Brooklyn-based illustrator PJMC Quade has a catalog of geeky, pop-icon inspired art. The portfolio work on his website is primarily fan art and mashups of some classic pop-culture iconography, as well as some more obscure choices. Some of my favourites include True Romance and The Venture Bros. (pictured below). But my absolute favourite is the mashup of Quint from Jaws with Wolverine, and it seems appropriate at the 40th Anniversary of the great shark movie to give this picture some prominence.
Inspired by the similarity between Quint's sideburns and those of Wolverine, Quade pictures an adamantium clawed Quint, bursting from the stomach of the shark which eats him at the end of the the movie. In a homage to Wolverine, the artwork is designed as the cover of issue #1 of a Quint comic, which looks thrilling.
“Whenever I watch Jaws I am always struck by how dope Quint’s sideburns are. He really rocks the stuffing out of them. Always made me think of another famous fictional fella with killer burns - Wolverine! So I thought what if Quint was actually a mutant, had a healing factor and an adamantium skeleton with killer claws. He’d slash his way out Jaw’s belly, emerged from the blood reborn, ready to take the high seas by storm. I designed it as a comic book cover, an homage to Wolverine #1. At last - in his own monthly series! ”