Showing posts with label vampires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vampires. Show all posts

Lego Mega Man (link roundup)



Lego Mega Man
by Cade Roster.

And a few more links:

1. Last week's edition of Layer Tennis was excellent.

2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith has apparently signed a $500K contract to write about the life of Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter. Via.

3. Design for a piranha plant in a pipe pen. Via.

4. Anime kid with a guitar desktop wallpaper.

*Previously: How to make Meg Man's Mega Buster.

*Buy Mega Man toys at eBay.

Tara McPherson's Gamma Mutant Space Friends






I almost never buy blind box toys, but I think I'll make an exception for Tara McPherson's Gamma Mutant Space Friends, which go on sale tomorrow at Kidrobot. Even the worst figures are still pretty charming.

*Previously: Erin Gray vamps it up as a space vampire on Buck Rogers.

*Buy Tara McPherson art at eBay.

Best Covers: DC Comics Solicitations for July 2009

Here's my favorites of the DC Comics solicitations for July 2009 (all links are to the artist's sites):



Mostly for this fellow:



ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK 3 Cover by Alex Ross



NORTH 40 #1 Cover by Fiona Staples, who draws a swell Jabba.



FABLES #86 Cover by Joao Ruas. The vampiric fellow seems to be someone named "Dunster Happ," who has no mention on Google, other than in the solicitation for this issue.

UPDATE: The creepy guy is the creature who lives in the dark. Dunster Happ is essentially a medieval ghostbuster. Probably the best single issue I read this year.

You can see the rest of the DC Comics solicitations for July 2009 here.

*Previously: Creepy art by Alex Ross.

*Buy Alex Ross art at eBay.

Stephen Colbert hilariously mocks Twitter (link roundup)

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Colbert's at his best in this interview of Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. But the most uncomfortable moment is when Colbert simply lets Stone explain that Twitter is building "value" instead of "profit." Via.

And a few more links:

1. Relatedly, Mark Cuban says Twitter is for old people. I wonder if that's true.

2. Photoshop Disasters points out that new glamour photo of Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian strongly indicates that Reggie Bush is a vampire.

3. Proposed law in Massachusetts will make it illegal for consenting, competent adult 60 years old and over to pose for nude photos.

4. Boston Globe editor says good journalism is "shockingly expensive" and uses as an example the fact that in 2002, the Globe spent more than $1 million to investigate and report on sexual abuse of children by priests. Anybody here think the media's ability to ferret out that scandal decades (centuries?) after it started represents a triumph of the old way of reporting news? Via.

*Previously: How to announce you're on Twitter.

*Buy vampire posters at eBay.

Plush nun, sushi chef, lumberjack, and more








The Sweet and Sour Etsy shop is full of adorable creations, including a vampire, lumberjack, mermaid, luchadors, sushi chef, and ruler-wielding nun.

*Previously: "Every nun needs a synthesizer" ad.

*Buy mermaid toys at eBay.

Vampire ad with breakaway stakes (link roundup)



Clever ad for vampire series True Blood features breakaway stakes. More photos here. Via these fine sites.

And a few more links:

1. If the movie 300 was about the stock market collapse.

2. Fishing with Swamp Thing.

3. So disturbing it can't possibly be real carousel seats. UPDATE: The Awkward American says the carousel is at Parc Asterix in France.

4. If Street Fighter's Vega was a woman, perhaps?

*Previously: This...is...CAKETOWN!

*Buy Street Fighter action figures at eBay.

Mummy, vampire, Don Quixote marionettes





Mummy, vampire, and Don Quixote - - just a few of the marionettes on display at Tony Sinnett's site. He has various marionettes on sale at Etsy.

*Previously: Plush Quixote.

*Buy puppets at eBay.

Blacula movie poster



Blacula movie poster by Mitch "spacesick" Ansara on sale at Mondo Tees, which also still has available the terrific Godfather poster I've mentioned in the past.

*Previously: Blackula pillow.

*Buy Blacula posters at eBay.

Godzilla as the national animal of Japan (link roundup)



"National Animals" t-shirt design by Flying Mouse, submitted at Threadless. You can vote for it by clicking on the voting widget:

National Animals - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More

And a few more links:

1. Interesting photo of a young Abraham Lincoln without facial hair.

2. Clever book cover for Blade Runner.

3. Creepiest Tasmanian Devil costume ever.

4. Vampire potato ("Vampotato").

*Previously: Lego Blade Runner Spinner.

*Buy Godzilla movie posters at eBay.

Chilling description of vampire bats

Here's how Bill Schutt's article about vampire bats for Natural History Magazine starts:
It was on one of the first of those special feeding days that I noticed two of the white-winged vampires doing something incredible. They crawled across the floor of their feeding enclosure like a pair of spiders, and then one of the bats made a bold approach to a rather large hen. The bird cocked her head to one side, eyeing the bats. Her beak could have severely injured or even killed them, so I got ready to intervene. Sharing my concern, perhaps, one of the vampires stopped a couple of inches beyond pecking distance. The other bat, however, crept even closer, and then, amazingly, it nuzzled against the hen’s feathery breast. Instead of becoming alarmed or aggressive, the bird seemed to relax. The vampire responded by pushing itself even deeper into what I would later learn was a sensitive section of skin called the brood patch: a feather-free region, densely packed with surface blood vessels, where body heat is efficiently transferred to the hen’s eggs or to her chicks. As I watched, the hen reacted to the bat by fluffing her feathers, hunkering down—and closing her eyes.

