When little boys play with toys, they aren't picturing innocuous images in their heads as they clash their action figures against one another, they're picturing something along the lines of these badass illustrations by Kizer Stone.
Kizer Stone's illustrations perfectly encapsulate childhood imagination and make me reminisce about the gritty and jaw-dropping adventures I used to have with my toys. (Okay, so maybe we aren't all little Frank Millers in-the-making, but when I played with my red Power Ranger, I genuinely pictured him knocking the crap out of my other action figures while spouting off some witty one-liners. Was that too much information?)
Seen here in Kizer Stone's images are some memorable childhood heroes such as Ash Ketchum, Popeye the Sailor Man, Winnie the Pooh, Woody and Buzz from Toy Story, and of course, a stoned Shaggy from Scooby Doo.
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Kizer Stone's Badass Illustrations Explore Imaginative Adventures
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