Link roundup

1. I want to thank my current sponsor the Media Design School. If you've been intrigued by the is it real or is it render game, you can read about it here. And if you happen to be in New Zealand next month, you're invited to the Sci-Fi Under the Stars movie night.

2. Abraham Lincoln vs. a giant octopus. And a maze made out of George Washington's hair. Both illustrations were part of a President's Day newspaper insert by McSweeney's.

3. Concept art from Blur's excellent test footage for The Goon.

Particularly good level of Bulletstorm

I don't want to spoil exactly what makes this level of Bulletstorm so much fun, but it starts off with a miniature cityscape, and then around six minutes in makes clever use of a cyborg Godzilla.

*Buy Bulletstorm toys at Amazon.

"Love" brass knuckles

"Love" brass knuckles on sale for $18. Via.

*Take adavantage of Amazon's jewelry clearance section.

Link roundup

1. Scream IV illustration by Olly Moss.

2. Catwoman, perhaps?

3. American Apparel-inspired paintings by Casey Weldon. (Did you recognize the characters without reading his explanation?)

*Buy Olly Moss posters at eBay.

Lobster elevator

Grey cleverly placed a lobster and a knife on an elevator to promote Kagatani knives. Via.

*Buy Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising with Character at Amazon.

Kick Ass Annie logo gallery

This is the original Kick Ass Annie logo created for Koyama Press by Aaron Leighton:



Annie Koyama has a huge and ever-growing gallery of artist interpretations of the logo. below are a few of my favorites:


Michael Cho.



John Martz.



Mike Wandelmaier.

Image roundup

A few gems from Reddit:


Marriage proposal taking advantage of Splash Mountain's (?) photo function.



When Rorschach is your barista.



Beware magnetic balls.



Mildly upset protester.




Tall snowman.



Llamas.



Car with Mario Kart buttons.

*Buy Mario Kart toys at eBay.