Victorian Batman (link roundup)

Batman as he looked in Gotham by Gaslight by Marc Tan.

And a few more links:

1. Spike Jonze has indicated he'd like to see who can "customize" a Where the Wild Things Are billboard the best.

2. Invisible homeless person photographed.

3. Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction) Lego CubeDudes.

*Previously: Sign warns of invisible cows.

*Buy Invisible Man toys at eBay.

This is not a Lego minifig (link roundup)

Rene Magritte's Son of Man as a Lego minifig by Mike Stimpson. Here's his webstore.

And a few more links:

1. Relatedly: This is not a sign. And this is not a spy. Via.

2. Christian Robinson has posted several pages from the Up tie-in book Beware of Dug, $4 at Amazon.

3. Los Angeles County officials are trying to empty a homeless encampment under the 10 Freeway:

To reach the secret place they call the Cave, its denizens must climb a ladder toward a small, hard-to-notice opening in the tall concrete slab that helps hold up the 10 Freeway. They must squeeze beneath a rusty metal grating, balance on a ledge and descend a second ladder into thick, dead air and darkness. This is home, a vast, vault-like netherworld, strewn with garbage and syringes.

Photo link.

4. Absolutely fascinating article pointing out that time after time, companies that achieve huge market share don't raise prices.

*Previously: Wolverine by Magritte.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Gatchaman pencil art (link roundup)

Gatchaman pencil art by Ghostpatrol. There's a similar piece featuring Skeletor on sale here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. One of my favorite April Fool's posts - - Captain America appears in Wolverine. Photo proof here.

2. Coraline and Monsters vs. Aliens sculptor Damon Bard is interviewed at the Character Design blog.

3. In the past six years, eight people made 2,678 emergency room visits in Central Texas. Malcolm Gladwell wrote about the problem of homeless people racking up massive emergency room costs a few years ago.

4. I can't find the article at the website, but this week's Rolling Stone has some interesting trivia about Pearl Jam:

Former Red Hot Chili Pepper Jack Irons told [Stone] Gossard and [Jeff] Ament about a singer living in San Diego named Eddie Vedder who was working as a gas-station security guard.

*Previously: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom desktop wallpapers.

*Buy Gatchaman toys at eBay.

Homeless encampment found suspended under Los Angeles overpass

Here's video of firemen cleaning out some of the stuff they found:



Via.

*Update: The LA Times has the story.

**Think that's weird? How about living inside a garbage truck.