Illustration roundup

A few illustrations by Anwar Rafiee, who currently has one t-shirt on sale at Threadless. (Hopefully Superman will be printed by Threadless, too.)




Death by Adi Granov. Via.





Green Lantern and Animal by Andrew Schick. Via.

*Buy Sandman toys at eBay.

Garfield/Lion-O mashup

Garfield/Lion-O mashup by Italo Perochena up for vote at Threadless.

Link roundup

1. The start of this article about Chernobyl is so good, I'm not sure I want to read the article and ruin it:

Twenty-five years after the Soviet-era meltdown drove 60,000 people from their homes in the Ukraine, a rebirth is taking place inside the exclusion zone. With Geiger counter in hand, the author explores Europe's strangest wildlife refuge, an enchanted postapocalyptic forest from which entirely new species may soon emerge.

Via.

2. Garfield cake.

3. Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw makes a compelling case for a video game that makes you weaker as you progress. Via.

*Buy Garfield Minus Garfield at Amazon.

That time Garfield dropped acid

Garfield by Natasha Allegri.

*Buy Garfield Minus Garfield at Amazon.

That time Garfield dropped acid

Garfield by Natasha Allegri.

*Buy Garfield Minus Garfield at Amazon.

Garfield comic (John Arbuckle gets a life)

Garfield comic by Natasha Allegri.

*Buy Garfield Minus Garfield at Amazon.

Garfield pelt and other innocent childhood memories perverted

A few of my favorites from WWA's upcoming Off the Strip show:


Garfield by Casey Weldon.



Batman by David Sossella.



Superman by Ken Garduno.

*Buy Batmobiles at eBay.

Spy vs. Spy vs. Predator vs. Alien

Ryan Dunlavey posted 14 comic strip mashups. Here are three samples:


Garfield meets Masters of the Universe



Peanuts meet Doctor Doom



Spy vs. Spy meets Predator vs. Alien

There's almost a dozen more clever strips here.

*Previously: Disney/Marvel mashups.

*Buy Predator toys at eBay.

Spy vs. Spy vs. Predator vs. Alien

Ryan Dunlavey posted 14 comic strip mashups. Here are three samples:


Garfield meets Masters of the Universe



Peanuts meet Doctor Doom



Spy vs. Spy meets Predator vs. Alien

There's almost a dozen more clever strips here.

*Previously: Disney/Marvel mashups.

*Buy Predator toys at eBay.

Lego Morphing Hulk (link roundup)

Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk in Lego by Matt Armstrong.

And a few more links:

1. Garfield and Friends cupcakes, and at the same site, Triple Chocolate Trifle.

2. The China Military Report blog includes these recent blog posts:

a. evil! the strange rotating running tank of Soviet
b. CG:Super horrible missile battleship
c. China's netizens to imagine the future of Chinese air force stealth bomber

Via.

3. Using Mail-Order DNA and Iguana Heaters, Hobbyists Brew New Life Forms; Is It Risky? Via.

4. Diving surfer.

*Previously: Romain Jerome's Titanic-DNA watch features metal taken from the Titanic.

*Buy home DNA kits at Amazon.

Watchmen link roundup

Amigurumi Watchmen bunnies by Moon's Creations on sale at Etsy.


Scott Kurtz is mocking the Watchmen, Garfield, Popeye, Dilbert...



Lil' Rorshcach by Anthony Aguinaldo. See all the Watchmen here.

*Previously: Video of Ryu vs. Popeye.

*Buy Watchmen toys at the Big Bad Toy Store and Tenacious Toys, and buy Watchmen posters at eBay.

Watchmen link roundup

Amigurumi Watchmen bunnies by Moon's Creations on sale at Etsy.


Scott Kurtz is mocking the Watchmen, Garfield, Popeye, Dilbert...



Lil' Rorshcach by Anthony Aguinaldo. See all the Watchmen here.

*Previously: Video of Ryu vs. Popeye.

*Buy Watchmen toys at the Big Bad Toy Store and Tenacious Toys, and buy Watchmen posters at eBay.

Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon

This is the cover to Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon by Joe Gores. And here's the official description:

When Sam Spade gets drawn into the Maltese Falcon case, we know what to expect: straight talk, hard questions, no favors, and no way for anyone to get underneath the protective shell he wears like a second skin. We know that his late partner, Miles Archer, was a son of a bitch; that Spade is sleeping with Archer’s wife, Iva; that his tomboyish secretary, Effie Perine, is the only innocent in his life. What we don’t know is how Spade became who he is. Spade & Archer completes the picture.

1921: Spade sets up his own agency in San Francisco and clients quickly start coming through the door. The next seven years will see him dealing with booze runners, waterfront thugs, stowaways, banking swindlers, gold smugglers, bumbling cops, and the illegitimate daughter of Sun Yat-sen; with murder, other men’s mistresses, and long-missing money. He’ll bring in Archer as a partner, though it was Archer who stole his girl while he was fighting in World War I. He’ll tangle with a villain who never loses his desire to make Spade pay big for ruining what should’ve been the perfect crime. And he’ll fall in love—though it won’t turn out for the best. It never does with dames . . .

Spade & Archer is a gritty, pitch-perfect, hard-boiled novel—the work of a master mystery writer—destined to become a classic in its own right.

32% off at Amazon.

The Maltese Falcon is in my top five of alltime favorite movies and the book's almost word for word the same. Relatedly, have you ever seen the Garfield parody Babes and Bullets? Here's part 1:



There's a few used copies of the comic and dvd on sale at Amazon.

Steven Seagal versus vampires (link roundup)

Steven Seagal is a "master swordsman," leading a group of younger actors against vampires in Against The Dark:



Via.

And a few more links:

1. Just last week, I was wondering how Pier One could possibly still be in business. Answer: Probably not for much longer.

2. Criss Angel/Cirque show tickets already discounted 40%.

3. Group squatting in Facebook. Via.

4. Forget Garfield, real cats do not like lasagna.

*Previously: Seagal is "Cockpuncher."

*Buy vampire toys at eBay.

Real cat inserted into a Garfield strip

This is via Ectoplasmosis, so the rest of the strip gets weird.