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11.11.07 by Widge @ 11:09 pm  Dan Goodsell has posted some great sketches to some Topps cards from the early 70s: Monster Initials. Which is what happens when you, um, combine letters with monsters. Or, put another way, it's what would happen if Forry Ackerman had come up with Sesame Street instead of the Children's Television Workshop. Categorized as: Art
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11.04.07 by Widge @ 10:46 pm  Jesus Christ, when does the man ever sleep? AlexCF returns and this he's bringing you your very own Audrey II replica in a case: This specific preservation device contains a juvenile "carnivorus muscipula" a flesh eating plant which can grow to 20 feet in height. At this size they draw their nutrients from the soil, which is kept rich by the device. If kept in a controlled environment the plant will never need feeding flesh as a form of sustenance. No word for when the final product will go up for auction. AlexCF also goes on to point out that Levi Stubbs' vocal work is not included and if you do let it out of its environment, he can't be held responsible if what I've placed after the break comes to pass... Categorized as: Art
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11.03.07 by Widge @ 5:48 pm  Spacecoyote has posted something that we think is a vast improvement over the last time somebody tried to screw around with Calvin & Hobbes: Few historians know of the heartwarming friendship between French Reformation theologian John Calvin and English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, the latter of whom may or may not have been real, considering he was not even born yet. You might remember spacecoyote as the madwoman who did those Simpsons and Futurama anime pieces we linked to a while back. She appears to have given Death Note and Totoro the Groening treatment as well. Freaking awesome. Categorized as: Art
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11.01.07 by Widge @ 6:16 am  Shaenon Garrity has taken the Star Trek classic episode, "The Trouble With Tribbles," and showed us what would have happened had it been adapted into illustrated book form... by Edward Gorey. This is almost a perfect morbid whimsical geekstorm. In order to restore the cosmic balance, someone must now turn The Curious Sofa into an episode of Stargate Atlantis. Ready? Go. Categorized as: Art
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10.30.07 by Widge @ 6:35 am  About the only way to make a scary clown scarier is to make it an undead scary clown. So bravo to the people who worked on this Worth1000 photoshopping contest which lets us know what things will look like once the world has ended and zombies rule all. It would truly be a "Necrogarchy." Hey, you know...that's a catchy title for a short story. Ahem. Oh, but anyway, here's a bonus zombified bit. I feel so dirty for liking it. And it is Not Dindrane Friendly. I'm just saying. Categorized as: Art
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10.30.07 by Widge @ 5:43 am  Evil Mad Scientist Labs has a great group costume idea: go as a modern art exhibition. The only suggestion I would make to improve upon this idea is, at a big Halloween party, have one of you "dressed" as Munch's The Scream. Then have people keep stealing you and then bringing you back every other half-hour. Categorized as: Art
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10.27.07 by Widge @ 4:13 am  AlexCF, that mad genius who keeps making replicas and props and things (all of which make me cry my geek heart to sleep at night because I got no dinero to bid on his goods) is at it again. Mercilessly he creates wicked shit and then dangles out in front of the the whole internet. And we, masochists that we are, wouldn't have it any other way. This time out he's tackling Professor Challenger from The Lost World. No, this is the Arthur Conan Doyle Lost World not the craptastic Spielberg sequel. It's a case from where Challenger ascended to a plateau in the rainforest where dinosaurs still lived. The case was found in 1951. The list of what's in the case is formidable (as you might expect), but a brief sampling of the bits follows: Categorized as: Art
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10.26.07 by Widge @ 4:24 am  There's nothing like morbid arts and crafts, is there? Here you've got what they're calling "The Saw That Dripped Blood...SCARF." It's a two person saw (so it's long enough for your neck, natch) that is bloody from its last victim. Perfect for making people wonder about your sanity on windy days. The pattern's available if you want to try your own. Categorized as: Art
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10.11.07 by Widge @ 3:28 am  Lisa Snellings-Clark, who we've mentioned a couple of times before (because she's just That Good), is having her annual Halloween sale again, and the good news is some of the stuff is priced so even webmasters could afford it. Be sure and check out the sad little Brain-o-Lantern (pictured) which is just lovely and, for fans of The Neil (who gave us the word about the sale, as he is wont to do), there's a Neil Gaiman rat with glow in the dark shades. Granted, this is artistic license, because we all know Neil's eyes glow in the dark just fine on their own. Categorized as: Art
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10.11.07 by Widge @ 1:57 am  The Little People art project by Slinkachu, which we've mentioned before, has an installation at Nuart in Norway. It's exactly the sort of morbid whimsy you would expect. Make sure you go check out the Flickr array of photos to get the full benefit. We'd also like to point out the menacing (but tiny) Kraken. Categorized as: Art
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