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Kingpin

  • Location: England
  • Job: Freelance graphic artist
  • IM: kingpin1055@hotmail.com
  • Tell us about yourself: I'm a freelance web/digital/design artist currently residing in the United Kingdom. I'm a regular follower of Forgotten NY, Gothamist and anything to do with the great city of New York.
On November 22, 2010 12:31 PM in Extra, Extra, they said:

"You cannot be responsible for what people do with your message" Which is why Britain, and presumably the United States have laws against preaching messages intended to incite racial hatred and terro...

On November 18, 2010 3:30 PM in Spider-Man and Bloomberg Want You to Get a Job, they said:

So Spidey's now sold out to Mephisto, Barack Obama and now Mayor Bloomberg, a complete triptych of evil....

On October 29, 2010 4:34 PM in Looking Back At Ghost Locations, they said:

Wasted article... it could've been really nice if Gothamist had done something like Scouting NY, and taken some modern-day photos of the more notable New York locations....

On October 2, 2010 3:17 PM in Extra, Extra, they said:

Dear Gothamist, We know we can follow you on Twitter and Facebook, please stop putting a reminder in every edition of Extra, Extra....

On October 2, 2010 3:15 PM in Empire State Building Just Can't Stop Offending, they said:

If they changed the lights for every person submitted on the grounds of historical noteriety they'd quickly run out of days with out a special light configuration....

On August 14, 2010 6:15 PM in Artist Puts City in Pop-Up Books, they said:

Uh... that's the Chrysler Building, not the Empire State. They're not that easy to confuse....

On August 7, 2010 6:57 AM in A Visit To The Empire State Building, they said:

The barrier on the 103rd used to be taller, back when they filmed King Kong (Peter Jackson's, not Fay Wray's), Tea Leoni went up to the 103rd, and back then there wasn't that level of curved boards (t...

On July 8, 2010 5:00 PM in Lady Liberty Heads To Seattle, they said:

Maybe Cloverfield should consider pitching for the Yankees....

On July 8, 2010 8:19 AM in Queen Elizabeth Caps Off NYC Trip With Visit Downtown, they said:

We defend them because they're not just "parasites" and remnants of a feudal system. They present a figurehead for the country, she is both Ambassador and Statesperson for The United Kingdom to the r...

On June 22, 2010 6:43 AM in Let's Turn Construction Stall Eyesores into Icebergs!, they said:

RMS Titanic, as it was a Royal Mail Steamer. "HMS" is a prefix for Royal Navy vessels, standing for "His/Her Majesty's Ship". Do your research, John... wikipedia's just a click away....

On June 14, 2010 4:00 PM in Obama Compares Oil Spill to 9/11: Offensive or Apt?, they said:

Afghanistan was a UN-sanctioned mission, perfectly legal and justified... and despite the reasons for going into Iraq, the ends of ridding the world of Saddam justified the means....

On June 13, 2010 8:49 PM in USA's World Cup Tie, The Day After, they said:

"The rest of Britain couldn't give a fuck for England." And the feeling's mutual....

On June 12, 2010 10:01 PM in USA Ties England in Its First Game at 2010 World Cup, they said:

Drawing 1-all with a lucky fluke of a goal for America is a "moral" victory? Talk about low standards....

On June 12, 2010 9:59 PM in Post Believes The US Is At WAR With The UK, they said:

If Obama wants to back up his claims that BP is a "multinational" company, he and his staff should stop calling it by the out of use "British Petroleum" brand....

On June 12, 2010 12:03 PM in World BP Protest To Hit NYT Building, they said:

In addition to Astoria's points, it seems to have been largely forgotten that Deepwater Horizon was owned by Transocean, they were the ones who built the rig and surely have as much of a role in the d...

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