A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

It’s the End of the World


Mark Gibson of Monki Do Studio in Belper, Derbyshire, England, sent in this piece he did on “Tom.” The good news is that it’s well done, if somewhat creepy. The bad news is that PETA has started picketing us for promoting cruelty to animals. The good news is that, to make up for it, we have agreed to pose naked in one of their “provocative” advertisements! Everybody wins!

Update! Astute reader Paraplugs notes that this is in fact a modification of the cover of an album called This Is What The Edge Of Your Seat Was Made For by British deathcore band Bring Me The Horizon. Thanks!

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Comments

84 responses to “It’s the End of the World”

  1. ParaPlugs Avatar

    I first saw this on one of BMTH’s album covers.

  2. ParaPlugs Avatar

    I first saw this on one of BMTH’s album covers.

  3. ParaPlugs Avatar

    I first saw this on one of BMTH’s album covers.

  4. ParaPlugs Avatar

    I first saw this on one of BMTH’s album covers.

  5. Kaylie Avatar
    Kaylie

    I loathe PeTA and their bullshit attention whoring.

  6. Kaylie Avatar
    Kaylie

    I loathe PeTA and their bullshit attention whoring.

  7. Kaylie Avatar
    Kaylie

    I loathe PeTA and their bullshit attention whoring.

  8. Kaylie Avatar
    Kaylie

    I loathe PeTA and their bullshit attention whoring.

  9. CrimShuffle Avatar

    I really like this. I love work that uses splashes of colour outside of lines. Fuck the animals just don’t colour inside the lines.

  10. CrimShuffle Avatar

    I really like this. I love work that uses splashes of colour outside of lines. Fuck the animals just don’t colour inside the lines.

  11. CrimShuffle Avatar

    I really like this. I love work that uses splashes of colour outside of lines. Fuck the animals just don’t colour inside the lines.

  12. CrimShuffle Avatar

    I really like this. I love work that uses splashes of colour outside of lines. Fuck the animals just don’t colour inside the lines.

  13. jazzybean Avatar

    I too loathe PETA.. and BMTH.

    still a good tattoo though 🙂

  14. jazzybean Avatar

    I too loathe PETA.. and BMTH.

    still a good tattoo though 🙂

  15. jazzybean Avatar

    I too loathe PETA.. and BMTH.

    still a good tattoo though 🙂

  16. jazzybean Avatar

    I too loathe PETA.. and BMTH.

    still a good tattoo though 🙂

  17. Xenobiologista Avatar

    PETA are a bunch of nutters. You can’t immediately assume that a tattoo like this is PROMOTING cruelty to animals; my first reaction was that it’s exposing the destruction of beauty involved in hunting.

    There is no way people are ever going to stop eating animals, keeping pets, or using them for lab testing. Taking extreme stances and wanting to ban all animal use works against organizations that are trying to make animal use more humane.

  18. Xenobiologista Avatar

    PETA are a bunch of nutters. You can’t immediately assume that a tattoo like this is PROMOTING cruelty to animals; my first reaction was that it’s exposing the destruction of beauty involved in hunting.

    There is no way people are ever going to stop eating animals, keeping pets, or using them for lab testing. Taking extreme stances and wanting to ban all animal use works against organizations that are trying to make animal use more humane.

  19. Xenobiologista Avatar

    PETA are a bunch of nutters. You can’t immediately assume that a tattoo like this is PROMOTING cruelty to animals; my first reaction was that it’s exposing the destruction of beauty involved in hunting.

    There is no way people are ever going to stop eating animals, keeping pets, or using them for lab testing. Taking extreme stances and wanting to ban all animal use works against organizations that are trying to make animal use more humane.

  20. Xenobiologista Avatar

    PETA are a bunch of nutters. You can’t immediately assume that a tattoo like this is PROMOTING cruelty to animals; my first reaction was that it’s exposing the destruction of beauty involved in hunting.

    There is no way people are ever going to stop eating animals, keeping pets, or using them for lab testing. Taking extreme stances and wanting to ban all animal use works against organizations that are trying to make animal use more humane.

  21. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar
    Jordan Ginsberg

    (… I was just kidding about PETA. Sorry.)

  22. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar
    Jordan Ginsberg

    (… I was just kidding about PETA. Sorry.)

  23. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar
    Jordan Ginsberg

    (… I was just kidding about PETA. Sorry.)

  24. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar
    Jordan Ginsberg

    (… I was just kidding about PETA. Sorry.)

  25. Menasor Avatar
    Menasor

    lol cmon folks, its the internet. and on top of that, its Jordan. man cant post anything without at least one joke or pun in it. (okay sometimes its a song / movie reference)

  26. Menasor Avatar
    Menasor

    lol cmon folks, its the internet. and on top of that, its Jordan. man cant post anything without at least one joke or pun in it. (okay sometimes its a song / movie reference)

  27. Menasor Avatar
    Menasor

    lol cmon folks, its the internet. and on top of that, its Jordan. man cant post anything without at least one joke or pun in it. (okay sometimes its a song / movie reference)

  28. Menasor Avatar
    Menasor

    lol cmon folks, its the internet. and on top of that, its Jordan. man cant post anything without at least one joke or pun in it. (okay sometimes its a song / movie reference)

  29. Pidge Avatar
    Pidge

    Jordan’s such a rabble-rouser.

  30. Pidge Avatar
    Pidge

    Jordan’s such a rabble-rouser.

  31. Pidge Avatar
    Pidge

    Jordan’s such a rabble-rouser.

  32. Pidge Avatar
    Pidge

    Jordan’s such a rabble-rouser.

  33. PhilipBarbosa Avatar
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  37. deanrobson Avatar

    the tattoos brilliant, but i hate bring me the horizwank.

  38. deanrobson Avatar

    the tattoos brilliant, but i hate bring me the horizwank.

  39. deanrobson Avatar

    the tattoos brilliant, but i hate bring me the horizwank.

  40. deanrobson Avatar

    the tattoos brilliant, but i hate bring me the horizwank.

  41. Cere Avatar

    i am peta and birds should be free.

  42. Cere Avatar

    i am peta and birds should be free.

  43. Cere Avatar

    i am peta and birds should be free.

  44. Cere Avatar

    i am peta and birds should be free.

  45. the_logic_of_crocodiles Avatar

    bring me the horizontal fringe

  46. the_logic_of_crocodiles Avatar

    bring me the horizontal fringe

  47. the_logic_of_crocodiles Avatar

    bring me the horizontal fringe

  48. the_logic_of_crocodiles Avatar

    bring me the horizontal fringe

  49. AmiiMetalFace Avatar
    AmiiMetalFace

    LOL @ 10
    Oli Sykes can suck my imaginery root. I met him once at a Bleeding Through gig when they were less-famous boys with hair. He was an arse.

    I love the tat though 🙂

  50. AmiiMetalFace Avatar
    AmiiMetalFace

    LOL @ 10
    Oli Sykes can suck my imaginery root. I met him once at a Bleeding Through gig when they were less-famous boys with hair. He was an arse.

    I love the tat though 🙂

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