Valentine’s Clip Art, or Creepy Cherubs and Bloody Hearts

In honor of Valentine’s Day, here is some Valentine’s clip art for your enjoyment (?).

I find this one extremely disturbing for some reason.  Did the kids catch a wild cherub and harness it with licorice ropes?  Is the cherub pulling them or trying desperately to flee?

Okay, this one is just creepy.  ’Cause nothing says I love you like fishing loose organs out of the lake and gathering them in a basket.

Where are these kids going with that tree and why do they have such devious grins on their faces?  Something is definitely up ….

Cupid’s offering to you: Let me stab this giant heart with huge arrow until the blood comes dripping out.  Because there’s nothing more romantic than that.

Clip Art Captions #3

I forgot to post some clip art on Friday, so maybe this will become a Monday thing.  Something fun to compensate for the horrors of the first day of the work week …

Here we are, in the magical land of Faerie, where apparently everyone runs around in her nightgown under the flowering cherry tree.  Or is there something more sinister at work?  Several children are cowering fearfully against the red-gowned piper.  And is that girl in the lower right sitting down to listen to the bluebird sweetly sing her a song … or has the bird  knocked her down and she is now desperately trying to fend off the fiendish finch?  That little red bird looks ready to strike now that the girl is down.  Dance, little girls, dance, to appease the murderous tendencies of your avian overlords!!

Wow, that was actually worse than a Monday at work …

Clip Art Captions #2

Okay, here’s this week’s clip art.  It’s vaguely steampunky, which is why I downloaded it in the first place.  Who are these people in the flying canoe?  Where have they come from and where are they going?  And why is the propeller coming out of the side of the canoe?  I look forward to finding out, so please, write a caption for this image!

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My friend Mother Theresa has a fun activity on her blog called Friday Photo Fun.  Head on over and check it out.

I don’t want to copy her (although they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery) but I do like the idea of a picture themed weekly post so I’m going to dip into my stash of clip art samples from Dover Publications for inspiration:

Let’s start with this rather bizarre image.  At first, I thought this was not only a lion wearing human clothing, but a very tiny lion wearing human clothing because I thought the pillar in the background was a pill bottle for some reason.  I am assuming the smaller feline is a lion cub.  I am also assuming he is so pale because he is getting sick from the cigar smoke the big lion is so inconsiderately puffing out into the atmosphere.  Or maybe he’s just embarrassed by the flamboyant flower thingy on his hat.  I can just hear his thoughts: “Oh, please, Dad, why can’t you be more like Simba’s dad, Mufasa?  He’s so manly and tough.  I mean, seriously, couldn’t you have picked a better human to emulate than Beau Brummel?  The hat’s not so bad but the dang walking stick?  The stinking cigar?  And why, oh, why do I have to go to that stupid school and wear this dorky uniform?  Simba gets to run around naked and play with birds and wildebeests and warthogs.  At least let me play with a cricket instead of playing cricket.  And how come I don’t have a mom?  Not that I don’t like Uncle Dave but …”

Do you have a better caption/description for this image?