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Absurd Tumblr site combines images of two celebs into crazy funny offsprings

What do graphic designers do in their spare time, when you let them exercise complete creative freedom? Well, you probably end up with something like this Tumblr site from Stockholm-based designer Kalle Mattsson. The site, Buffalo Bill Gates (via Imgur), combines half of an image with another, and it’s always a mash-up of two celebrities – both real and fictional. For example: Spockahontas (Star Trek’s Mr. Spock and Disney’s Pocahontas), Ringo Starnold Zwarzenegger (Ringo Starr and Arnold Schwarzenegger), Eminem C Hammer (rappers Eminem and MC Hammer), and Stevie Wonderwoman (Stevie Wonder and Wonder Woman).

Perhaps Buffalo Bill Gates is Mattsson’s comment on pop culture, or it’s simply a bunch of creative nonsense. Regardless, it reflects Mattsson’s direction as a graphic designer. “My starting point is that of the graphic designer, and if there is a need for an image solution, I find the right visual language, and execute it,” he writes on his personal page. “From one point of view they have nothing in common, the image maker and the graphic designer, but from another point of view, it is the same; you make things.”

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It’s childishly silly but very funny – particularly the names given to the Frankenstein creations (still cracking up over Yoko Bono). Even Mattsson doesn’t seem to take it seriously. “These bastard images are all my fault. I’m sorry. I don’t know what I was thinking. It’s awful, I know. I wish it didn’t have to be this way. I’m so sorry,” he writes. If you like them enough, you can purchase a print from Mattsson.

The Tumblr page was launched in 2014, but when we last checked it’s still going strong in 2017.

(Images via Buffalo Bill Gates/Kalle Mattsson)

TONY MONTANNA NICOLE SMITH

Tony Montanna Nicole Smith
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MICKEY MAOZEDONG

MICKEY MAOZEDONG
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SPOCKAHONTAS

SPOCKAHONTAS
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SMILEY CURYS

SMILEY CURYS
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ALICE IN WONDERLANDY WARHOL

ALICE IN WONDERLANDY WARHOL
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BRUCE LEE.T.

BRUCE LEE.T.
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RINGO STARNOLD ZWARZENEGGER

RINGO STARNOLD ZWARZENEGGER
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QUENTIN TARANTINA TURNER

QUENTIN TARANTINA TURNER
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CROCODILE DUNDEE RAMONE

CROCODILE DUNDEE RAMONE
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PAUL MCCARTMAN

PAUL MCCARTMAN
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MAD MAXL ROSE

MAD MAXL ROSE
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MARILY MONROWAN ATKINSON

MARILY MONROWAN ATKINSON
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JOLLY ROGER RABBIT

JOLLY ROGER RABBIT
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EMINEM C HAMMER

EMINEM C HAMMER
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STEVIE WONDERWOMAN

STEVIE WONDERWOMAN
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YOKO BONO

YOKO BONO
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VANILLA ISAAC NEWTON

VANILLA ISAAC NEWTON
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KATE MOZZY

KATE MOZZY
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BABAR KELLY

BABAR KELLY
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PUTINTIN

PUTINTIN
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GANDALF

GANDALF
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DIRTY HARRY POTTER

DIRTY HARRY POTTER
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 RIHANNIBAL LECTER

RIHANNIBAL LECTER
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BALOU REED

BALOU REED
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TUPAC MAN

TUPAC MAN
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RONALD REAGANDHI

RONALD REAGANDHI
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ANNE FRANK SINATRA

ANNE FRANK SINATRA
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MICHAEL DOUGLASSIE

MICHAEL DOUGLASSIE
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ROBOCOPRAH WINFREY

ROBOCOPRAH WINFREY
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GALILEO GALILEIA

GALILEO GALILEIA
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JOHN F. KENEDDIE MURPHY

JOHN F. KENEDDIE MURPHY
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JOHN LENIN

JOHN LENIN
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BUFFALO BILL GATES

BUFFALO BILL GATES
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MADONNALD DUCK

MADONNALD DUCK
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LADY GAGARIN

LADY GAGARIN
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GEORGE MICHAEL JACKSON

GEORGE MICHAEL JACKSON
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ELTON JOHN WAYNE

ELTON JOHN WAYNE
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FREDDY MERCURI GELLER

FREDDY MERCURI GELLER
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CHER GUEVARRA

CHER GUEVARRA
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