Portal/Mad Men mashup; Lego GLaDOS

The Mad Men opening redone with Portal by Mat Recardo.








Lego GLaDOS and Chell by Brandon Bannerman.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Kawaii Joan Holloway

Kawaii Joan Holloway from Mad Men by Jerrod Maruyama. He recently did a Snooki, too. Although it's a little horrifying.

*Buy Joan Holloway dolls at eBay.

Mad Men: The Illustrated World

Mad Men: The Illustrated World featuring illustrations by Dyna Moe. Preorder for $10 at Amazon.

A bold new direction for Mad Men (link roundup)

Mad Men/Batman mashup by Jeff Yorkes.

And a few more links:

1. You can listen to the entire Them Crooked Vultures album at the official site. (Scroll through the tracks in the Youtube video.)

2. Dog from Half-Life 2.

3. Announcement for a prohibition-themed Octoberfest party for Wieden + Kennedy.

*Previously: Joan Holloway paper doll.

*Buy Batman sketch cards at eBay.

Uncle Scrooge's Money Bin (link roundup)

Uncle Scrooge's Money Bin made by Matt.

And a few more links:

1. Joan Holloway paper doll.

2. Freudian slip perhaps? The L.A. Parks Department offers an after-school day care program that provides a "neutering fun and safe environment." (PDF) Via.

3. Two by Noah Whyler: A demon goes trick or treating, and She-Thor with very big mjolnir.

*At Toycutter: Mad Men bobbleheads.

*Buy Scrooge McDuck toys at eBay.

Dashboard Joan Holloway (link roundup)

Dashboard Joan Holloway by mister frothee, who has also created Mad Men and Deadwood bobbleheads.

And a few more links:

1. Jeff Probst makes the villain of the latest season of Survivor sound fascinating.

2. Looks like the Twitter account is history, but for awhile it listed some pretty funny tag lines, including:

Pennzoil. America's Finest Motor Zoil.

You can find a few more here.

3. Nissan wants to give its silent electric cars a special sound:

The company consulted Japanese composers of film scores. What Tabata and his six-member team came up with is a high- pitched sound reminiscent of the flying cars in “Blade Runner,” the 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott portraying his dystopian vision of 2019.

I've long thought that it was a matter of time before we could download engine sounds for our cars the way we can download ringtones for our phones.

*Previously: Joan Holloway paper doll.

*Buy Blade Runner posters at eBay.

Papercraft punk bank (link roundup)

This punk paper toy also serves as a piggy bank. Download it here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. At Mad Men Yourself (which I'm guessing is based on Dyna Moe's art), you can create a stylized version of yourself. But the program kept locking up when I tried to download the completed version.

2. I hadn't realized that the Oakland A's have been a below .500 team for years.

3. The Chinese deal with bad traffic a little differently. For example, one man hung out by an intersection and whenever he saw people running red lights, he hurled bricks at them. In another instance, a man fed up with a traffic jam caused by a man threatening to leap off the bridge, pushed the jumper off the bridge.

*Previously: Mad Men opening, Simpsons-style.

*Buy minor league bobbleheads at eBay.

Captain Cutler (link roundup)

Captain Cutler by Warwick Johnson Cadwell for the Villains of Scooby-Doo art contest. He also recently posted a great Johann Krauss sketch.

And a few more links:

1. Banana Republic and Mad Men have teamed up for an online casting call - - post your photo here and you might win a walk-on role on Mad Men, via Ryan Thomas who already has a favorite.

2. Twitter feed promoting Alice in Wonderland.

3. Here's one theory on how someone videotaped Erin Andrews in her hotel room. Sounds disturbingly easy.

4. Guy in a tiger suit throws a karate kick.

*Previously: Mad Men Season 3 teaser?

*Buy Scooby Doo toys at eBay.

Mad Men Season 3 Teaser (link roundup)

I've mentioned Dyna Moe's Mad Men desktop wallpapers and paper toys many times before. She created that work as fan art, but she's been hired to create art for AMC and has posted a Mad Men season 3 teaser here as a desktop wallpaper. Her webstore is at Zazzle. (Or . . . it's the best April Fool's Joke I've seen today.)

