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Posted on 01.12.08 by Widge @ 7:56 pm
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Play the Nutcracker suite. No, really. We fucking dare you to. Categorized as: Art
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Posted on 01.09.08 by Widge @ 3:50 am
Comments on this: just one. Add your own.  How often have you been chained to the difference engine at your desk and looked outside and thought, "Man, what a pretty day. If only I could take my work out there with me." Well, look no further. Thanks to steampunk artist AlexCF, very soon you too can have a portable Babbage Engine. Take it anywhere you like. It comes with both a touch screen and a quill pen and inkwell. It's only a prototype* but for the full information and a better picture, you can check out his website. *--It's actually a prop for a Nosferatu movie. This footnote void in VT and OK, where vampires are considered endangered. Categorized as: Art
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Posted on 12.27.07 by Widge @ 2:34 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Is this a steampunk Automan? Or is it Knight Rider 1973? Or is it Warlock driving Doug Ramsey around in the upcoming New Mutants movie? (Assuming Doug is dressed as...Gilligan?) Or is it something we found at Dark Roasted Blend? YOU MAKE THE CALL. Categorized as: Art
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Posted on 12.25.07 by Widge @ 8:04 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Sir John Tenniel is the best known illustrator of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. However, literally scads of artist have taken a crack at Lewis Carroll's story and characters. And over at Hugo Strikes Back, they've got Alice Illustrations Other Than Tenniel, with those aforementioned scads. I don't know why the story of Alice appeals to me so much. Probably because it's an absolute head trip happening with a practical young person in the middle of it trying to make sense of things enough to get to where she's trying to go. Which is really a lot like life. Maybe that's it. I also have a huge love of the work of Salvador Dali. Now I find out, via this resource, that there's an entire book of Alice accompanied by Dali art. Ho-ly crap. It's a limited edition. That's going on eBay for $7500. Now I must weep into my morning cola. Found via I'm Learning to Share! And BTW/FYI/YMMV, we did post a cinematic round-up of Alice stuff here. Categorized as: Art
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Posted on 12.19.07 by Widge @ 11:03 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Well, people told me that my breakfast choices would one day come back to haunt me. Look what just landed... Dan Goodsell's latest entry in his series of mashing up the Marvel Universe with the Mister Toastverse has gone to even further heights of wonderful silliness: Shaky Bacon is Galactus, the eater of worlds, and Joe Egg is The Silver Surfer. Awesome. Categorized as: Art
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Posted on 12.17.07 by Widge @ 6:26 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Every once in a while, a new internet meme comes along that just catches us off-guard. It strikes a perfect balance between "Why in the hell would anyone want to do that?" and "Dammit, that's brilliant." Bears in Ill-Fitting Hats is just such a meme. I wish I could tell you more about it, but frankly that's all there is to it. Create a picture of a bear wearing a hat that is ill-suited for the poor beast's cranium, and you're done. And some of them are perfect: like the one pictured, from Stefan Marjoram. P.S. I'd just like to point out that Bears in Ill-Fitting Hats is a great name for a band. Categorized as: Art
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Posted on 12.14.07 by Widge @ 5:41 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  DeviantArtist Roberta Scalvini seems to have two major thrusts to her work thus far: cute whimsical creatures like Froudian-esque trolls and whacked out Cthuloid mayhem. We're quite okay with that. Categorized as: Art
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Posted on 12.12.07 by Widge @ 12:22 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  I absolutely dig the hell out of this: it's like a crazed mashup of Sesame Street and Mark Millar's Elseworlds story Superman: Red Son. In Soviet Russia, the Pigeon Does You. Ahem. This is being auctioned for a good cause: On Friday, November 30th, Michael Skinner, a 35-year-old father of seven (and my little brother), suffered an unexpected and severe heart attack. His condition is much improved and the outlook is good, but his expenses are rising. All of the proceeds from this auction will go directly to him to help with his medical bills and related costs. Best of luck there, Kev. Love the Muppet propaganda, buddy. More, please. Categorized as: Art
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Posted on 12.09.07 by Widge @ 7:37 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Web Zen clues us in to Devout Dolls, the work of Sara Lanzillotta. Everything from sweet to morbid whimsy to oh, man, that's not right can be found here. For sweet, we would point you to the Octobabies. How can you not go awww when you see an octopus wearing a pirate hat? Answer: you cannot. Or if you can, I bet the dogs bark at you when you make your way back to the human resistance underground bunker, if you catch my meaning. For morbid whimsy, there's what's pictured: yes, that's Carrie White. And it's the best take on Carrie we've seen since somebody made that cake, you remember? It's not for sale, alas. You can find that in her gallery. Categorized as: Art
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Posted on 12.09.07 by Widge @ 6:43 pm
Comments on this: 2 so far. Add your own.  In honor of the upcoming tribute show for Stan Lee (for more info, see Dan Goodsell's post here), Dan created some pictures of Mr. Toast dreaming of being a super-hero. I think Spidey-Toast would make a great cartoon, so to help with pitching it, I humbly submit to Dan the Spidey-Toast theme song. Enjoy. Spidey-Toast, Spidey-Toast Is he cool? In the warmth of day Spidey-Toast, Spidey-Toast To him, life is a great big fun game Categorized as: Art
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