Bone Factory Icons Codex March 1994
Submitted by Michael Eilers
eilersm@gas.uug.arizona.edu

NOTE:I am NOT the artist/creator of these files, nor am I claiming to be so. 
These icons are a  part of my collection, and are shared so that all may appreciate 
the artistic talent and skills of the anonymous author(s) who went by the name 
of "The Bone Factory." If anyone has a problem with my posting of someone else's 
handiwork (such as the authors) flame me at your leisure.

In the early days of the color Macintosh II, when 4 MB of ram was an unthinkable 
luxury and System 7.0 a vaporware promise, a group of talented bitmap-wranglers 
calling themselves The Bone Factory cranked out 32x32 icons with a truly unique, 
signature style and aggressive, potent subject matter. Ranging from abstract Photoshop 
compositions to gritty, pixel-by-pixel original artwork, these phosphorous canvases 
reveal a strikingly focused, yet broad artistic visionÑat once aggressive, subversive, 
anarchic, and fundamentally anti-establishment. If any of that offends you, then 
you are precisely the Reagan/Bush era pinstripe shirt wearing Wall Street Journal 
reading vodoo economics believing conservative lobotomite this artwork was designed 
to royally piss off. If, on the other hand, you have ever seriously thought about 
blowing up a government institution, these little flecks of art will probably 
find a home decorating the interior of your Macintosh - put 'em out where your boss
can see them. Yes, I know the resource format sucks; deal.	

This codex is a mass compilation of 8 icon resources I came across during my first 
few years of BBS-hopping, and were probably created between '88-'91. There are obvious 
themes to the collection, such as mugshots from the Hellraiser flicks, and a 
collection of icons depicting various members of the Simpson (tee-em) family 
perforated by gunshot wounds. Many are overtly political, and not a few are 
anti-Christian and (more conspicuously) anti Klu Klux Klan.

Some are suprisingly subtle (note the rich irony of the Reagan/Bush portraits, how 
the colors and features have been distorted to turn idols into demons,) and all 
show painstaking attention to detail and color usage. These aren't the most 
practical (as in useful) icons I have come across, but they are by far the most 
interesting. If anyone has a clue as to the original artists of this collection 
(these icons came without read-me files) please email me (or them.)		

Since I am not the artist/author of this collection, I really can't establish a 
legal status for themÑsuffice to say that this collection must be distributed intact 
(including readme file) and cannot be used for profit in any way, shape, or form 
wihtout the permission of the artists (should they ever reveal themselves.) This 
means ABSOLUTELY NO Compuserve or America Online postings, no Educorp(irates) 
distribution, etc. If you violate the principles of the above agreement, then 
you are just more of the troglodyte, capitalist scum that are the kicking-dogs of this collection.

'Nuff said.

"Subversiveness is the art of being noticed but not seen, of influencing your enemies without being understood."

Michael Eilers  eilersm@gas.uug.arizona.edu  3/18/94