The Great 2009 Stamp Debate: Black Michael or White Michael?
By MisterHippity
Published: June 30, 2009
Published: June 30, 2009
Remember when the U.S. Postal service was planning the Elvis Presley stamp, and asked the public to vote on which Elvis they wanted to appear on it – the “Thin Elvis” or the “Fat Elvis”?
Well, the USPS is undoubtedly planning a new Michael Jackson commemorative stamp now, and will soon face a similar dilemma: Should it depict the handsome black male of his earlier years, or the spectral Caucasian hermaphrodite of the later era?
I figure, hell, why wait for the USPS to ask us to decide? Why not a head start and vote on it now? So I’ve created a couple mock-up stamps to help make up our own minds.
Let’s hear it, gang: Black Michael Stamp or White Michael Stamp? Cast your vote in the comment section below!
I want this one:
Is Michael with his Thriller video werewolf eyes an option?
I vote this one:
Laywergay: You mean like this? Hmm. Maybe it should be …
Fat Elvis wasn’t really all that fat. It was the shadow of the jumpsuit collar that gave him wattles. (Can you tell which one I voted for?)
HMMM. I did the html code right to post that pic, and it looked find in the comment preview panel. I wonder what happened?
Ok, let me try this one: Michael as a full-blown werewolf. This would probably make the best stamp of all:
ARRGGH!!! Ok, I give up. I was using the exact same HTML code I used to post pics on Gawker. (Samurai, BRB, how did you do it?)
Sproing: “White Michael” could an optical illusion too. Notice that the stamp has a black background? Maybe that just causes him to appear white.
I understand that the ancient Persians had the same issue with deciding between assertive Xerxes and demure Xerxes:
They were both good, but I can’t remember how they resolved the issue.
‘demure Xerxes’ – sweet.
I vote for Black Michael. That sounds a little too much like “Sweet Tapdancing Jesus” somehow, though.
Hippity: Use the “IMG” button – I don’t what the difference in the magicwords is, but that’s what I used and it worked. Also, hitting “return” after it makes it show up, just like with Gawker, for whatever reason.
Pre-plastic Surgery Michael!
How about MJ as a kid, before he messed up his nice face.
Or, we could just say fuck it and do a Jackson/E.T. combo
Also, if we choose the black Michael stamp, can we at least go for a different expression? In the one above, it’s clear that he’s just seen a vagina for the first time and is traumatized.
Um, I mean in the example stamp above, as in the top of the page. I think I just called E.T. a vagina. Which, actually…whoa, I hope Spielberg worked all that out with his therapist.
Vox: I knew what you meant.
Actually, the picture of his face in the ET pic is one of the nicest I’ve seen. What a smile!
@Mister: Actually, when I was doing a google image search for MJ in his younger days, I stumbled upon a baby pic. Talk about a cute smile.
It has nothing to do with anything, but …awwww.
My two cents? The MJ stamp needs two cents.