Filed under: Tabloid Comics, Tabloid Tactics
If tabloids changed their glossy full-color format into black and white cartoons complete with hand-drawn line art and conversation bubbles, they’d make entertaining comic books. No need to make up strange stories or create bizarre characters - it’s all right there in glorious full color. This particular comic comes straight from the cover of a recent tabloid staple: the twice yearly Best and Worst Celebrity Bodies feature. You’ve seen them in grocery stores - images of the rich and infamous splashed across the cover, cottage cheese thighs peaking from under skirts, flabby bits dangling from skimpy bikinis, plastic surgery nightmares exposed…and then one or two photos of a perfectly taut and tanned body (usually a 21 year old starlet). This is first of a series of reality comics based on tabloid “reporting” and you’ll see many more coming soon. Medium: Scrawls scanned out of sketchbook, digital color. View a select panel in more detail after the jump. 
I would opine that Brit’s body has likely suffered more damage from the sugary fraps and salty, fatty and chemical-laden junk food she enjoys more than by prescription drugs, but that’s not sensational enough a claim for a tabloid cover.
Posted by 14 ♦ March 4, 2008
At 10:59 am PoorBritney.com said:
Oh goodie goodie. Thank you for the Brit toon. I have been having withdraws waiting for one of you to feel Britspired. Love it!!!!
March 4, 2008
At 11:15 am scungilli said:
no matter what shape the celebs, this finds you in fine form, 14!
March 4, 2008
At 11:16 am Jane said:
Tooooo good 14. Although this Brit reminds me of the real life Tori, and OMG, does this cartoon Tori have hooves? So farking fabulous!
March 4, 2008
At 11:19 am Jenn F. said:
The “sexy” belt buckle is the perfect addition, especially with the stomach bulging around it. And the zombie eyes on Courtney! Too funny.
March 4, 2008
At 12:00 pm midevil said:
AS usual, 14 does not disappoint.
March 4, 2008
At 12:16 pm javelin said:
I love the comic book theme, it’s funny how the tabloids elevate body flaws to the level of classic monster characteristics. also, britney looks awesome. her clothing and expression and everything resembles a part time hooker who doesn’t give a fuck anymore, which is maybe how she feels after being used by the industry.
March 4, 2008
At 1:55 pm EVA said:
L.O.V.E the Brit Brit one. Are those marks from tanning around her forehead like she’s been sporting lately?
Great attention to detail. Pretty much sums up Brit.. that turkey-like neck, the huge spare tire, the hanging breasts.
So true.
March 4, 2008
At 2:02 pm Jenn said:
Brilliant as always 14. I thought the freaky armed chick was Madonna at first glance.
March 4, 2008
At 3:01 pm Demon kitty said:
I do think tabloids should make fun of celebrities who have had so much plastic surgery so they look more beautiful than though.
Bonnie Fuller, the ring leader in all of this shit, has NO RIGHT TO CRITICIZE ANY BODY PART ON ANY HUMAN, NOT EVEN SOMEONE’S EYELASH.
March 4, 2008
At 3:01 pm Demon kitty said:
Oh and I forgot, that picture of Posh Spice that 14 drew? That should be the picture, the only fucking picture that the public sees of her!
March 4, 2008
At 3:30 pm dv8trix said:
Jenn, I thought it was Madge the Vadge too! I would much rather look at celebretards in cartoon form…I just ate!
March 4, 2008
At 2:44 pm Erik said:
Lovely and so hot. I might even wipe the Cheetos grease off my hands before tucking into some of Teh Brit.
As an aside, 14, is there some way to subscribe to just your posts here on Circus Hour? The other posts are just not interesting to me and I’d just as soon not get a new post notification and find it’s (yet another) kind of a stupid celeb-gawking post. I much prefer your wicked brushwork.
March 5, 2008
At 6:55 pm Candy said:
Erik and Hannah,
There is no way to subscribe to separate feeds. However, you may view solely 14’s work at http://circushour.com/author/14/ and my posts (many of which are similar to Holy Candy’s) at http://circushour.com/author/candy/. We also have a number of fun, provocative collaborations under our belt and in the pipeline, which can be viewed here: http://circushour.com/author/14-and-candy/.
I like to think I take a wry, rather than gawking, approach to celebrity news, but I understand not everyone’s interested in the daily drivel!
Hope you both continue swinging by the site. Like I said, we have a lot of entertaining projects in store.
Candy
March 5, 2008
At 11:06 am EVA said:
I can’t believe there isn’t a picture of Brit and her “landing strip” that she has grown accustomed to lately. Would like to see that.
March 6, 2008
At 1:26 pm Sajib said:
My God…these are fabulous. Tabloids would be so much more entertaining if they were like this. It reminds me of those Peter Chung Aeon Flux cartoons where everyone is ridiculously unrealistic yet completely fascinating. I love 14’s depictions of Britney.
March 8, 2008