The Year's Best Gawker Illustrations
Those of us who write words for Gawker, Jezebel and Deadspin have an unbelievable safety net: The work of art director Jim Cooke and staff artist Sam Woolley, whose disturbingly good and quickly assembled images turn bad ideas and half-baked concepts into classic posts. Here are some of our favorites from 2013.
By Jim Cooke except where noted. For image sources click through to the original post.
Thatz Not Okay: Cream Puff Savagery; A Spam Artist's Friend's Sister
The Child That Wouldn't Be Born, and the One That Was
Jeff Bezos Is Buying the Washington Post
'Cunt' Should Not Be a Bad Word
Sex Robots and Love-Score Apps: This Is the Future of Dating
Confessions Of A Masturbating Video Gamer
Our Kind of Ridiculous: Yous, Me and Blackness as Probable Cause
I Invented a Girlfriend for Myself Because I'm Gay and Wanted to Play Football in College
Understanding the Toughest Anti-Abortion Law in the Country, the 'Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act'
Why Are Dogs Racist? Canine Experts Speak
Here Is a List of All the Assholes Who Own Guns in New York City
Why Your Children's Television Program Sucks: Max & Ruby
Why Your Children's Television Program Sucks: Dora The Explorer
You're Fucked, But You're Free: A Message To The Class Of 2013
The 2013 Hater's Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog
What If The President Were A Cokehead?
The Greatest Rumor Of All Time [image by Sam Woolley]
Pearl-Clutching Alert: Ambitious College Sluts Taking Over Campuses
Bottoms Up! Here's to the End of Sean Delonas
Cheap Bourbons, Ranked [image by Sam Woolley]
Own a Piece of Disgusting Internet History With Your Very Own Goatse Email Address
Feral, Thieving Mountain Men Keep Emerging from America's Woods, Unwillingly
Bottom Line: How Sports Leagues Crack The Whip On ESPN
What The Hell Do I Do With These Frightening Ghost Peppers? [image by Sam Woolley]
My Life With the Thrill-Clit Cult
Things I Learned at the Smallest Penis in Brooklyn Pageant [NSFW]
A 'Dear John' Letter From My Boobs
How To Make Thanksgiving For One When You're Stranded by the Storm
Remembering 9/11: An Educational Pageant
Giants Have Too Many Questions For Teddy Bridgewater To Be The Answer [image by Sam Woolley]
Answering a Question No One Asked: 13 Years of Williamsburg in the NYT