Clackamas County Fair - Awesomely Bad Fair Ride Murals


O.k., check this out. This mural is on a ride called "Pirate Ghosts" or something like that. Most of this huge mural makes sense, its got pirates, sunken treasure, etc....THEN on the left side of the huge trailer that houses the ride I noticed this awesomely bad depiction of some kind of barbarian kicking some pirate ass! What was the painter thinking? "Damn, how could I make my painting better? I know! I'll throw in Conan the Fricking Barbarian in there to kick some ass and take names!" Check out the huge sword in the barbarians mouth. What the hell? I mean a dagger or a knife sure, but a humongous sword clenched between your teeth while kicking the crap outta pirates?! Thats totally sweet. Check out how the other pirates are totally panicking too, the blonde guy in the corner is yelling for his mama while the lumberjack(!) in the green shirt hanging from the ropes is watching the barbarian, who seemingly appeared out of an explosion, start whaling on his buddies. Too cool!

Yes! Indiana Jones on an alien world is about to bullwhip some aliens while running back to his spaceship. How damn cool is that?! Apparently Dr. Jones is an Intergalactic asskicker. Awesome!

1 comment:

The Mighty Kat said...

LOVE THIS STUFF!! Thanks for posting these pics! Makes me realize there is yet another intriguing subgenre to think about...