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This is probably what they looked like before they became cartoon characters. Click for source & bigger.

Members of photoshop site FreakingNews have spoken, and chose this image as the winner in the Sarkozy’s Next Job contest. Sarko’s future lies in the restaurant business – as a waitress. Click pic for more details. For those who want … Continue reading →

If she hadn’t drowned in her swimming pool last year, Marie-France Pisier could have been 68 today Born in Indochina to a French official, Marie-France Pisier (10 May 1944 – 24 April 2011) began her film career in Paris at … Continue reading →

Now that Nicolas Sarkozy is nearly an ex-president, Photoshoppers on Freakingnews try to imagine his new career. The jury is still out but this is my favorite in the contest:

A mixed bag today. Click for source.

If he hadn’t died 41 years ago Fernandel could have been 109 today Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, he was … Continue reading →

This graphic novel by French illustrator David Revoy is a personal project made aside from his daily work as an illustrator. “I tried to depict in it a difficult theme but a one witch is close to my heart : … Continue reading →

At Frogsmoke HQ you will be dearly missed! Click pic for full image & source

They all come from the travel section of Libération. Click for more info (in French).

French health laws strictly forbid the depiction of smoking people in public places. So when the library of Montpellier installed a giant photo of celebrated writer Albert Camus (shown above) on their façade, one (Green) deputy cried foul and took … Continue reading →

Plonk & Replonk is a Swiss art collective who have been photoshopping vintage postcards for 15-odd years, turning them into superkitsch creations. Part of their work is a series of retouched cards depicting the professional life of known and unknown … Continue reading →

My collection of pretty pictures has become a bit large, so here’s a double dose. Click for source. Bonus: a moving postcard from Saint Guilhem le Désert (Languedoc)

I like this very mucho… Music : Les passantes, Banda De Musica Municipal de Santiago (Brassens cover), Video : Micaël Reynaud. Vimeo link

Another edition of the famously popular guessing game on Frogsmoke. Don’t bother using Google Image Search; I’ve manipulated the pic enough so it won’t be recognized. The answer (all two (!) respondents were right): it’s model, actress, occasional singer and … Continue reading →