Super Mario… Possibly one of the most loved video games of our childhoods. So, it makes sense that some of our contemporary artists should see fit to represent him and his exploits. Special thanks to the spectacular “I am 8 bit” exhibits and the tons of other artists that clearly spent too much time on that Nintendo contraption:

Hope you like my XXXXXXXXL Power Flower

The ref might be a little biased on this one… Courtesy of Kichisu

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8 bit gritty realism

Before their was Gears of War, there was Mario. And he was hard. Courtesy of Jimiyo

Could you fit an NES emulator on one of those I wonder...

Speaking of old school….

In Soviet Russia, Princess saves you!

Rosetta’s hotter, #justsayin. Courtesy of Artist Jose Emroca Flores

The classics

Once upon a time in Galaxies far far away…. Courtesy of Misha

I went from 99 to 5.

The Genocide in the Mushroom Kingdom only affected a select few. Courtesy of Bill Mudron

Mario knows the streets

Mario Street Art

Your present is in another castle

Like most heavy set plumbers, Mario has a sweet tooth, and it’s like an Achilles heel.

For emergency use only

Mario, doing his civic duty since 1981

Because, someone had to do it

I’m just glad I wasn’t the nerd shooping this, but imagine the smile on that geek’s face the whole time he was working.

And Lastly:

Because we've all done it

Zombologist currently resides in a cardboard box with an ethernet connection that is actually just a cord punctured through the wall of that box. If you want to find this ragged individual, check twitter, where his alias is also @zombologist, or just go read this nifty story he wrote once in between incoherent ramblings.