Cyriaque Lamar, Author at Gizmodo

This sculptor builds incredible dead sea monsters trapped on land

The artwork of Argentinian sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas evokes such themes as fantastic adventure in the otherwise normal material realm, the passage of time, and the last days of humanity. Perhaps his most striking series of sculptures depict giant dead sea leviathans beached far from any bodies of water. Here’s an interview with Rojas about…

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Let’s write the sequel to Battleship based on some crap I found on my kitchen table

A few years back, moviegoers had a big belly laugh when they heard that a movie studio was immolating $200 million on an alien invasion flick based on the 1967 board game Battleship. “Haw haw!” we innocently guffawed. “Obligatory bon mot about red and white pegs! You sunk my battleship! Insert mock glee about cultural…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 16

Icelandic politician moves 30-ton boulder onto his property so he can hang out with elves

After surviving an automobile accident unscathed in 2010, Icelandic Member of Parliament Árni Johnsen attributed his good fortune to a family of “hidden people” who lived in a boulder near his car wreck. According to Johnsen, some kindly elves used their magical powers to prevent his demise, and he’s repaying their good deed by moving…

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The lost art of sculpting cathedrals out of lard

From bacon suits to flying buttresses made of dead hog. Here are some panels from Otto F. Fleiss’ floridly titled pamphlet (deep breath) White Art in the Meat Food Business. A Practical Handbook for Butcher, Pork Stores, Restaurants, Hotels and Delicatessens on How to Make Lasting and Transferable White Art Decorations out of Bacon Fat…

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In this week’s comics, it’s the BPRD and Ed Brubaker writing the post-apocalypse

What’s on the stands this week? First off, there’s Dark Horse’s new miniseries BPRD: Hell On Earth – Devil’s Engine… Caught between bat-faced monsters, a devastating earthquake, and the mad science experiments of Zinco, Devon and Fenix form an uneasy alliance in order to get to safety! There are also new issues of Daredevil, Fury…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar May 15

The curious case of the vulgar C-3PO trading card

The Star Wars films have become such cultural touchstones that even the most arcane background minutiae are subjected to intense fan scrutiny. https://gizmodo.com/is-darth-vaders-armor-proof-that-hes-secretly-jewish-5895340 Ditto goes for Star Wars paraphernalia, such as a 1977 Topps trading card, on which a stray piece of costuming made C-3PO look incredibly enthused to be aiding the Rebel cause. Just…

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Feast your eyes on the greatest bacon costume of 1894

In the introduction of his seminal 1917 pork products treatise Bacon and Hams, author and smoked swine maven George J. Nicholls included this photo of himself “in fancy dress as a side of bacon.” The costume was so smashing that it won him no less than forty guineas. In addition to dredging up this incredible…

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Neal Adams to draw The First X-Men, a miniseries starring Wolverine and a Nazi-hunting Magneto

Forty-odd years ago, Neal Adams was having the time of his life illustrating Roy Thomas’ scripts for The Uncanny X-Men, only to see the comic almost immediately canceled. Several decades later, the X-Men have rebounded out of obscurity, and Adams is back working on the early days of Marvel’s strangest superheroes. What’s the project? The…

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After the Singularity, heaven will be filled with pop-up ads

Taking cues from Jim Munroe’s Everyone in Silico and Rudy Rucker’s Postsingular, Tom Scott (previously) put together this deliciously twisted short animation Welcome to Life. Scott describes this film as “a science fiction story about what you see when you die. Or: the Singularity, ruined by lawyers.” I’m loving the bit about memories of copyrighted…

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io9 Roundup: May 13, 2012

HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY | An Alien Empress runs afoul of a foolhardy Predator, in this illustration by Justin Currie. How our predictions for the Year 2000 changed throughout the 20th Century https://gizmodo.com/how-our-predictions-for-the-year-2000-changed-throughou-5908600 Our vision of the future is always changing. In the year 1910, we imagined that the year 2000 would be filled with airships…

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A rousing musical tribute to a lazy harp seal

And now, with the minimum of requisite explanation, here is Nerf Herder lead singer Parry Gripp’s paean to a languid pinniped. It is set to this particular nature documentary and offers a withering critique of this northern Atlantic aquatic mammal’s inability to secure a steady income. [Via Deep Sea News]

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Watch the first trailer for Revolution, the new post-apocalyptic show from J.J. Abrams and Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke

Here are the first scenes from Revolution, NBC’s new Monday night drama created by J.J. Abrams (Lost) and Eric Kripke (Supernatural). In this footage, a mysterious blackout knocks out the world’s power grid and renders all of civilization’s car batteries completely kaput. Some sort of über-electromagnetic pulse, perhaps? Anyway, the scenes then fast-forward 15 years.…

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There are few things goofier than the girl from The Ring, kaiju-sized

