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Crocheted Bane face mask keeps you warm while you’re terrorizing Gotham

We can’t promise that this crocheted face mask by Etsy seller Rose Pope will make you any easier to understand than Bane was in The Dark Knight Rises, but it certainly looks a good deal more comfortable to wear. Pope is selling these masks for £60, but due to high demand, there’s a waiting list…

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The Fantastic Four become the Beatles when superheroes invade classic album covers

Last week’s edition of the always stellar The Line It is Drawn art mashup series at Comics Should Be Good made the Fantastic Four as big as the Beatles. The brilliant fanartists took up the challenge of CSBG readers to place superheroes on album covers, casting the Teen Titans as Gorillaz, the various Robins as…

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What a trombonist’s lips look like from inside the trombone

Trombonist David Finlayson gives us a very unusual perspective on his instrument and the human body with this video shot from inside a trombone. These lips belong to Peter Ellefson, a trombone professor at Indiana University, and was shot by Jay Bulen, a trombone professor at Truman State University. Together, these three trombonists help us…

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Kirk gets a dose of fatherly love in the latest action-packed Star Trek Into Darkness trailer

The latest trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness, attached to showings of Oz: The Great and Powerful, goes light on the Benedict Cumberbatch. Instead, it takes us to the disperate venues where this movie’s action takes place: a bright pink forest, a volcano, underwater, and, of course, space, where Kirk gets to fly sans ship.…

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Saturday Webcomic: Fox and Willow is the haunting fairy tale of a runaway princess—with plenty of Grimm

Strange and frightening things befall the princesses of Grimms’ Fairy Tales. The protagonist of “The Goose Girl” has her identity stolen and her single ally—a talking horse—sent to the knacker. Maid Maleen is locked in a tower until all her food runs out, forcing her to dig her way out. The queen of “Trusty John”…

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Beautiful black-and-white illustrations put a gothic spin on Game of Thrones

Hogan McLaughlin is an artist and fashion designer with a particular passion for A Song of Ice and Fire—especially the ambitious clothes horse Margaery Tyrell. His Game of Thrones illustrations are often stark and deceptively simple, rendering each character in profile. But there’s a special attention paid to each character’s clothing and key symbols, capturing…

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Wacky Wreck-It Ralph mockumentary tracks the fall and rise of the Fix-It Felix Jr. world champion

To promote the release of Wreck-It Ralph on Blu-Ray and DVD, Disney released this oddball mockumentary parodying the Donkey Kong high score documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Wreck-It Ralph director takes on the role of faux interviewer for Garlan Hulse: Where Potential Lives. The titular Garlan was once the high-scorer on…

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On the Clone Wars season finale, Ahsoka breaks Anakin’s heart and may push him toward the Dark Side

For five years, we’ve worried ourselves over the fate of Ahsoka Tano. After all, Anakin’s scrappy Padawan doesn’t pop up in Revenge of the Sith, and the popular theory is that she either perishes in Order 66 or, more likely, dies before the events of Episode III. But in this week’s season finale, Ahsoka made…

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Read Timothy Leary’s brain-melting comic about space migration and the future of human consciousness

In his 1977 book Exo-Psychology, psychologist and psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary revealed his eight-circuit model of consciousness, his theory about the workings of the human mind and the future neurological “circuits” that humanity might someday access and utilize in our travels beyond Earth. In 1979, the theory was adapted into Neurocomics, a trippy comic…

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Crowdfund a short Philip K. Dick film, transhumanist comics, and an anthology of historical speculative fiction

Soon, there will be a little more Philip K. Dick in the world, thanks to a short film adaptation of “The Crystal Crypt,” Dick’s tale of a brewing war between Earth and Mars. That’s just one of many exciting projects looking for a crowdfunding boost this week, alongside a card battle game in which creativity…

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Entomologist creates one-of-kind paintings using live bugs as his paintbrush

Entomologist Steven Kutcher has worked as a wrangler of creepy crawlies on movies like Arachnophobia, Jurassic Park, and James and the Giant Peach. But his artist interest in insects and arachnids go beyond the silver screen. He also dips their bodies in paint and places them on a canvas, letting his tiny artists create unusual…

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Limited edition of Fahrenheit 451 was bound in asbestos so it wouldn’t burn

In 1953, Ballantine released a limited edition run of Ray Bradbury’s book-burning novel Fahrenheit 451 that might survive a visit from the firemen. Two hundred numbered and signed copies of the book were bound in Johns-Manville Quinterra, a chrysolite asbestos material. The copies are much sought after by collectors; currently Abe Books has a copy…

