I’ve been meaning to blog about the Austin artist known as Palfloat, but I’ve been putting it off because I can’t imagine doing him justice. He’s a friend of the Space Squid crew, and we’ve been meaning to publish some of his cartoons, like Worldsalad or Fargield, but we just haven’t made it happen yet.
I was going through his entirely user-perplexing website, making notes of the really funny bits to share with you (the readers of Zombie Lapdance), but after the list hit about twenty or so, I realized that you will have to explore the material yourself. I’m going to show you one example to spur you to visit the site and dive into the world of Palfloat.
That wasn’t so bad, was it?
There’s not just the paintings of course (many of which can be viewed free of charge at Lava Java and the attached subshop). The Palfloat experience stretches through guerilla gift bags, multimedia, and music.
There’s an over-arching theme and logic to this work. Cafeteria food, ET, coloring books, and He-Man all play a big role.
Palfloat is like an eight year old, constantly experimenting with epistimological boundaries. Does paint go with your sister? Does cereal go with Kenny Rogers?
Of course the answer is yes.