To promote the upcoming installment of The Ring saga, Sadako 3D, advertisers have been driving a giant version of scary videotape girl Sadako Yamamura around the Shibuya neighborhood in Tokyo. Behold a movie monster that has absolutely no business being the size of an ice cream truck. To get slightly autobiographical for a moment, years…

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The entire first episode of Tron: Uprising is online (UPDATED)

In anticipation of the upcoming Tron: Legacy prequel cartoon Tron: Uprising, Disney has released the whole 30-minute first episode — “Beck’s Beginning” — online for free. The series premieres Thursday June 7 on Disney XD. Here’s a synopsis, and hat tip to Precious Roy: Beck is a young mechanic living in Argon City, a growing…

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This student film carries more of an emotional punch than most movies

This animation, Crayon Dragon, was made by California Institute of the Arts student Toniko Pantoja as a second-year project. Along with an absolutely lovely soundtrack and a fluid style that comes across as “Impressionist Don Bluth,” Pantoja weaves a poignant wordless narrative in all of three minutes. Here’s the synopsis for this stellar short —…

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What if The Avengers and X-Men had a cartoon in the style of Ren & Stimpy?

Then chances are it would bear a resemblance to Junaid Chundriga’s short animation Disassembled, wherein the superheroes of the Marvel Universe all have tremendously lousy days. Now we know why the Silver Surfer didn’t get his own movie after the second Fantastic Four flick. Also, I want to see a cartoon where Groot is a…

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And lo, a cute short film about a 30-foot-tall wooden marionette robot

This is Colosse, a nifty short feature about a giant robot going for a stroll through the forest. Director Yves Geleyn lists The King And The Mockingbird, The Iron Giant, and Grendizer as inspirations for this project. You can watch the making of Colosse at Hornet Incorporated’s website. Giant machines, they really know how to…

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The Nine Circles Of Hell, As Depicted In LEGO

Here’s a series of play sets that won’t be debuting in the toy aisle anytime soon. Sculptor Mihai Mihu has built this fantastic and creepy nine-part collection of LEGO dioramas based on Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. Witness the Divine Comedy depicted in tiny plastic bricks, from the River Styx to the frozen head of Satan. According…

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Tardy the Man Pony, and other crappy vintage toys that never existed

The artwork of Randy Regier channels the dime store toy aisles and the flashy comic book advertisements of the 1950s and 1960s. His toys promise rip-roaring thrills on their colorful packages…and deliver confusion, horror, and crushing disappointment once de-boxed. Let’s take a look at some of Randy’s unabashedly rip-off playthings like John Manshaft the misleading…

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Adorable webcomic illustrates the Avengers’ difficulties with carrying Hawkeye into battle

Clint Barton is a spry guy, but without a magical levitating hammer or jet thrusters, he’s pretty much outclassed by his teammates. Comic artist Noelle Stevenson a.k.a. Ginger Haze (previously: 1, 2) has drawn up a delightful series of panels depicting the surly archer hitching a ride with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. I imagine there a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 12

Cyriaque Lamar

This sculptor builds incredible dead sea monsters trapped on land

Let’s write the sequel to Battleship based on some crap I found on my kitchen table

Icelandic politician moves 30-ton boulder onto his property so he can hang out with elves

The lost art of sculpting cathedrals out of lard

In this week’s comics, it’s the BPRD and Ed Brubaker writing the post-apocalypse

The curious case of the vulgar C-3PO trading card

Feast your eyes on the greatest bacon costume of 1894

Neal Adams to draw The First X-Men, a miniseries starring Wolverine and a Nazi-hunting Magneto

After the Singularity, heaven will be filled with pop-up ads

io9 Roundup: May 13, 2012

A rousing musical tribute to a lazy harp seal

Watch the first trailer for Revolution, the new post-apocalyptic show from J.J. Abrams and Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke

There are few things goofier than the girl from The Ring, kaiju-sized

The entire first episode of Tron: Uprising is online (UPDATED)

This student film carries more of an emotional punch than most movies

What if The Avengers and X-Men had a cartoon in the style of Ren & Stimpy?

And lo, a cute short film about a 30-foot-tall wooden marionette robot

The Nine Circles Of Hell, As Depicted In LEGO

Tardy the Man Pony, and other crappy vintage toys that never existed

Adorable webcomic illustrates the Avengers’ difficulties with carrying Hawkeye into battle

‘Marvel Rivals’ Wants to Start Being More Than Just a Hero Shooter

‘How Do We Make Sure That Claude Behaves Itself?’: Anthropic Invited 15 Christians for a Summit

See the Next ‘Hunger Games’ in This Trip Down Memory Lane

Indie Animation Is Having a Moment on YouTube

Trump’s World Liberty Financial Makes FTX-esque Move, Borrows Against Its Own Crypto Token

Steven Soderbergh Wanted to Take ‘Bond’ Back to the ’60s

If You Make Fart Music, ChatGPT Will Be the Most Supportive Girlfriend You Could Ask For

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