Consumer-graphics collection Est. 2026 · Vancouver

CLIPARCHIVE

A working museum of clip art, 1980s–early 2000s.

Now cataloguing·MS Office 97 · PCPaintbrush 1994 · Print Shop Deluxe 1995 · SoftKey Ultimate 1996·New acquisitions posted daily·All objects recovered from circulating media·The whole store is the show·

Accession record

CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-09906

COBJE085

Retrieved from storage.

The image shows a cartoon of an animated character with exaggerated facial features that appears to be crying out for help while floating in space next to two bubbles labeled "oxygen" and another bubble containing what looks like water droplets, suggesting it's from a video game or animation where the main goal is survival.

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The same image circulated in multiple products. Each copy is catalogued; one is displayed.

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The cartoon shows a large French fry character with arms outstretched standing next to an oversized basket of golden yellow fries labeled "French Fries." CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-09796 The cartoon depicts a computer monitor with eyes that appears to be alive holding paintbrushes while standing on its side; it's wearing an artist hat and has mustache-like lines drawn across its face, giving off a grumpy expression as if displeased or annoyed by the situation. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-09797 The cartoon depicts a pencil with an eraser on top of it that has been anthropomorphized to look like a person running away from two bananas who appear as if they're chasing after him, set against a black background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-09798 The image shows a black and white illustration of an open book with pages facing outward on what appears to be a dark background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-10034 The image shows a cartoon of an open book with pages that appear to be blank white space on either side; there is no visible text within this clip-art illustration. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-10035 The image shows a hand holding an electric drill with its cord coiled around it against a black background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-10036