acid
pepe
the blotter panel chronicles
emily kai bockhira hiranecromatt furie
nick says no
spongebob
rejected
in 2015, the safdie brothers were denied the rights to spongebob squarepants. the movie needed a blotter hero.
the
panel
josh safdie reached out to matt furie. they created a custom comic specifically to be blotted with lsd for the screen.
collaborators
emily kai bockhira hiranecro
01
sprite scene
the original 35mm grit.
02
the patrol
neon reflections on the law.
03
the den
glowing chemical illumination.
04
the peak
galaxies in the pupils.
the
drop
100 tabs of high-grade lsd. the character ray (buddy duress) blots the custom pepe panel in a high-stakes nyc heist.
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