art superhero
Color Guy
Color Guy is an art superhero whose superpower is painting the entire canvas black.
The joke is serious because the power is formal: he changes the whole painting.
Origin - Friend and witness
Scene 1
My Friend Color Guy
Color Guy is my Friend.
Song Pairing: Pixies - Mr. Grieves
Friend first, superhero second. Color Guy arrives as a companion already becoming a symbol.
Scene 2
Walking the Dog
Color Guy is the Dog.
Song Pairing: The Rolling Stones - Fool to Cry
The promotion to art superhero is funny because here he is also demoted: dog, demon, walked thing, maybe stabbed thing. The joke knows what it is doing.
Power - Paint it black
Scene 3
Threat of Funk
Color Guy is Boogieman.
Song Pairing: The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie
Skull, ghost, cartoon, performance: charged field.
Scene 4
Sam Altman
Sam-I-Am is Color Guy.
Song Pairing: Computerwife - Ignore Facts
Color Guy sits inside fear, smile, animal, machine, and watchfulness.
Scene 5
Bastard Feudalism
Color Guy commands a war.
Song Pairing: Kanye West - Roses
Boxer energy, theater, war joke.
Mask - Side character pressure
Scene 6
Sock and Buskin
Who's Batman?
Song Pairing: Lesley Gore - Misty
Color Guy slides into mask-theater: hand, smile, frown, doubling, fear.
Finale - Superpower field
Scene 8
The Masochistic Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy War
Color Guy was never there.
Song Pairing: The Strokes - Reptilia
Color Guy survives inside jokes, wanted posters, flowers, war, and cartoon identity.