Illustration roundup

Adventure Time #5 cover by Mike Krahulik.



Prometheus fan art by Yann Valeani. Via these sites.



Shadows of the Colossus meets Donkey Kong by Michael Myers, who has art on sale here.

*Buy Adventure Time toys at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. The podcast from the latest Acquisitions Incorporated Dungeons & Dragons adventure (starring: Wil Wheaton, Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik, Scott Kurtz, and Chris Perkins) has been posted.

2. Cross-section of an undersea cable.

3. Core77:

For this month's 1-Hour Design Challenge, we invite participants to design a suit of armor or weapon suitable for the world of G.R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones.

Superman by Penny Arcade

Today's Penny Arcade is a look at the Justice League.

The Return of Acquisitions Incorporated

I think this is now the fourth adventure of Acquisitions Incorporated as Mike Krahulik, Jerry Holkins, Scott Kurtz, and Wil Wheaton play Dungeons and Dragons. Above is part one of their adventure from PAX.

Link roundup

1. Penny Arcade created three new X-Men: Hindsight, The Salmon, and Salivo.

2. The Los Angeles Police Commission voted unanimously to eliminate red light cameras.

3. Twitter's going to automatically shorten links now.

Link roudnup

1. Anti-drug warning featuring the Smurfs.

2. Kickstarter project for an art show/book featuring silent film posters and new work by Dave McKean.

3. A positive review for Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime.

*Buy Ghostbusters toys at eBay.

Scott Kurtz and Mike Krahulik make a cute couple

Scott Kurtz and Mike Krahulik at the Child's Play gala.

Speaking of, I highly, highly recommend episode three of the Dungeons and Dragons game featuring Krahulik, Jerry Holkins, Kurtz, and Wil Wheaton. You can watch them play or download the podcast. (You'll probably enjoy it more if you listen to the podcasts of episodes one and two, since it's an ongoing adventure.)

(I can't say enough about how funny and enjoyable these adventures are, and I've never had any interest in playing D&D myself.)

Scott Kurtz and Mike Krahulik make a cute couple

Scott Kurtz and Mike Krahulik at the Child's Play gala.

Speaking of, I highly, highly recommend episode three of the Dungeons and Dragons game featuring Krahulik, Jerry Holkins, Kurtz, and Wil Wheaton. You can watch them play or download the podcast. (You'll probably enjoy it more if you listen to the podcasts of episodes one and two, since it's an ongoing adventure.)

(I can't say enough about how funny and enjoyable these adventures are, and I've never had any interest in playing D&D myself.)

Link roundup

1. A debt collector set up a fake courtroom in Pennsylvania to try to fool debtors.

2. Earlier this month, I mentioned how strange it was that Disney was promoting images of happy couple LeAnn Rimes and Eddy Cibrian. Well, Shape magazine put Rimes on the cover of the October issue, and received so many complaints that the editor had to apologize.

3. The Penny Arcade guys created a brilliant, hilarious special item for Bioware's Dragon Age.

*Buy Penny Arcade collections at Amazon.

Rob Liefeld enters the Penny Arcade pose like a Rob Liefeld drawing contest

Rob Liefeld entered the Penny Arcade pose like a Rob Liefeld illustration contest I mentioned yesterday. Via.



*Buy Youngblood toys at eBay.

Win a customized XBOX 360

The guys from Penny Arcade created some promotional art for upcoming game Comic Jumper in the style of Rob Liefeld's 90's comics. They're also giving away an XBOX 360 customized with the art:

I only have one of these bad boys to give away so this is a “many will enter few will win” situation. In order to win this I’d like for you to send me a picture of yourself in your best Rob Liefeld pose. I’ll take a look at all of them and choose a winner on Friday. That means you have until Thursday 9/30 night at 12:00am pacific time to get me your photo.

Please put "Comic Jumper Contest" in the subject and try and keep your photos to a reasonable size. I’ll choose one winner and probably put up a gallery with some of the best shots. Oh and no Photoshopping.

*Buy comics by Liefeld at Amazon.

Lookouts painting by Mike Krahulik (link roundup)

New Lookouts painting by Mike Krahulik. Today's Penny Aracde, starring an updated version of Ahab and Moby Dick, was also genius.

