Raging goblin raged at the world

Raging Goblin Magic The Gathering Card by Jeff Miracola:

He raged at the world, his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Via.

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Video roundup

Pure Smoke.



A woman in a bikini and sudden appearance of whales.



Murumuration of starlings

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Colbert visits OWS disguised as Che Guevara.

Link roundup

(A few more starred items from the depths of my Google Reader feeds.)



Class Portrait by Anna Brooks and Samantha Harvey. Via.



20,000 bouncy balls dropped from a helicopter. Via.



The purpose of the space shuttle. Via.




Relatedly, might have posted this before - - The Secret History of Silicon Valley. Via.





Performing magic tricks in the drive-thru. Via these sites.

The tablecloth magic trick...by kids...with a twist

Watch out Penn and Teller, these guys are brilliant. Via.

Random photos

A few gems from this enormous (NSFW) gallery

Clever shopping bag for a magic shop

Top hat and bunny shopping bag for a magic store by Gretchen Braun. Via.

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Illustration roundup

Panel from Detective Comics #421 (December 1971).




Meet new Daredevil artist "Lanky" Frank Miller circa 1979.




Lots of fun in this 1500-panel scan of Wham-O's Giant Comics.





Magician by Jared Joslin. Via.






Hearing trumpet and labyrinth by Leonora Carrington. Via these sites.

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Make Believe: The Battle to Become the World's Best Teen Magician

Terrific trailer for Make Believe: The Battle to Become the World's Best Teen Magician.

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Link roundup

1. Conan O’Brien on Norm Macdonald:

I've been interviewing Norm for 18 years and he has consistently broken every talk-show rule. He tells anecdotes that are blatantly false. His stories have always been repurposed farmer’s daughter routines that he swears happened to him.

2. This review of Play Dead makes me wish I was in New York. But I was absolutely cringing watching this trick.

3. If you missed it, I announced a new Nintendo-themed art contest.

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Adam Hughes's homage to classic magician posters

Adam Hughes's cover to Zatanna #13 is a bit of a slapstick take on classic magician posters. You can see the rest of DC Comics' solicitations for May 2011 here.

Criss Angel magic trick sets

I suspect these Criss Angele magic trick sets will make ironic, yet actually fun secret santa gifts. Various kits are on sale at Amazon.

Magic luggage

David&Goliath put a sawed lady in a box onto a luggage carousel to promote Lance Burton's magic show in Las Vegas. Via.

*Previously: Sliding glass doors/magician's assistant.

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Robyn Fabsits's plush magician's assistants

Wheel of Death, Sword Box, and Sawed-in-Half plush magicians assistants by Robyn Fabsits. The wheel turns and the doors shut.

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Magician's assistant entryway

An entryway by DPZ that lets you saw a woman in half. (The url mentioned on the ad wasn't working when I checked.)

*Previously: Plush sawed-in-half magician's assistant.

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Ricky Jay's Cards As Weapons

Ricky Jay and Carl Sagan discuss throwing cards on Mars. You can read the entire book here. Via these sites.

*Previously: Zatanna magician poster.

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Zatanna magician poster (link roundup)

Zatanna magician poster by Garrie Gastonny.

And a few more links:

1. Museum workers hosting an exhibition of naked people surprised that some visitors have behaved inappropriately.

2. Spot the cats hidden in Chrissie Zullo's Cinderella covers and win original art. (Although, I'm really hoping to be the winner.)

3. Pressing stop, stop, play often skips the startup menus on DVDs!

*Previously: Cartoony magician poster by Patricio Oliver.

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