Link roundup

1. The Mass Effect 3 demo is now available.

2. Mike Krahulik has some negative comments about the story in The Old Republic.

3. The 10 worst swings of the 2011 baseball season. Via.

4. The latest Paranorman newspaper.

5. The BBTS already has preorders for some of the Toy Fair 2012 toys, including Play Arts Kai Mass Effect and Lego Star Wars and Avengers.

Paranorman armature

Pre-face zombie armature from Paranorman.

*Buy Paranorman posters at eBay.

Paranorman newsletter

Paranorman newsletter available for download (pdf). Via.

Link roundup

1. Photo gallery of the weird stuff (including giant board games) created for Google's 2011 UK holiday party.

2. Cool (and somewhat unsettling) animated holiday card by Laika (reminds me of Graham Annable's shorts, but his name's not in the credits).

3. Destructoid has good things to say about The Old Republic. (And don't forget to try to win The Old Republic art book.)

4. Here's a video showing off the character customization in Gotham City Impostors.

New trailer for Laika's Paranorman

Here's the second trailer for Laika's Paranorman, which explains the story a bit more.

*Buy Paranorman posters at eBay.

Paranorman faces

Lots of swappable expressions.

The Paranorman website is now open

The Paranorman website is now running.

Relatedly, the latest Laika art challenge is to create the Great Pumpkin.

Paranorman trailer

Teaser trailer for Laika's Paranorman. I grabbed several high-res stills.












Looking forward to the marketing campaign as much as the movie. Remember the Coraline boxes?

Dog AT-AT

Dog AT-AT costume by Laika artist Katie Mello.

Cinderella's Carriage jack-o'-lantern

Cinderella's Demise by a team of Laika artists for The Great Pumpkin ASK:

Their piece reflects a playful and mischievous take on the fable of Cinderella’s midnight ride.

Creepy jack-o'-lantern

Pumpkin by Laika artist Robin Ator for The Great Pumpkin ASK.

Whale jack-o'-lantern

Pumpkin by Laika artist Ean McNamara for The Great Pumpkin ASK.

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1. No pictures on the web?:

Focus and LAIKA were on hand at Comic-Con today to show concept art, puppets and props used for the family-friendly comedy thriller [ParaNorman], including Norman's room, which is peppered with zombie posters and a coffin alarm clock, and a room from the house of Mr. Prendergast (John Goodman), the town crazy guy who has a great trucker hat featuring a beaver with a wrench.

2. If this is real, I don't see why it's not fraudulent.

3. The BBTS has available for preorder the Batman Legacy series 2 figures I previously posted (Batgirl etc).

Illustration roundup

Some of the post-it-sized paintings May Ann Licudine created for the "Post it show Barcelona."




A glimpse at Laika's next movie, ParaNorman.




Bear by Kei Acedera for a charity auction.




Kate Beaton's been working out.




Thor poster by Ken Taylor for Mondo.

*Buy Alamo Drafthouse posters at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Laser men.

2. Colorado Lottery Monopoly commercial by Laika. (A far cry from Coraline.)

3. Princess and the Frog concept art.

*Buy Princess and the Frog toys at eBay.

Thundercats cake and cupcakes (link roundup)

Thundercats cake and cupcakes. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Hulk/Wolverine mashup.

2. Cory Doctorow responds to a legal threat from Ralph Lauren. You don't want to miss the horribly photoshopped image that's at the heart of the matter.

3. Coraline director Henry Selick has "left" Laika.

*At Evil Buttons: Coraline and Goth Coraline dolls.

*Buy Thundercats action figures and collectibles at eBay.

Thundercats cake and cupcakes (link roundup)

Thundercats cake and cupcakes. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Hulk/Wolverine mashup.

2. Cory Doctorow responds to a legal threat from Ralph Lauren. You don't want to miss the horribly photoshopped image that's at the heart of the matter.

3. Coraline director Henry Selick has "left" Laika.

*At Evil Buttons: Coraline and Goth Coraline dolls.

*Buy Thundercats action figures and collectibles at eBay.

Sark cosplay (link roundup)

Sark cosplay. Via.

And a few more links:

1. To get in the mood for the Horror of Star Wars art contest, why not read this Death Troopers excerpt.

2. The winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2009 are...a whole lot of books I've never heard of. Via these sites.

3. Laika laid off 63 animators, plans on focusing on stop motion. Via these sites.

*Previously: Lego light cycle.

*Buy Tron toys at eBay.

Sark cosplay (link roundup)

Sark cosplay. Via.

And a few more links:

1. To get in the mood for the Horror of Star Wars art contest, why not read this Death Troopers excerpt.

2. The winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2009 are...a whole lot of books I've never heard of. Via these sites.

3. Laika laid off 63 animators, plans on focusing on stop motion. Via these sites.

*Previously: Lego light cycle.

*Buy Tron toys at eBay.

Logo for Bowling Thunder (link roundup)

Logo for last year's Bowling Thunder tournament. Via.

And a few more links:

1. GigPosters the coloring book is available here for $10, and GigPosters the poster collection is 34% off at Amazon. Of course, it's been a long time since I saw a concert poster at GigPosters that was worth posting.

2. Chris Haley channels Mignola.

3. How has Laika followed up Coraline? With ads for Spam and M&Ms/Transformers.

4. DC has started blogs for Vertigo and Wildstorm. That makes good sense. But making only partial feeds is dumb. Get a clue DC. You're in the business of selling DC product, not maximizing page views. Via.

*Previously: Rampaging unicorn.

*Buy concert posters at eBay.