Photograph Subjects of Decades Past Relive Geek Fantasies They Didn’t Know They Had

Have you ever looked at old photos of people from another time period, maybe over a century ago, and wonder, “What’s going through their head right now? Why do they look so … serious?” Besides being shocked by the bright light of a flashbulb, I can’t posit any solid ideas about what these people were thinking that made them look like that. But artist Alex Gross had an idea: maybe they were harboring secret geek fantasies about things that would have sent them straight to the asylum. Gross took a bunch of antique photographs and painted a slew of geek icons over them. And they are not surprisingly wonderful. More after the jump.

First, we’ll cover some DC heroes. Starting with Batgirl:

Batman:

Wonder Woman:

And now, Marvel, starting with Marvel Girl:

Cyclops:

Wolverine:

Star Trek and Star Wars:

And some horror icons, like the Creature from the Black Lagoon:

And Godzilla:

Dear Alex Gross,

Do this forever.

Best regards,
Jamie

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