A few of my favorites from Rivet Gallery's new show "We'll Be Right Back... After These Messages." You can see all of the artwork here. Links below are to the artists' personal sites:
Tiamat, Thundarr, He-Man, and Voltron by Scott Campbell. You know, speaking of the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, I highly recommend this post by Mark Evanier about his script-writing for the show. It's eye-opening to hear him describe how he was forced to insert the following theme into every episode: The group is always right...the complainer is always wrong.
OK, if you're lucky enough to have never heard of the Birthers, I'm jealous. They're people who believe, against all evidence (and reason) that Obama was actually born in Kenya, and thus ineligible to be president of the USA. For example:
The problem is that various politicians have given at least token support to their claims, and Lou Dobbs has also decided to promote the claim on his show. Over a week ago, Jon Stewart mercilessly mocked Dobbs and the Birthers in general:
But the news networks decided to milk a little more airtime out of the story, such as by having Chris Matthews try to convince G. Gordon Liddy that the Birthers were nuts:
Last week, CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein told "Lou Dobbs Tonight" staffers that the Birthers claim was "dead - because anyone who still is not convinced doesn't really have a legitimate beef."
Case closed. Right?
Wrong. Lou Dobbs keeps discussing the issue, even though he says the Birthers' claims are meritless:
The good news is that Lou Dobbs' ratings have apparently tanked recently. And Media Matters has purchased air time to run a TV ad criticizing Dobbs during Dobbs' show. Media Matters has also set up a minisite detailing Dobbs' embarrassing history.
The Beast from Bottomless Lake by Roman Laney. His portfolio features concept art from El Tigre, and he recently posted a beautiful Art Deco image.
Ghost of King Katazuma by M.S. Corley, who recently posted an illustration that was accepted into the Darkstalkers tribute book. He also has a terrific selection of monster prints on sale at Etsy.
Ghost Native Shaman illustration and paper sculpture by Francesca Lasarte. Her portfolio and Flickr gallery are full of art, cheerful and macabre.
Wow, thanks to everyone who submitted an entry. I'll choose the first and second place winners this weekend, and announce them on Monday. And I'm so sorry I have to disappoint anyone and select only two winners.
Disc Demon and the Ghost of King Katazuma share ice cream in this entry by Evan Hodgins for the Villains of Scooby-Doo art contest. See also: Bulked-up Mega Man.
Speakerdog Paper Toys Series 6 has been unveiled and features dozens of paper toys available for download (Scroll horizontally). Below, are a few of my favorites and links to the artists' personal sites:
Philadelphia has solar-powered trash cans and artist-decorated recycling trucks. As to the "Big Belly" trash cans, they're motorized and compact trash. When they're full, they seal themselves and send out a notification to headquarters. They open like a mailbox, so they'll presumably become disgusting to touch almost immediately, and something tells me that any energy savings earned by the fewer required pickups will be outweighed by the sophistication of the cans' construction and need for upkeep.
2. Which makes this a perfect time to point out that orders over $25 get free shipping at Zazzle with the code WEPAYFORSHIP. Buy a t-shirt featuring the Super Punch chimera logo Adam designed.
3. The International Space Station should finally be completed next year. So, NASA intends to crash it into the atmosphere in 2016. Via.
There's about 24 hours left to enter the Villains of Scooby-Doo art contest and try to win a $100 Threadless store credit. As we near the finish line, here's a two more wonderful entries.
Nancy Dorsner submitted a Demon Shark tormenting my Chimera:
Carlos Melgares, who previously submitted a plush, glow-in-the-dark Space Kook, also completed this Russian propaganda-style image of Charlie the Robot:
Finally and relatedly, Rich Page, who was the first to submit art for the contest, has a t-shirt up for vote at Design by Humans.
Thanks to everyone who has submitted an entry, although I will soon face the miserable, thankless task of trying to pick a winner and runner up. To everyone else, there's still a bit more time. No one's brave enough to try their hand at the Ghost of King Katazuma?
2. Thomas Barnett's short and sweet prescription for improving third world countries: "shrinking the Gap means liberating females and killing the hardline males who stand in the way." I highly, highly recommend his site for foreign policy news.
3. Consumer Reports reviews various home teeth whitening products and recommends Crest Whitestrips Supreme, which are available for a hefty discount aat Amazon.
