Link roundup

1. Gigantic Totoro pillow.

2. Franco Brambilla (whose work I post all the time) has 2011 calendars on sale at Zazzle.

3. Commercial featuring a woman in her underwear used to promote Bugs Bunny cartoons.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

James Jean's Rift (link roundup)

Video look at James Jean's Rift, which is $8 at Amazon.


And a few more links:

1. Los Angeles doesn't have the money to hire people to work at its brand new $74-million jail. Via.

2. Wicked Witch and buff Flying Monkey by Joe Vriens for Hey Oscar Wilde.

3. Catbus cake.

*Previously: Flying Monkey taxidermy.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Bioengineered Dinosaur (link roundup)

Bioengineered dinosaur (and babe) by Pascal Blanche.

And a few more links:

1. Batman: The Killing Joke by Dan Hipp.

2. Totoro cookies.

3. Charles Muntz vinyl figure from Up.

*Previously: Glow-in-the-dark dinosaur fossil poster.

*Buy The Dark Knight Returns toys at eBay.

Dharma Initiative Maternity Hatch t-shirt (link roundup)

Dharma Initiative Maternity Hatch t-shirt on sale here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Real life Dharma Initiative restaurant. Via.

2. Totoro cookie.

3. Anatomically correct heart cupcakes. Also, a wedding cake designed to represent gluttony.

*Previously: Dharma Initiative Valentine.

*Buy Dharma Initiative collectibles at eBay.

Lego Totoro

Lego Totoro by Iain Heath.

*Previously: Totoro cupcakes.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Anime soldiers at war

Totoro and other anime heroes go to war in this sculpture spotted here. At the same site, disturbing giant finger and spider legs sculptures.

*Previously: How to make Totoro cream puffs.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Anime soldiers at war

Totoro and other anime heroes go to war in this sculpture spotted here. At the same site, disturbing giant finger and spider legs sculptures.

*Previously: How to make Totoro cream puffs.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Origami Totoro

Origami Totoro and Dragonmouse by Joseph Wu. Don't miss his Opee Sea Killer from The Phantom Menace.

*Previously: Origami Manticore.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Origami Totoro

Origami Totoro and Dragonmouse by Joseph Wu. Don't miss his Opee Sea Killer from The Phantom Menace.

*Previously: Origami Manticore.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

How to make Totoro cream puffs

Anna shows how to make custard filled, Totoro-shaped creampuffs.

*Previously: Totoro snowmen.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

How to make Totoro cream puffs

Anna shows how to make custard filled, Totoro-shaped creampuffs.

*Previously: Totoro snowmen.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Redesigned video game covers (link roundup)

Lots of classy redesigned video game covers on display at Something Awful.

And a few more links:

1. Homemade plush Pikachu.

2. Here's what the first pressurized space suit looked like.

3. Tiny homemade Totoro.

4. Supposedly, it costs more than $10 to produce and deliver each copy of the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle. Via.

*Previously: Obama and McCain have a Pokemon battle.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Redesigned video game covers (link roundup)

Lots of classy redesigned video game covers on display at Something Awful.

And a few more links:

1. Homemade plush Pikachu.

2. Here's what the first pressurized space suit looked like.

3. Tiny homemade Totoro.

4. Supposedly, it costs more than $10 to produce and deliver each copy of the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle. Via.

*Previously: Obama and McCain have a Pokemon battle.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Bizarro Totoro (link roundup)

Bizarro Totoro by Bobby Chiu.

And a few more links:

1. Samantha from Bewitched paper doll and Bender from Futurama amigurumi. Both via.

2. I gave up on it for good before Christmas, but apparently Heroes still sucks.

3. You might recall, nearly a year ago, several hostages who had been held prisoner for years in Columbia were rescued. The American prisoners have a new book claiming that fellow prisoner and Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt was a real life King Rat.

4. The most unusual secret ingredient on Iron Chef, ever.

*Previously: Matt Groening's Hellboy.

*Buy Futurama toys at eBay.

Totoro snowman

Totoro snowman via these sites.

*Previously: Totoro cupcakes.

*Buy Studio Ghibli art books at Amazon.

Big papercraft, little papercraft

Attack of the Kraken by ~chosetec on deviantART

"Attack of the Kraken" papercraft made from one piece of paper by Brian Chan. He takes commissions and also sells prints, such as this image of a Nekobus papercraft creation:



By comparison, check out this dime-sized Tinkerbell, made from 20 pieces of paper.

*Previously: Totoro clock.

*Buy Studio Ghibli art books at Amazon.

Totoro bento box

Totoro bento box by Derek Lieu. Check out his seaweed and cheese Shadow of the Colossus sandwich, and go here to read his daily webcomic.

*See more bento boxes here.

*Buy Totoro and Doraemon bento boxes at Amazon.

My Neighbor Totoro clock

This adorable My Neighbor Totoro clock is on sale at eBay, but it's not cheap.

*Previously: Totoro cupcakes.

*Buy Studio Ghibli art books at Amazon.

Totoro Forest Project update

I mentioned the project last month, and now I see that the site is active. Large gallery of illustrations, including this one, by Kevin Dart:



The site says there will be a book available on September 6.

*Previously: Cannibal Girls of the Forbidden Island by Kevin Dart.

**Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Totoro Forest Project

Charles Vess explains:

Pixar art director, Dice Tsutsumi has asked a group of artists to “paint their own personal Totoros”. Over a hundred artists, mostly from the animation field have responded. A exhibition of some 60 of these pieces will be held at the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum this fall. A handsome art book will follow.

Apparently there will be a dedicated website. Follow the links to see contributions from Charles Vess, Lorelay Bove, and Nate Wragg.

*Previously: Totoro cupcakes.