Short horror films featuring Ronald McDonald

Disturbing short Japanese horror films featuring Ronald McDonald. Via these sites.

Japanese Transformers Happy Meal Toys

Optimus Prime and Bumblebee Happy Meal toys, imported and available for preorder at the BBTS.

More fine dining at McDonald's

Fine dining at McDonald's photo gallery. Clever marketing or genuine prank? Via.

Desperate advertising by McDonald's

McDonald's employees advertising outside of a Sonic in Connecticut.

Illustration roundup

Roger and Tetsuo by Michael Dialynas.




How to make oatmeal wrong (i.e., the McDonald's way) by Ben Mullins.




Santánico Pandemónium (Salma Hayek in From Dusk Til Dawn) by Jason Levesque for an upcoming Tarantiono/Coen Bros-themed show. You can buy prints from the first show here.




Alice by Joseph Fox - - the winning entry in Dark Horse's Alice: Madness Returns art contest.




In this video tutorial, Todd McFarlane shows how to draw "dynamic hands."

*Buy Akira toys at eBay.

Image roundup

A few gems from Reddit:


Peek-a-Boo Walrus.



Al Gore hoverhands.



The internet's favorite dog gets a mustache, top hat and monocle.



If Colonel Sanders and Ronald and McDonald were in Final Fantasy. Per the comments, this is the source.



I wish I didn't get this joke.



The Galapagos Islands are the happiest place on Earth.

*Buy Final Fantasy toys at eBay.

Link roundup

1. An assertion that Detroit will soon close half its public schools, leading to 60+ kids in each class. (Schools in Los Angeles face a prospect nearly as dire.) Via.

2. Maybe it's just because I don't like brainteasers that much, or maybe it's because I haven't enjoyed a Spielberg movie in at least 10 years, but I find it a little hard to believe that people (as opposed to marketers pretending to be fans) have really spent so much effort deciphering clues about the JJ Abrams/Spielberg movie Super 8.

3. McDonald's inedible new oatmeal apparently contains more sugar than a Snickers bar.

Link roundup

1. I love when artists sketch their roleplaying characters.

2. Serious Eats gave McDonald's new oatmeal a terrible review.

3. Collection of old Mickey Mouse versus the Nazis comic strips.

*Buy Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. I love when artists sketch their roleplaying characters.

2. Serious Eats gave McDonald's new oatmeal a terrible review.

3. Collection of old Mickey Mouse versus the Nazis comic strips.

*Buy Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. Create a free book by purchasing or renewing a Flickr Pro account.

2. New eco-friendly McDonald's in Southern California, complete with green arches. Via.

3. Mitt Romney got his new book atop the bestseller list "by asking institutions to buy thousands of copies in exchange for his speeches, according to a document obtained by POLITICO." Via.

4. Relatedly, the writer of The Oatmeal was apparently a SEO spammer. This discussion at Reddit about infographics and how they're used by spammers to game Digg, Google, and Reddit is pretty fascinating. (I mentioned this once before, but you should question sites that post a lot of infographics - - I've repeatedly turned down offers of payment in exchange for posting infographics with specific embedded links.) Via.

Link roundup

1. "This is why it's notable that some little blue-green bacteria hitching a ride on the exterior of the International Space Station came out of it alive -- after a record-setting 553 days. That's a year and a half in a near-vacuum."

2. "Mao's Great Leap Forward killed 45 million in four years." The details are horrific.

3. McDonald's sponsors sports not to advertise to customers, but to excite store owners about being part of the McDonald's family. Via.

*Buy The Andromeda Strain at Amazon.

If Star Wars was remade by McDonald's (in Lego)

Angus MacLane turned the Millennium Falcon into a Corellian Cheeseburger operated by McDonald-esque characters for the FBTB MOC Madness 2010 Building Tournament.

*Buy Star Wars Lego minifigs at Amazon.

Batman Brave and the Bold Happy Meal toys

Next up at McDonald's, Batman Brave and the Bold Happy Meal toys.

*Buy Happy Meal toys at eBay.

McGuilty

Ronald McDonald by JSalvador.

*Buy kid's meal toys at eBay.

King Kong goes to McDonald's (advertising roundup)

King Kong and Darth Vader go to McDonald's in these ads by BETC Euro RSCG.




Luggage carts with people in wheelchairs by Age to promote ADD (Sporting Association for the Disabled).




The pixels' Last Supper by JWT for Suraj Electronics.




Rims/daily calendar by Saatchi to promote Keskin rims.




Face door hangers by Saatchi to promote designer doors.

*Previously: Curious George/King Kong mashup.

*Buy King Kong toys at eBay.

Happy Meal Toys in Japan

Ironically, while McDonald's in America is selling Astro Boy toys, McDonald's in Japan is selling kawaii creatures. (McDonald's India is selling cars.) Via.

*Previously: Kawaii matchbooks from Japan.

*Buy Fast Food toys at eBay.

Astro Boy Happy Meal toys

Starting this week (I think), McDonald's has Astro Boy Happy Meal toys.

*Previously: Ad for an Astro Boy food tie-in and toy.

*Buy Astro Boy toys at eBay.

Astro Boy Happy Meal toys

Starting this week (I think), McDonald's has Astro Boy Happy Meal toys.

*Previously: Ad for an Astro Boy food tie-in and toy.

*Buy Astro Boy toys at eBay.

Two-lane split (link roundup)

Nice trick bowling shot.

And a few more links:

1. Darth Nihilus sketch.

2. There's now a McDonald's at the Louvre. Increasingly, there's less and less of a reason to go anywhere on vacation.

3. Sunday October 4 was Washington's annual Red Mass, "which celebrates the legal profession," is scheduled just before the start of the Supreme Court's term, and is typically attended by many justices and other VIPs. (I tellya, no one does branding better than the Catholic church. Who could not be interested in something called The Red Mass?") Via.

*Previously: Catholic Coloring Books.

*Buy Darth Nihilus toys at eBay.

Two-lane split (link roundup)

Nice trick bowling shot.

And a few more links:

1. Darth Nihilus sketch.

2. There's now a McDonald's at the Louvre. Increasingly, there's less and less of a reason to go anywhere on vacation.

3. Sunday October 4 was Washington's annual Red Mass, "which celebrates the legal profession," is scheduled just before the start of the Supreme Court's term, and is typically attended by many justices and other VIPs. (I tellya, no one does branding better than the Catholic church. Who could not be interested in something called The Red Mass?") Via.

*Previously: Catholic Coloring Books.

*Buy Darth Nihilus toys at eBay.