And a few more links:

1. Roger Ebert says of Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, "It's based on the best-seller by Alice Sebold that everybody seemed to be reading a couple of years ago. I hope it's not faithful to the book; if it is, millions of Americans are scary." i09 hated it, too. Sounds like the only big difference from the book is that they eliminated a major plot point that made the mom and cop even more unlikable. (In case you're thinking my hatred for the book is due to my Y chromosome, well, I think my next batch of book reviews will dispel that theory.)

2. The big bosses at Rockstar Games were accused earlier this week of managing like Sauron. So, they responded by issuing a new Eye of Sauron-themed desktop wallpaper.

3. The WSJ has really positive things to say about California's economy.

*Previously: Sauron mask.

*Buy Sauron toys at eBay.

Space Amoeba poster (link roundup)

Poster for Space Amoeba. Here's the trailer.

And a few more links:

1. Apparently this is what William Gibson had in mind when he created the Idoru.

2. Mike Krahulik draws his D&D players' characters.

3. Click I'm Feeling Lucky on the Google home page and a mysterious number appears. It apparently counts the seconds until the end of the year.

*Previously: Neal Stephenson recounts his battles with William Gibson.

*Buy plush amoebas at eBay.

Lookouts t-shirt (link roundup)

Penny Arcade now has a Lookouts t-shirt on sale. There's a deal if you buy multiple shirts.

And a few more links:

1. Poster for Hitchcock's Vertigo.

2. I was recently reminded of wonderful advice, which makes it a lot easier to handle unfortunate events: "An adventure is an inconvenience properly considered."

3. Shigeru Miyamoto Lego CubeDude.

*Previously: Famous moments from Hitchcock movies reenacted for Vanity Fair.

*Buy Hitchcock movie posters at eBay.

Lookouts t-shirt (link roundup)

Penny Arcade now has a Lookouts t-shirt on sale. There's a deal if you buy multiple shirts.

And a few more links:

1. Poster for Hitchcock's Vertigo.

2. I was recently reminded of wonderful advice, which makes it a lot easier to handle unfortunate events: "An adventure is an inconvenience properly considered."

3. Shigeru Miyamoto Lego CubeDude.

*Previously: Famous moments from Hitchcock movies reenacted for Vanity Fair.

*Buy Hitchcock movie posters at eBay.

Big Daddy Dolls; New Bioshock Desktop Wallpaper

Nathan Alexander made three Big Daddy dolls and plans on posting them for sale in the near future.




Also, Mike Krahulik's Mr. Bubbles illustration has been posted as a desktop wallpaper.

*Previously: How to make a Big Daddy costume.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Raygun Gothic Spaceship and Spacegirl (link roundup)

Photo of the Raygun Gothic Spaceship, invite to the related Galactica Gala, and face-painted space girl who attended the gala.

And a few more links:

1. iTunes probably already downloaded it for you if you've subscribed, but the first podcast of series three Penny Arcade/PvP/Wil Wheaton playing Dungeons and Dragons has been posted.

2. Post-apocalyptic hover car.

3. Shiva in a swimsuit.

*Previously: Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are American Gothic.

*Buy Penny Arcade collections at Amazon.

Buy a chimera for charity (link roundup)

Chimera drawing by Paul Hornschemeier - - it's one of many works of art that have been put up for bid at eBay as part of an online art auction and fundraiser organized by Anders Nilsen to promote universal health care. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Great Penny Arcade strip featuring Sam Fisher and a guy who's even sneakier.

2. Black Panthro.

3. Now that you mention it, it is a little weird that Link kills monsters, and eats their hearts to replenish his health.

*Previously: Origami chimera.

*Buy chimera toys at eBay.

Bioshock print by Mike Krahulik

Bioshock's Big Daddy and Little Sister by Penny Arcade's Mike Krahulik. It'll be available as a print at PAX for an unspecified price. Via.

*Previously: Redesigned Bioshock cover art.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Penny Arcade's glow-in-the-dark conference table (and more)

Penny Arcade's Twisp and Catsby-themed, glow-in-the-dark table by Because We Can, who have furniture on sale here, and t-shirts on sale here. This video shows how the table was made:




Also by Because We Can, check out this Steampunk office, it's full of ornate details like this tentacled creature on the back of a chair:



*Previously: Door with built in ping-pong table.

*Learn woodworking with these books at Amazon.