Ben Franklin's three types of people

Ben Franklin biography and King Kong book covers by Victo Ngai. See also: Depressed rhino; red dragon.

*Previously: Glow in the dark Ben Franklin t-shirt.

*Buy US President bobbleheads at eBay.

Short horror film (link roundup)

Amock and bonus extended ending by Francois Vico, Martin Vaissie, Sarah Matuszak, and Xavier Goubin. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Sad little cigarette.

2. "Please do it at home."

3. Ben Franklin, Lord of Lightning.

*Previously: Portly Lego dragon with cigarette and lighter.

*Buy Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Branding and Design in Cigarette Packaging at Amazon.

Ben Franklin in Thriller

Ben Franklin does the Thriller dance. It's part of Carly Monardo's cover to Operation Dracula! From Outer Space (The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, Vol. 3):



The book is on sale here.

*At Toycutter: Dr. McNinja Minimate.

*Buy pulp collections at Amazon.

Glow in the dark Ben Franklin t-shirt

Glow in the dark Ben Franklin t-shirt design by Alex Solis for Threadless. You can vote for it by clicking on the voting widget:



*Previously: Ben Franklin video game boss.

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Monstrous Cookie Monster (link roundup)

Monstrous versions of Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird and Cookie Monster by Jeremy Natividad.

And a few more links:

1. Watch the short film Partly Cloudy that's attached to Up.

2. Intriguing description of the game Werewolf. Via these sites.

3. Another version of Doktor A's Stephan Le Podd. Lackluster overall, but it has cool eyes. Magic Pony still has the original on sale.

4. When Ben Franklin met the Kool-Aid Man.

*Previously: Ben Franlinstein.

*Buy Cookie Monster toys at eBay.

Ben Franklin as Frankenstein

One of today's new Threadless t-shirts, Ben Franklin as Frankenstein = Franklinstein by Mikey Hester. I took the liberty of turning it into a desktop wallpaper:



*Previously: Evil Ben Franklin, the video game boss.

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Evil Ben Franklin video game boss (and more)

Jay Epperson's concept art for the DS game Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure is swell:



But the rejected bosses are awfully intriguing, including Evil Ben Franklin, and a Snidely Whiplash type:




You can see lots more settings and characters here.

And here's the trailer for the game:



Via.

*Previously: Ben Franklin with a power fist.

*Buy US President bobbleheads at eBay.

Ben Franklin with a power fist (link roundup)

Future Ben Franklin by Eamon Dougherty.

And a few more links:

1. CNN posted blatant Palestinian propaganda showing actors posing as an "injured victim" and his "doctor," pulled the video when it was exposed as propaganda, but failed to acknowledge they had been fooled.

2. Animated gif of a beaver with an antenna. (Reminds me of the bear from Dark Tower 2. Was one of the beams a beaver?)

3. Shanghai Disneyland to open in 2014?

4. Audiotape of part of Charles Barkley's DUI field test.

*Previously: Ben Franklin leading the Thriller dance.

*Buy "Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion" at Amazon.