Diving in the Geek End
Collingswood natives Joey DeMarco and Ally Averell are turning heads with their pop-culture-inspired body paint calendar, '15 Shades of Geek.'
Joey DeMarco makes no apologies for being a geek. The Collingswood native loves comics, video games, sci-fi and, above all else, movies. As a child he wanted to be an animator; he even enrolled at Temple University as a film major. But it’s his latest work behind the lens that’s given DeMarco an opportunity to marry his artistic interests and his love of pop culture. In 2011, DeMarco saw some fan art that mashed up Star Wars characters and World War II recruitment posters. It was fun and funny, and he wondered why nobody had thought to do more of it; enough to make a calendar. And then he just decided to take on the project himself. “My girlfriend, Stacey [Bridgeman], was a huge push for that,” he said. “She always says my photos tell a …
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Mr L
12:40 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Very cool pictures and a great ideas for calendars. The Body paint and Photos rock!! more ›