Comments on: New BART ads depict Bay Area-related literary classics coming to life on BART trains

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:09:52 +0000

always brings to mind that John Waters quote. he nailed it.

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:24:34 +0000

FYI, the art was on LaughingSquid the other day and they posted a link to the artists’ blog: http://owensmithart.blogspot.com/2011/12/bart-poster-series.html

By: GG

GG — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:56:19 +0000

Thanks! I’ll add that info in the original post.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:51:39 +0000

Yup.

By: AttF

AttF — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:21:48 +0000

my former office assistant (who had just completed a masters program) admitted that she never read any books that weren’t assigned to her…the only response I could muster was ‘you’re missing out’

By: moderniste

moderniste — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:06:54 +0000

My thoughts exactly, Herr; that always blows my mind–in a BAD way.

By: Schlub

Schlub — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:29:46 +0000

These are painted by the great (and local) artist/illustrator Owen Smith. So fantastic to see illustration used this way.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:07:49 +0000

Anytime I see someone saying something like “I don’t really read books.” it makes me feel very, very sorry for them.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:37:21 +0000

Where’s the mural for “Asian Butthole”?

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:39:44 +0000

I like the vaguely “social realist/’30s mural/Thomas Hart Benton” look of these things — it suits BART perfectly.

By: brittney

brittney — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:33:32 +0000

That’s awesome.

By: GG

GG — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:50:57 +0000

Glad you liked them too. There were only those 3 at 24th, but I’m curious whether there are other designs at stations throughout the system.