces featuring the likes of Shaun of the DeadOpens in a new tab and Guardians of the GalaxyOpens in a new tab. Spiotto then followed up that series with the equally cool Storytime 2 Opens in a new taba year later.
Now we’ve learned that Spiotto is continuing his Little Golden Book inspired art with Storytime 3, which will once again exhibit at Gallery 1988Opens in a new tab in Los Angeles. Although the artist draws from the past several decades of popular culture, there are a lot of very current aspects of media that are currently grabbing everyone’s attention, like LoganOpens in a new tab, Harley Quinn from Suicide SquadOpens in a new tab, Negan from The Walking DeadOpens in a new tab, HamiltonOpens in a new tab, Mr. RobotOpens in a new tab, WestworldOpens in a new tab, Stranger ThingsOpens in a new tab, and video games like OverwatchOpens in a new tab. And that’s just naming but a few. You can check out a handful of them down below in our gallery, and to see the rest, be sure to head over to Gallery 1988’s siteOpens in a new tab.
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The Storytime 3 art show will be on exhibition at Gallery 1998 from April 7 through April 22, 2017. You can also purchase Spiotto’s book featuring all his Storytime art to date by clicking on his personal website hereOpens in a new tab.
Which of these adorable takes on your favorite characters do you think is the best? Be sure to let us know down below in the comments.
Images: Joey Spiotto/Gallery 1988
