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If the minotaur was crafty

Theseus and the Minotaur retold by Kristan Nygard. See also: Dracula plays a practical joke.

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Dustin Harbin posted several more of his recent commissions. I asked for Athena and a Super Spy. You can order your own here. He also recently participated in a long interview about being a professional artist.

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Medusa and Pandora

Medusa and Pandora - - part of a series of NSFW paintings of Greek myths by Fran Recacha. You can buy Fran's book here.

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Great creation myth comic strip

One panel from a comic strip telling on a Cree creation myth.

*Buy Native American myth collections at Amazon.

Yokai Munnys by J. Yu

Japanese demon Munnys by J. Yu for the Little Monsters Halloween Show at Million Fishes Gallery:

Lisako, the Futakuchi-onna

Oni Jubei

Kenji the Kappa

Obake Bob

Mistress Michiko, the Rokurokubi

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Link roundup

1. Japanese demon illustrations by Shannon Freshwater.

2. Comment and win a Mimobot.

3. Scribblenauts fan art.

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Ixtab, Yucatec Mayan goddess of suicide

Ixtab, Yucatec Mayan goddess of suicide by Stephan McGowan.

*Buy Mayan statues at eBay.

Galactus and the Silver Surfer, Judge Death, Vader, and more

Galactus and the Silver Surfer, Judge Death, Vader, Superman, and Poseidon by Robert Ball. Via.

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Boarded-up tree in japan

Boarded-up trees in Japan.

*Buy Myths and Legends of Japan at Amazon.

SyFy's Beast Legends

SyFy has a new show called Beast Legends starting September 9:

Beast Legends is a new six-part series that journeys around the world using scientific data to reconstruct what mythological monsters, from Krakens and Griffins to Fire Dragons, would have looked like.

In each of the hour-long episodes, Beast Legends uncovers historical and eyewitness accounts by zeroing in on archaeological and other physical evidence to assemble the most accurate picture possible of these monsters, from where they might have lived to how they would have behaved.

Beast Legends then moves to the 'Beast Lab' to build the creature, first as initial sculpts and wire-frame forms, before finally bringing it to life in stunning 3D CGI. The investigations are conducted by the "Beast Seekers," an expert team of specialists that includes anthropologists, biology professors, archaeologists and adventure seekers.

From the high seas to the wilds of Vietnam to the deserts of New Mexico, Beast Legends takes viewers to the boundary where myth and reality collide, and beyond.

Via.

Sad Cyclops by Travis Lampe

My wife commissioned Travis Lampe to make a post-it note-sized painting with a mythology theme for my birthday. He painted this despondent bluclops.

Dystopian art by Laurie Lipton

A few of the less disturbing drawings from Laurie Lipton's "Machine Punk" show, opening November 5 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. She writes:

This show was inspired by the Steampunk movement that is sweeping Britain. Instead of steam, however, my devices are mostly run by electricity and madness. I was vacuuming one day and noticed the amount of plugs and cables on the floor... a veritable wasp's nest of wires and sockets connecting a hoard of gadgets and doo-dads intertwining around the house and my life. I was trapped like a fly in an electrical web. What had happened? Were these things making my life easier or more complex? I began with The Steam Punk Pocket Watch, an absurd idea of a time piece too huge & complex for anyone's pocket, and went whirling on from there. These machines are designed to hinder, control and/or give the illusion of technology. I had a tremendous amount of fun creating the images and think that this show will touch anyone who has ever become entwined, up to the eyebrows, in the Technological Age.