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Zombies on the Playground: The Children's Crusade
Posted on 06.06.08 by Widge @ 4:26 am

\"Outbreak\" by Jason Chan

There's not much we can say about Jason Chan's "Outbreak." You can see the full size at the post on his site here. It's World War Z meets The Goonies and it's just too cool. I hope to hell he sells prints of it. Because sign me up.

Found via Ectoplasmosis.

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Soviet Sci-Fi Illustrations
Posted on 05.07.08 by Widge @ 2:23 am

Soviet Sci-Fi Illustrations

Dark Roasted Blend tells us that Alexander Kazantsev was one of the first Soviet sci-fi authors. They've posted a number of the black and white illustrations from his books and they're excellent. They show that the staples of classic sci-fi illustrations--robots, guys in space suits and eggheads smoking pipes--are universal.

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The Deadly (Yet Relaxing) Spa of Skull Island!
Posted on 05.07.08 by Widge @ 1:27 am
Wellness Skull

That's right: nothing says relax and let the worries of the week fall away like taking some spa time in a compartmentalized giant skull. There's a bath in the neck, sauna in the head and the thing spurts steam from its eye sockets.

Joep van Lieshout about the Wellness Skull: "The heavenly power is the big unknown, the death of the hereafter, the skull of physical shell of the mind. The earthly power is a economical power, money plays an important role on our contemporary society. Gradually the faith loses all importance and is replaced by an alternative 'self experience', through travelling, sporting and wellness centres."

Which is all well and good, but I'm just joyous about what this will do--aeons from now, when we are all dead and gone--to the evolutionary biologists of the future.

Found via io9.

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Sci-Fi Art From Steel
Posted on 05.04.08 by Widge @ 2:36 pm
Gremlins by Art From Steel

Ken sent this over: a group of artists who make badass models out of steel. Some of their work is pretty spot on and cool. And, since we were talking about the Gremlins, they have Gremlins. They also have Doctor Who's Daleks, Gundams, Terminators, and naturally, Godzilla. Though in all metal, Godzilla looks like he's been taken over by the Technarchy (which is a bit of fan fiction that, I must admit, might be fun to read).

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The Wrong Way to Get Published
Posted on 04.26.08 by Widge @ 4:10 am
Colorful Illustrations 93C, all stolen

Darren Di Lieto has gotten his work in print...through no fault of his own...and in precisely the wrong way. Luc Latulippe explains on his blog: "Turns out someone scraped the contents of his website and published it into a 350-page book being sold online for $100."

Suck factor is definitely high, as the resellers refuse to pull the book and the thing has a fake ISBN and the publisher appears to be fake and the distributor is incommunicado. So they've taken the word to the blogosphere. We found it at the Lady Porphyre's place, who found it via Uncle Warren.

Now that you know, pass it on. And, you know, don't buy the book.

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