Cyriaque Lamar, Author at Gizmodo

Who did Brian Michael Bendis recruit for his final arc on Avengers?

For his final story arc on Avengers, writer Brian Michael Bendis decided to bring in an illustrator who hasn’t played in Marvel Comics’ sandbox for a spell now. Who did he recruit? None other than Walt Simonson, the man behind the greatest Thor stories ever written (and probably the finest Alien comic too). Both Bendis…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 10

A Dukes of Hazzard car ramp as a model of urban development

Architect Tiago Barras has seen the future of public roadways, and said future resembles a moonshine-fueled car chase. As part of his whimsical High-Speed Car Ramp design, the designer suggests adding a jump ramp to Lisbon’s Segunda Circular highway. “A new tourist attraction takes place. The arrival of this new catalyst will foster the redevelopment…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 10

If the James Bond theme had lyrics, they would be about misanthropy and jetpacks

If James Bond’s distinctive theme had words, the song would transform from an ominous surf rock instrumental into a bubbly paean about how Ian Fleming’s super-spy is a dipsomaniac lunatic. Which he is, if we’re being honest. After listening to this once or twice, it’s impossible to unhear it. See also: Further adventures in 007’s…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 10

Literary boy wizards and a fellow named Lobster Johnson await you in Wednesday’s comics

A whole slew of interesting new reads await you this Wednesday. There’s a new issue and bookshelf volume of Unwritten, a bunch of Jason Aaron Wolverine comics, the Hellboy universe’s crustacean-themed crime-fighter gets a miniseries, and a collection of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s wacky science fiction tales goes back to press. Let’s dive on in! First Issues…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jan 10

For 25 Euros, you can be a (mildly) tortured Soviet political prisoner in Lithuania

Should you ever find yourself in the environs of Vilnius, Lithuania, you can sign up for 1984: The Survival Drama, a three-hour faux Soviet military interrogation, complete with former KGB guards looking to recapture the magic of the old days. 25€ will get you a three-hour regimen of belt-whippings, verbal abuse, and a sham trial.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 10

Lord of The Rings pin-up tattoo makes Nazgûls sexy

Yes, what you’re seeing is a tattoo of the Witch-king of Angmar posing like Bettie Page and showing off some toned, sultry gams. Explains ink-bearer LyfeIsFunni, “This is my LOTR pinup girl. It’s on the back of my thigh. It was done by Bob Parr at Jaded Angel in Ames, IA […] I will be…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 10

What if Alien was a Hong Kong horror movie?

In the gleefully gory 1986 Chow Yun-Fat horror flick The Seventh Curse (trailer), a heroic cursed police officer must battle an evil cult that makes juice out of babies for unholy blood rituals. In one scene, the heroes encounter a possessed corpse that immediately transforms into a hybrid between a xenomorph and a gargoyle. It’s…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 9

How to paint an ant in the name of science

This is the most endearingly strange thing you’ll watch all day. Andrew Quitmeyer, a PhD student at Georgia Tech, has alerted us to his handy video tutorial on painting ants for scientific experiments. If you ever need to open an ink parlor for a six-legged clientele, this is your huckleberry. Those readers with vise-like memories…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 9

If you ask Stephen Hawking for the secret to time travel, expect a snarky answer

In 1995, The Face magazine asked Stephen Hawking if he knew the formula for time travel. The magazine received this pithy fax back from the physicist. This hasn’t been the only occasion Dr. Hawking has flaunted his own ignorance. On the eve of his recent 70th birthday, Hawking admitted to being eluded by the vagaries…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 9

Yes, Moses flew to Japan on a spaceship and died there

You may remember that Jesus Christ walked through Siberia to die in Japan, but did you know that Moses skipped the cross-continental jaunt and took a spacecraft instead? Also, were you aware that his tomb is now a tourist trap? At Mount Houdatsu in Japan’s western Ishikawa Prefecture, intrepid travelers can find the Tomb of…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 9

The world’s newest primate species has lovely eyes

In the Sahafina Forest in eastern Madagascar, a joint German-Malagasy research team has discovered a new species of primate they’ve dubbed Gerp’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus gerpi). Named after Madagascar’s Groupe d’Étude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar and weighing in at 68 grams, Gerp’s trumps the previously discovered Goodman’s mouse lemur by a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 9

This Alien versus Predator chessboard was built for chessboxing

Alien vs. Predator was by no means brain candy, but that doesn’t mean you and an opponent can’t settle your differences using this natty Xenomorph versus Yautja chessboard. Hell, go the extra mile and indulge in some chessboxing. Emulate AVP’s hammy fight scenes! Explains Deviant Art sculptor Joker Laugh of his extraterrestrial chess set: This…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 9

