Painting of a crossover of Miffy and Alex from a Clockwork Orange

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Real Horrorshow Miffy

September 7, 2014

Miffy x Alex = Real Horrorshow Miffy

The Real Horrorshow Miffy character was inspired by two contrasting neo-archetypes. Miffy (Nijntje) by Dick Bruna and David Pelham’s rendition of Alex, the main character in Anthony Burgess’s dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange.
Both pieces are minimalistic and pictographic in style but as Miffy is a cute little children’s book character, Alex is a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven.

The meaning of “Horrorshow”

In A Clockwork Orange, Burgess uses “Nadsat” language to capture the essence of teenage slang which is a mix of English and Russian, following some principles of Cockney rhyming slang. Horrorshow in Nadsat means good, well, wonderful or excellent. Which adds to the duality or schizophrenia of the Real Horrorshow Miffy.
source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:A_Clockwork_Orange

Painting of a crossover of Miffy and Alex from a Clockwork Orange

Real Horrorshow Miffy, 8″ x 10″ x 1″ – Acrylic on board

Cluster of Miffy and Alex from a Clockwork Orange crossover

Still from the award winning film Hello Bambi

Miffy or Nijntje on a green background and in the snow wearing a red hat, by Dick Bruna.

Miffy by Dick Bruna.

Cover of Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange

Book cover of A Clockwork Orange by David Pelham

More about Miffy.
Read more about the novella “A Clockwork Orange”
Read more about the film “A Clockwork Orange”

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