Gruesome Drawings Decompose Your Favorite Pop Culture Characters

Homer Simpson never looked this beat.

French artist and graphic designer Pierre-Yves Riveau, known as PEZ, has released a series of sketches that imagine sinewy and dilapidated versions of beloved pop culture characters. The series, titled Distroy, gives icons like Mickey Mouse, Mario and Bart and Homer Simpson a gruesome makeover.

Riveau told Mashable that he set out to apply his “graphic style” to famous cartoons, mixing cartoon drawing and graffiti together to create “a strange and oniric image.”

Check out Riveau’s haunting series above, and visit his Facebook page to see more of his work. Read more…

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