Watch the very first film adaptation of The Hobbit (that was never released)

In 1966, animator Gene Deitch collaborated with Czech illustrator Adolf Born to create the very first film version of The Hobbit. This version — which took some sizable creative liberties with J.R.R. Tolkien’s original story — never saw the light of day. What the heck happened? As Deitch tells it, the story began his producer,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 9

Meet Vermin Supreme, the presidential candidate who will fund time travel research

For the last several decades, boot-headed performance artist Vermin Supreme has been running for political office on the platforms of zombie awareness and mandatory dentifrice for all Americans. Vermin “Love” Supreme — who sells himself as the biggest rat among a sea of rodent politicians — recently scored his biggest coup at the Lesser-Known Democratic…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 8

China builds a 30-story skyscraper entirely in 2 weeks

Reality inched closer to Sim City (or Starcraft, pump out those barracks!) last month when China’s Broad Corporation built a 30-story hotel prototype using prefabricated materials in 360 hours. Watch a time-lapse video of the construction site above. Broad once built a 15-story building in six days. Now they’ve upped the ante with this new…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 7

Scenes from a Los Angeles scifi convention, 32 years ago

Old-school cosplayers were fucking rad. They’d spend hours constructing costumes, sometimes with zero guarantee that anybody would know who the hell they were. In this day and age, everyone’s got the internet hooked up to their earmuffs. Imagine trying to explain who the Dirty Pair were when a hearty portion of the population still communicated…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 6

Spacekisser, the bootleg Arabic Star Trek, sets phasers to WTF

Remember Bee-Deer, the nonsensical Arabic Doctor Who rip-off starring the brave Doctor Hooey? Well, the team behind that faux bootleg is back with Spacekisser, a scifi short in the spirit of such cinematic marvels as Homodi. Hooey has been promoted to Captain, and that’s all I got. Enjoy. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-deranged-turkish-doctor-who-remake-for-real-o-5747357 https://gizmodo.com/where-the-hell-did-this-creepy-bootleg-e-t-footage-com-5864822 [Via I♥C]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Jan 6

Wirecutter-shaped spaceship discovered on Google Street View

Should you look up Foxoak St, Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64, United Kingdom on Google Street View and move the camera toward the sky, you may notice something a bit off. I don’t know what’s more disconcerting: proof of alien battle cruisers or the fact that they’ve been cribbing human designs. [Reddit via Dangerous Minds]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 6

Marvel tells us about AVX VS, a comic solely about X-Men clobbering Avengers (and vice versa)

Who would win in a fight, Magneto or Iron Man? Namor or The Thing? Pixie or Squirrel Girl? Such is the premise of AVX VS, a new six-issue spin-off of April’s Avengers Vs. X-Men miniseries, which features the heroes at loggerheads over the Phoenix’s return to Earth. https://gizmodo.com/marvel-comics-spills-the-beans-on-their-big-2012-event-5865591 Earlier this afternoon, io9 participated in a…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jan 6

An absolutely gorgeous shot of the International Space Station dancing with the Moon

On January 4, NASA shot this amazing composite image of the International Space Station crossing over the face of the Moon from Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. And even if you don’t have NASA’s gee-whiz cameras, it is possible to see the International Space Station with the naked eye in certain parts of the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 6

Cyriaque Lamar

Who did Brian Michael Bendis recruit for his final arc on Avengers?

A Dukes of Hazzard car ramp as a model of urban development

If the James Bond theme had lyrics, they would be about misanthropy and jetpacks

Literary boy wizards and a fellow named Lobster Johnson await you in Wednesday’s comics

For 25 Euros, you can be a (mildly) tortured Soviet political prisoner in Lithuania

Lord of The Rings pin-up tattoo makes Nazgûls sexy

What if Alien was a Hong Kong horror movie?

How to paint an ant in the name of science

If you ask Stephen Hawking for the secret to time travel, expect a snarky answer

Yes, Moses flew to Japan on a spaceship and died there

The world’s newest primate species has lovely eyes

This Alien versus Predator chessboard was built for chessboxing

Watch the very first film adaptation of The Hobbit (that was never released)

Meet Vermin Supreme, the presidential candidate who will fund time travel research

China builds a 30-story skyscraper entirely in 2 weeks

Scenes from a Los Angeles scifi convention, 32 years ago

Spacekisser, the bootleg Arabic Star Trek, sets phasers to WTF

Wirecutter-shaped spaceship discovered on Google Street View

Marvel tells us about AVX VS, a comic solely about X-Men clobbering Avengers (and vice versa)

An absolutely gorgeous shot of the International Space Station dancing with the Moon

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