And a few more links:

1. The Casanova comic by Matt Fraction, Gabriel Ba, and Fabio Moon continues tomorrow. Online for free. Unless this is an April Fool's Joke that's not remotely funny.

2. A guide to libel for bloggers. Via.

3. The man who writes Google's April Fool's jokes.

4. Here's some nostalgia antidote - - the original Transformers cassette toys (especially the humanoid robots) were horrendous.

*At Toycutter: Mad Men minifig concept art.

*Buy "Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT" at Amazon.

Mad Men Season 3 Teaser (link roundup)

I've mentioned Dyna Moe's Mad Men desktop wallpapers and paper toys many times before. She created that work as fan art, but she's been hired to create art for AMC and has posted a Mad Men season 3 teaser here as a desktop wallpaper. Her webstore is at Zazzle. (Or . . . it's the best April Fool's Joke I've seen today.)

And a few more links:

1. The Casanova comic by Matt Fraction, Gabriel Ba, and Fabio Moon continues tomorrow. Online for free. Unless this is an April Fool's Joke that's not remotely funny.

2. A guide to libel for bloggers. Via.

3. The man who writes Google's April Fool's jokes.

4. Here's some nostalgia antidote - - the original Transformers cassette toys (especially the humanoid robots) were horrendous.

*At Toycutter: Mad Men minifig concept art.

*Buy "Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT" at Amazon.

Bioshock's Big Daddy stars in a recruiting image (link roundup)

2K Boston recruiters are apparently wearing t-shirts with this "Be big in Boston" logo, and looking for people to work on Bioshock 2.

And a few more links:

1. Sculpt for a Joan Holloway dashboard hula girl.

2. How to use two mirrors to defeat a mirror demon.

3. Not exactly timely, but the X-Files mythos explained.

4. How to get a job in the comic book industry.

*Previously: Big Daddy and Little Sister custom action figures.

*Buy dashboard hula girls at eBay.

Bioshock's Big Daddy stars in a recruiting image (link roundup)

2K Boston recruiters are apparently wearing t-shirts with this "Be big in Boston" logo, and looking for people to work on Bioshock 2.

And a few more links:

1. Sculpt for a Joan Holloway dashboard hula girl.

2. How to use two mirrors to defeat a mirror demon.

3. Not exactly timely, but the X-Files mythos explained.

4. How to get a job in the comic book industry.

*Previously: Big Daddy and Little Sister custom action figures.

*Buy dashboard hula girls at eBay.

Joan Holloway paper doll (link roundup)

Mad Men's Joan Holloway as a paper doll by Dyna Moe.

And a few more links:

1. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln being amused by his mischievous son.

2. I don't know if you have them in your city, but the the giant ads that cover office buildings block out light and anger office denizens. Via.

3. Media Molecule rounds up videos of some of its favorite Little Big Planet levels.

4. Ben Balistreri created an animated-style version of Randy the Ram from "The Wrestler."

*Previously: Video of a Greco-Roman Wrestling match, where wrestler does back flip.

*Buy Zippo lighters at eBay.

Mad Men 2009 Calendar

Dyna Moe has created a 2009 calendar featuring her stylish Mad Men illustrations. You can buy one at Zazzle.

*Previously: Joan Holloway paper doll.

*Buy vintage calendars at eBay.

Joan Holloway paper doll

Download the full-sized Joan Holloway (from Mad Men) paper doll here. There's also a poster version on sale at Zazzle.

*Find dozens of easy papercraft projects here.

*Buy Mad Men dvds and calendars at Amazon.

Mad Men opening Simpsons style

Homer Simpson stars in this parody of the Mad Men opening:



For reference, here's the actual opening to Mad Men



Via.

*Previously: Boba Fett encases the Simpsons in carbonite.

*Buy Simpsons toys and collectibles at eBay.

Desktop Wallpaper: The mixed drinks of Mad Men

Dyna Moe makes desktop wallpapers based on the Mad Men tv series. This one, featuring mixed drinks, is my favorite so far.

Relatedly, check out these alcoholic drink desktop icons.

*Find previously posted desktop wallpapers here.

*Buy the Mad Men Season 2 Press Kit at eBay.