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SNL‘s Walking Dead sketch lampoons the racial politics of the zombie apocalypse

On last night’s Saturday Night Live, host Kevin Hart attempted to join Rick’s group while hiding a nasty zombie bite. While Rick, Carl, Darryl, and Maggie try to figure out whether their new potential recruit is turning zombie, Hart plays on their fear of being thought racists, which outweighs their fear of zombies. But if…

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Extended Game of Thrones trailer dives into the bear pit

The new trailer for Game of Thrones Season Three starts off very much like the last trailer, but we get a few new peeks into what awaits us in Westeros, Essos, and Beyond the Wall. Take a gander at Paul Kaye as Thoros of Myr, an extended dragon flight sequence, and a very angry bear.…

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Retro Propaganda Posters from the Robot Uprising

Animator and illustrator Tom Kyzivat reaches all the way back to Metropolis to create the classic feel for his series of Murderous Automaton posters. The massive mechanical rebels on his propaganda posters are menacing, but their quest to usher in the Atomic Age would be inspiring if they weren’t trying to exterminate us humans. Kyzivat…

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What if the Mad Men created a fantasy TV series for women?

What if the advertising minds of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce were tasked with created a fantasy television show for women? In this Funny or Die sketch, Peggy Olson tries her best to pitch a Buffy-like series to her coworkers, but they turn it into something else entirely. It’s a cute sketch, poking fun at the…

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Manned Mars mission plans include a radiation shield made of poop

Now that millionaire space tourist Dennis Tito has officially announced his intention to send a man and a woman on a round-trip journey to Mars in 2018, a few more details are trickling out about the Inspiration Mars project. One such detail is how the Inspiration Mars team plans to protect its astronauts from cosmic…

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Hilarious webcomic story imagines the lunar colonies turned into the ultimate reality TV show

Zach Weinersmith’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is always funny and thoughtful, but he’s at his sharpest when he’s spinning quick comic science fiction stories. This week, Weinersmith takes us to a moon populated entirely by winners of silly contests, and what happens when the lunar colonies are turned into a source of entertainment for folks…

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Concept Art Writing Prompt: Machine of Death Edition

We’re doing something a bit different for this week’s Concept Art Writing Prompt. In fact, it’s less a concept art prompt than a concept writing prompt. We’ll be playing Machine of Death, the game of creative assassination. David Malki! of Wondermark and Machine of Death has given us a target to kill and a handful…

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50 years of Avengers members on one minimalist poster

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth’s mightiest heroes, artist Michael Mateyko created this poster, featuring minimalist portraits of the myriad Avengers members throughout the years. He created the poster for April’s Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, but it’s already available at Komboh’s Society6 store. Avengers 50th Anniversary poster for CCEE 2013 [Komboh via Geek…

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Crocheted Bane face mask keeps you warm while you’re terrorizing Gotham

The Fantastic Four become the Beatles when superheroes invade classic album covers

What a trombonist’s lips look like from inside the trombone

Kirk gets a dose of fatherly love in the latest action-packed Star Trek Into Darkness trailer

Saturday Webcomic: Fox and Willow is the haunting fairy tale of a runaway princess—with plenty of Grimm

Beautiful black-and-white illustrations put a gothic spin on Game of Thrones

Wacky Wreck-It Ralph mockumentary tracks the fall and rise of the Fix-It Felix Jr. world champion

On the Clone Wars season finale, Ahsoka breaks Anakin’s heart and may push him toward the Dark Side

Read Timothy Leary’s brain-melting comic about space migration and the future of human consciousness

Crowdfund a short Philip K. Dick film, transhumanist comics, and an anthology of historical speculative fiction

Entomologist creates one-of-kind paintings using live bugs as his paintbrush

Limited edition of Fahrenheit 451 was bound in asbestos so it wouldn’t burn

SNL‘s Walking Dead sketch lampoons the racial politics of the zombie apocalypse

Extended Game of Thrones trailer dives into the bear pit

Retro Propaganda Posters from the Robot Uprising

What if the Mad Men created a fantasy TV series for women?

Manned Mars mission plans include a radiation shield made of poop

Hilarious webcomic story imagines the lunar colonies turned into the ultimate reality TV show

Concept Art Writing Prompt: Machine of Death Edition

50 years of Avengers members on one minimalist poster

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