Concert posters based on 80's cartoons

Steve Thomas created new poster and t-shirts designs based on Voltron, He-Man, Thundercats, and other 80's cartoons. They're all on sale at Zazzle.

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Classic Japanese Robots

Poster by Dave Perillo for the upcoming show, "TURNING JAPANESE: The Rise of Supermen, Robots, and Monsters."

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It's Not a Doll, It's An Action Figure

A few of my favorites from the It's Not a Doll, It's An Action Figure show at Bear & Bird. The works are on sale here. Links below are to the artists' sites.


JJ Harrison: I Can Has Volcat?



Dave MacDowell: One Flew Over the Dollhouse



Timmy K. Kramp: The Little Mer-Man



Nate Wragg: Skeletor vs. Sock Monkey



Vesa Lehtimäki: The Arrival of a Star Destroyer








Vintage comic book ads and magnetic hands Batman

*Previously: Voltron Munny.

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Boba Fett painting (link roundup)

Stylized Boba Fett by J.P. Peer.

And a few more links:

1. Josh Howard is currently accepting sketch card commissions.

2. Voltron by Scott Morse.

3. Deep Sea Dueling Samurai.

*Previously: Plush Boba Fett.

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Toy roundup

Tomorrow Queens (Odayaka Na Itami, Yubi O Tekika, and Yumiko Jojishi Kisho) by 3A Toys going on sale Friday morning.






Voltron Battle Miniatures Game on sale at BBTS.





Uglydoll wind-up tin robots.



Metropolis Maria bobblehead on sale at Entertainment Earth.





Revoltech Christian Bale Batman available for preorder at BBTS.

*Previously: Life-sized cardboard Bramble.

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The Voltron of business cards (link roundup)

The latest desktop wallpaper at Kitsune Noir is a pirate/ninja battle by Dan Matutina:



Great stuff at Dan's site including this Voltron-esque series of business cards for Ideals:







Plus a Big Bad Wolf desktop wallpaper, and a strange desktop pattern. Dan has prints on sale here.

And a few more links:

1. After being accused of lying, Fake Steve Jobs/Dan Lyons said he "misspoke" when he claimed on TV that Apple lobbied to prevent his hiring at Newsweek.

2. Supposed iPad-esque design for Nintendo's new handheld.

3. Terminator is real in Waziristan:

The drones, operated by the C.I.A., fly overhead sometimes four at a time, emitting a beelike hum virtually 24 hours a day, observing and tracking targets, then unleashing missiles on their quarry, they said.

Via.

*Previously: Voltron reimagined.

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Voltron reimagined (link roundup)

Redesigned Voltron by Chuck Lee.

And a few more links:

1. Enjoy the game trailer for Visions - A Christian MMO. Via these sites.

2. So a tauntaun walks into a bar.

3. Here's the website for the Alan Moore-published magazine Dodgem Logic. Via.

*Previously: Lego Voltron.

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Alex Pardee describes a horrifying incident at a signing (link roundup)

Alex Pardee's signing at Upper Playground & 5024SEA in Seattle, Washington ended in blood. He describes what happened here. Warning - - it's horrifying. (And surprisingly well-photographed?)

And a few more links:

1. William David quit his job at Ubisoft and created a clever flash "game" called Leaving as a sendoff.

2. Morrissey is asking fans not to buy a new boxed set of Smiths music since he won't receive royalties and hasn't received any in over 10 years.

3. Lego Voltron that splits into lions with opening cockpits. Via.

*Previously: How did tainted blood from an Arkansas prisoner enter the UK?

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Lil' Voltron cosplay (link roundup)

Boy with Voltron costume spotted here.

And a few more links:

1. Mermaid sculpture.

2. A Nightmare Before Christmas cake.

3. In Somalia, an Islamist group called Shabab forcibly removes gold and silver teeth from residents, claiming that the teeth violate religious law. Via.

*Previously: Voltron/Jerry Maguire mashup.

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Highlights from Rivet Gallery 80's Cartoons art show

A few of my favorites from Rivet Gallery's new show "We'll Be Right Back... After These Messages." You can see all of the artwork here. Links below are to the artists' personal sites:



Masters of the Universe class photo by Chris Lee.






Tiamat, Thundarr, He-Man, and Voltron by Scott Campbell. You know, speaking of the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, I highly recommend this post by Mark Evanier about his script-writing for the show. It's eye-opening to hear him describe how he was forced to insert the following theme into every episode: The group is always right...the complainer is always wrong.




M.A.S.K. by Clinton Reno.




Danger Mouse by Daniel Elson.




Rainbow Brite by Shannon Bonatakis.

*Previously: Spencer Brinkerhoff III draws my favorite Thundarr villain.

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Walking puppet theater papercraft (link roundup)

Walking puppet theater paper toy designed by Sal Azad, using a template created by TheDayDreamKid.

And a few more links:

1. Poster for the nurse of the damned, perhaps?

2. Steven Kenny shows just how creepy the Leda and the Swan myth is. (NSFW.)

3. Several college presidents agreed to answer the essay questions in their admissions packet for the Wall Street Journal. Could there be more definitive cultural diversity bs than this:

"Doubts welled up in my mind," Mr. Diver wrote. "Did I really understand what it means to live in a diverse neighborhood? Or did I just want cosmetic diversity as a backdrop for imposing my white, professional-class ways?"

Via.

4. Did you know the Blue Voltron Lion wasn't initially piloted by Princess Aurora. The pilot was a Mexican named Spen?

*Previously: Voltron Munny.

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