Chris (Simpsons Artist)

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About

Chris (Simpsons Artist) is an illustrator known for his bizarre, naïve art-style^[8] depictions of characters from various cartoons, live-action television series and films, including The Simpsons and Winnie the Pooh.

Online History

On April 16th, 2011, Chris launched the Facebook^[1] page "Simpsons pictures that I gone and done," which gained over 484,000 likes over the next four years. In May, Chris created the @getbentsaggy^[2] Twitter feed.

As early as June 7th, Chris began selling merchandise and prints featuring his illustrations on his art website Pictures That I Gone and Done.^[6]^[7] On February 21st, 2012, the pop culture news blog One and Other^[9] published an interview with Chris. In May, the IG:LU art gallery in Inverness, Scotland placed several of Chris' works on display.^[10] On April 16th, 2012, the arts and culture blog Crack in the Road^[12] published an interview with Chris. On July 4th, 2014, Chris posted an illustration of the cartoon character Winnie the Pooh taking a jar of "bee syrup" from the cartoon character piglet on Facebook^[11] (shown below). In six months, the image garnered upwards of 28,000 likes, 6,800 comments and 5,700 shares.

Reception

On March 19th, 2012, Redditor alltheaids submitted a screenshot of a Facebook post in which Chris replies to a fan with a lengthy, bizarre comment (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post accumulated more than 540 votes (92% upvoted) and 20 comments on the /r/facepalm^[13] subreddit.

On November 24th, 2014, Redditor MrBlueish submitted a photograph of a picture frame inspired by Chris' Winnie the Pooh illustration (shown below). In the first two months, the post gained over 4,600 votes (94% upvoted) and 340 comments on the /r/WTF^[14] subreddit. On Tumblr, the fan sites Chris (Simpsons Artists) xox^[3] and SimpsonArtistFan^[4] highlight artwork by Chris.