Crazy 4 Cult: Customs

A few highlights from Gallery 1988's Crazy 4 Cult: Customs show which is online here. Links are to the artists' sites.


Oompa Loompa custom Marshall by 64 Colors.



Sloth custom O-No Sushi by Andrew Bell.



Doc Brown custom Munny by Task One.



Elle Driver by Pilar Berrio.

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Link roundup

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory bookplate.

2. The Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow ended and there's lots of the various Olly Moss posters now on sale at eBay.

3. If Luke hadn't gotten a bionic hand, he could have had a Green Lantern-esque ghostly Force hand.

Violet Beauregarde and some twisted men

Post-blueberry pie Violet Beauregarde, mermaid man in a diving helmet, and other sculptures by Kevin Titzer. Some of the sculptures, as well as prints are on sale here.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and other book covers

A few of my favorites from the book covers students in John Gall's class created:


Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Nicolai Sarbib.



Moby Dick by Ji Soo Lee.


The Picture of Dorian Gray by Ondine Simon.


How to Build a Computer by Matthew Willet.

*Previously: Lego Violet Beauregarde.

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Lego Violet Beauregarde (and more)

Violet Beauregarde meets her doom in Lego form.




Giant plush monkey wrangling.

Both creations by Mandy Jouan, who has various items on sale at her own site and at Etsy.

*Previously: Lego Sock Monkey.

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Hello Kitty anatomy toys (link roundup)

Hello Kitty Anatomy Toys by Dr. Romanelli and Hello Kitty. See more photos here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Sam Mendes will direct a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical.

2. I'm really enjoying SuperFreakonomics, and this paragraph does a great job of demonstrating how good the writing is, and how interesting the topic choices are:

Such birth defects aren't as rare as you think. Douglas Almond, examining U.S. Census data from 1960 to 1980, found one group of people whose terrible luck persisted over their whole lives. They had more physical ailments and lower lifetime income than people who'd been born just a few months earlier or a few months later. They stood out in the census record like a layer of volcanic ash stands out in the archaeological record, a thin stripe of ominous sediment nestled between two thick bands of normalcy.

Yes, they provide the answer. There's a similar heightened occurrence of birth defects for people born in certain months.

3. Former Army Ranger Gustavo Zamora Jr. rescues/recaptures people's children when they've been taken to another country as part of a custody battle. Via.

*Previously: Papercraft Willy Wonka.

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Monstrous Willy Wonka (link roundup)

Monstrous Willy Wonka (and little Violet Beauregarde) by Scott Burroughs. Check out his James Bond movie poster.

And a few more links:

1. Review of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol III: Century: 1910. Like The Black Dossier, sounds like I'm only going to really enjoy it after I read Jess Nevins' explanation of the references.

2. Peter Dinklage will play Tyrion in the Game of Thrones series.

3. Creepy bunny/frog.

4. Susan Sanford is giving away a mermaid doll if you comment anywhere at Tiny Theatre between now and May 10.

*Previously: Willy Wonka with a gas mask.

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Mardi Gras floats (link roundup)

There are some great photos of Marid Gras floats in this Flickr gallery.

And a few more links:

1. I think the blue-faced Golden Snub Nosed Monkey is my new favorite animal. Via.

2. Cobra tank and troopers desktop wallpaper.

3. Various drawings of super-deformed Batman.

4. Papercraft Willy Wonka - - the creepy Johnny Depp version.

*Previously: Monkey threat level chart.

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Godzilla/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory mashup

Godzilla/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory mashup by David McDowell for the Kaiju Monster Invasion show opening December 3 in Miami. He's posted a desktop wallpaper sized version here, and don't miss his three-headed Jack Nicholson. Via.

*Previously: Cthulhu/Napster logo mashup.

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