Link roundup

1. Yuki 7 fan art.

2. If Wicked was a cartoon.

3. Apparently Kate Beaton should sell a version of her comic strips with blank word bubbles.

*Buy Never Learn Anything From History,a Collection of Comics by Kate Beaton at Amazon.

Wicked Witch by Adam Hughes

Wicked Witch and her winged monkeys by Adam Hughes for the cover of the 2011 Emerald City Comic-Con's Monsters and Dames book.

*Buy winged monkeys at eBay.

Wizard of Oz by Farel Dalrymple

Wizard of Oz commission by Farel Dalrymple. See also: Tentacle girl.

*Buy Farel's Omega: The Unknown at Amazon.

Symptoms of a Haunted House (and more) by Byron Eggenschwiler

Scenes from a haunted house, the Wicked Witch, space explorers and more by Byron Eggenschwiler:












There's much more on display at his site, and he participates in this blog. Unfortunately no listings for sale.

*Buy Wizard of Oz toys at eBay.

Escape from the Emerald City

The Tenacious Tinman by Andrew Bargeron available as a print here.

*Buy Wizard of Oz toys at eBay.

Wizard of Oz 2: Dorothy's Revenge

Dorothy's taking no prisoners in this t-shirt design by Brian Cook. Click on the voting widget if you'd like the chance to buy it:



And if you missed the announcement, I'm giving away a $50 Threadless credit here.

James Jean's Rift (link roundup)

Video look at James Jean's Rift, which is $8 at Amazon.


And a few more links:

1. Los Angeles doesn't have the money to hire people to work at its brand new $74-million jail. Via.

2. Wicked Witch and buff Flying Monkey by Joe Vriens for Hey Oscar Wilde.

3. Catbus cake.

*Previously: Flying Monkey taxidermy.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Dapper Boba Fett (link roundup)

Boba Fett in a top hat by Greg Peltz.

And a few more links:

1. Munnys are half-off at Tenacious Toys.

2. Oil-covered bird paper toy.

3. Wizard of Oz featuring Kraven the Hunter?

*Previously: "Kraven's Last Hunt” in 30 Seconds.

*Buy Boba Fett toys at eBay.

Toy Story Cosbabies (link roundup)

Toy Story Cosbabies. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Funny sketches about Leo Matsuda's first baseball game.

2. Lee Garbett has original Batgirl art for sale.

3. Dr. Who/Wizard of Oz mashup.

*Previously: Vintage TARDIS.

*Buy Batgirl toys at eBay.

Beautiful Grim

A few highlights from the Beautiful Grim fundraiser. Apparently these and more should be on sale at eBay any moment now. Links below are to the artists' sites.


Andrew Jones.



Tom Bagshaw.




Madeline Carol Matz.

*Previously: Beautiful art gallery made out of shipping containers.

*Buy Wizard of Oz toys at eBay.

Medusa is a cat person (and more)

Medusa, Mario/Alice in wonderland mashup, Cobra Commander and Skeletor and more - - just a sampling of the artwork on sale at Justin Hillgrove's site.

*Previously: Joust propaganda poster.

*Buy flying monkeys at eBay.

Wizard of Oz art contest

A few entries from the Wizard of Oz art contest at ConceptArt.org:


Jessica Oyenhart.



Alex Kosakowski.



agnostes.



Margaret Hardy.



Ben Ho.

*At Toycutter: Custom Metroid action figures.

*Buy Wizard of Oz toys at eBay.

Wizard of Oz book covers

A few of the Wizard of Oz book covers by students at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia:


Charnelle Pinkney.



Sara Wood.



Grace Kennedy.



Sarah Petruska. Via.

*Previously: Wizard of Oz concert poster.

*Buy Wizard of Oz toys at eBay.

Dark fairy tale images at Copro Gallery

A selection from two shows at CoproGallery.

First, the Wizard of Oz and other fantasy images star in Billy Norrby's paintings:








Second, Snow White, Cinderella and other Disney stars live in a shantytown in Jeff Gillette's Dismayland:





*Previously: Snow White by Rene Magritte.

*Buy Disney snowglobes at eBay.