49th Annual Illustration West Exhibition

A few of the 150+ illustrations on display in Gallery Nucleus's 49th Annual Illustration West Exhibition:


Homesick-Taipei by Julia Yellow



James Cameron by Z. Xie



Skinwalker on the Roof by K. Swartz



13 Ways to Kill Your Community by Rick Sealock



Gulf Oil Spill Underwater Cutaway by John Roman



Butterfly by Emiliano Ponzi



Alice in Wonderland by Solongo Mellecker







Various by Bill Mayer



Satan's Murder Machine by J. Anthony Kosar




The Doomsday of Slumberland and Liar, Liar by Adela M. Kang



Dust Bunnies by Laura Hoffman



Transition by Nancy Chiu



Zebra and Lion by Nigel Buchanan



The Vegetable House by Julia Berman

Do Not Build a Frankenstein! (link roundup)

Go here to see few interior pages from Neil Numberman's new book Do Not Build a Frankenstein!, which is 32% off at Amazon.

And a few more links:

1. A man dropped a Kindle, broke it, and convinced Amazon to send him $400 since their advertisement indicates that a Kindle can survive such a fall.

2. "Meta-list" of the 100 best comics of 2008. Via.

3. Long article at the New Yorker about James Cameron, Avatar, and his unpleasant behavior. Like everything else I've seen related to Avatar, it's pretty boring. Aside from the fact that his crew calls the dark side of his personality "Mij" - - Jim backward. Via.

*Previously: War of the Colossal Freaks of Frankenstein's Planet.

*Buy Frankenstein toys at eBay.

Benthic Petroleum t-shirt (The Abyss)

The latest Last Exit to Nowhere t-shirt is an homage to Benthic Petroleum from The Abyss.

While looking up Benthic Petroleum, I discovered this mock ad for the company by Giant Ideas:



From the same gallery, here are mock ads for the brain-manipulators of Rekall from Total Recall and Cosmo Kramer's dream company Kramerica Industries.




Follow the links for high-res versions and don't miss the ads for Quentin Tarantino's favorite burger The Big Kahuna Burger, and Joker Girl brand cosmetics.

*Previously: Plush Deep Sea Diver.

*Buy diving helmets at eBay.

James Cameron’s unmade Spider-Man script

Link. Via Newsarama.