How to make a stop motion animation puppet (link roundup)

This video makes it look almost simple to create a stop motion animation puppet (well, at least the head). The puppet is of Sam Tyler from the show Life on Mars (which I never watched). If you're a fan of the show, you might enjoy reading this list of clues buried in the show. Via.

And a few more links:

1. A cunning way in which gypsies use their bad reputation to scare people out of money.

2. Creepy version of Pac-Man by TS Rogers.

3. You can download the 4-issue comic book series Some Kind of Slaughter, which has been nominated for a Harvey Award. Via these sites.

4. Baby manatee photos.

*Previously: Pac-Man as samurai.

*Buy plush manatees at eBay.