Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago t-shirt (link roundup)

Last Exit to Nowhere's latest t-shirt stars Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

And a few more links:

1. Iron Giant art blog.

2. Studies indicate that NFL football players live far shorter lives than the average American. By comparison, Italian soccer players live longer lives than the average Italian.

3. Fortune cookie advice: Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half closed after.

*Previously: Hard-boiled fortune cookie message.

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Splicer t-shirt (link roundup)

Splicer t-shirt by vixen22.

And a few more links:

1. Iron Giant Twitter icon.

2. Dylan McCrae is currently looking for commissions.

3. I guess it was parasitic worm week - - excellent episodes of Fringe and Clone Wars.

*Previously: Bioshock 2 Rapture Edition.

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Gallery 1998's next show focuses on children's books (link roundup)

Gallery 1998's next show in San Francisco is called "Beyond the Page: re-illustrating our favorite children's books." Little Red Riding Hood being menaced by trees is by Drake Brodahl, and you can see a high res version here.

And a few more links:

1. Electronic Arts shipped brass knuckles to media contacts to promote a new Godfather game. They've asked for them back because brass knuckles are apparently illegal in many of the states they were shipped to, including California, where EA headquarters is located.

2. Beautiful gallery of photos of Sucklord's glow-in-the-dark Creature from the Black Lagoon/Hoth Rebel army man.

3. Giant Mazinger Z statue (covered in graffiti, naturally).

4. Strutting Iron Giant animated gif.

*Previously: Giant cardboard Ultraman.

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Iron Giant as a rock god

Iron Giant as a rock god, Spock as a Stormtrooper, and a miserable Staypuft Marshmallow man all star in concert posters by Andrea Tallone.

*Previously: Lego Iron Giant.

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Iron Giant made out of Lego

A terrific creation by Peter Aoun. There’s more photos in his Flickr gallery. I also like his Lego Bat Grappler.



While I was researching Iron Giant Lego creations, I stumbled across this fanmade set that I initially thought was an official product.




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