My God, I thought, these bats have learned to mimic chicks!
Click through to read the whole thing. It's illustrated.

Relatedly, here's the website for Bill's book about real-life blood-sucking creatures, Dark Banquet.



It's currently 34% off at at Amazon.

Also, here's a rather disturbing video of a vampire bat in action.

And finally, here's a photo of vampire bat medicine:



*Previously: Vampire desktop wallpaper.

*Buy vampire toys at eBay.

Video of A-Rod denying using steroids on 60 Minutes (link roundup)



Video of Alex Rodriguez, circa 2007, telling 60 Minutes he never used steroids and never considered using steroids. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Being pretty, famous, rich, and popular isn't all it's cracked up to be. Rihanna missed the Grammys because her boyfriend (allegedly) beat her up. In public.

2. In other Rihanna news, she and Michael Jackson are being sued for copyright infringement. Which is frankly ridiculous. "Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa" is totally different from "Mama-ko, mama-sa, ma-ka-ma-ko-ssa."

3. New artifact by Alex CF. This time it's a Vampyr Research Reliquary.

4. Surly baby river otters.

*Previously: Vampire trophy head.

*Buy vampire toys at eBay.

Patricio Oliver's "The Horror Forest"




Vampires, luckdragons, tentacled-monsters, banshees and more on display in Patricio Oliver's "The Horror Forest" image set. Via.

Artists, his official site is a great example of what not to do if you want someone to blog about your work. No rss feed, newsletter, or permalinks. And the "news links" in the fancy flash interface didn't work. I found his Flickr gallery only after a bit of Google searching. If you want publicity, don't waste your time on a fancy flash interface. Just set up a pleasant-looking blog with a full rss feed and obvious links to your webstore.

UPDATE: Patricio says in the comments, "I'm working on changing my website really soon! you are totally right."

*Previously: Girl-scout eating dragon toy.

*Buy toy dragons at eBay.

Twilight Edward Body Shimmer



Twilight Edward Body Shimmer: "Add subtle shimmer to your body with this iridescent powder. It includes a small application brush and comes in a clear container with an image of Twilight's Edward."

*Previously: Burger King's body spray.

*Buy "So You Wanna Be a Sexy Bitch: Raise Your Game from Overlooked Nice Girl to Skilled Chick Everyone Wants to Get With" at Amazon.

Steven Seagal versus vampires (link roundup)

Steven Seagal is a "master swordsman," leading a group of younger actors against vampires in Against The Dark:



Via.

And a few more links:

1. Just last week, I was wondering how Pier One could possibly still be in business. Answer: Probably not for much longer.

2. Criss Angel/Cirque show tickets already discounted 40%.

3. Group squatting in Facebook. Via.

4. Forget Garfield, real cats do not like lasagna.

*Previously: Seagal is "Cockpuncher."

*Buy vampire toys at eBay.

Girl with giant nailgun



I'm not familiar with Melty Blood, but I assume this is some sort of giant vampire-hunting stakegun. "Melty Blood Re.Act 1/7 Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Ciel (Clerical Garment Version)" is $100 at Play-Asia.

I did dig up a video compilation of massive combos in the Melty Blood 2D fighter (no giant guns during the portion I saw):



*Previously: Vampire lusts for plush animals.

*Buy Melty Blood toys at eBay.

Plush-Hunting Vampire



This vampire with unusual taste was created by DR3X for a contest at Mojizu.


And here's one more silly vampire:



Mouseforatu. Prints on sale at Etsy.

*Previously: OctoPuppet.

*Buy "The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance" at Amazon.

Irony photographed


Truck with flame decals, actually on fire. Photo found here.

Here's a few more links:

1. Animated gif of Warblade helping a cat down from a tree, perhaps? (Or it's the new Blue Beetle?)


2. Antique vampire hunting kit from the 1800s sells for $14,850? Via.


3. Obama logo cherry/blueberry pie. Via.


4. Michael Lewis writes about the latest Wall Street collapse:
Then came Meredith Whitney with news. Whitney was an obscure analyst of financial firms for Oppenheimer Securities who, on October 31, 2007, ceased to be obscure. On that day, she predicted that Citigroup had so mismanaged its affairs that it would need to slash its dividend or go bust. It’s never entirely clear on any given day what causes what in the stock market, but it was pretty obvious that on October 31, Meredith Whitney caused the market in financial stocks to crash. By the end of the trading day, a woman whom basically no one had ever heard of had shaved $369 billion off the value of financial firms in the market. Four days later, Citigroup’s C.E.O., Chuck Prince, resigned. In January, Citigroup slashed its dividend.
Read more of his latest article here. And you can buy his book Liar's Poker, which is about Wall Street in the 80's at Amazon. (My general rule is never buy a nonfiction book, unless it's written by Gladwell or Lewis.)

*Previously: A recently made "antique" vampire hunting kit.

*Buy Obama and McCain action figures at Amazon.