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Posts tagged as “sci-fi”

Tintin and Lovecraft

Tintin’s world just got a bit more macabre. Artist Murray Groat injects H.P. Lovecraft’s best Cthulhu themes into new elaborate homage paintings of classic Tintin…

Doctor Who Christmas Carol

The Dr. Who franchise is experimenting with classic storytelling. No topic is off limits with the new rejuvenated doctor. He is making house calls extraordinaire.…

2011 Time Traveler’s Calendar

It’s about time. A calender about time travel. Buy calender! This calendar takes 95 time travel occurrences and places them on a single timeline. Watch…

Uncertain Future

Uncertain Futures is a visual history of the Cold War era through science fiction in America. Morgan Hubbard examines the early days of science fiction…

The Death of Spider-Man

2011 will not be a good year for Spider-Man. Seems another Marvel character has an appointment with the reaper. Always a cheap ploy to pump…

George Lucas Stole Chewbacca

Just what is the origin of Chewbacca? Inspiration can come from many sources and George Lucas seemed to have a vast pool to drink from.…

Horror Art by Tatsuya Morino

Tatsuya Morino tackles some of the classic horror stories with his haunting art. Truly breathtaking, my personal favorite is his take on H.P. Lovercraft’s, The…

The Trashcan Stormtrooper

While hitting the local Halloween stores I was amazed at the prices of costumes. The variety was not impressive. The boys section is littered with…

Alternative Star Wars Posters

The Old Red Jalopy posters are out of this world. Their Star Wars mash-up of other movies is light years ahead of other posters sites…

Awful Superhero Toys

From the what were they thinking of department. Comic book related toys licenses are given out to practically anything under the sun. These Wonder Woman…

50 Posts About Cyborgs

50 years ago on September 1960, the word cyborg was coined by Manfred Clynes and Nathan Kline and it changed the sci-fi landscape. Tim Maly…

Japanese Artist Shuichi Nakano

Japanese artist Shuichi Nakano’s world is an artistic metaphor of wild life mixed in city backdrops. In Japan everything is big, the animals are bigger…

Periodic Table of Creative Influences

At Mat Dolphin the elements of style is taken to a whole new direction. The classic periodic table is replaced by film directors, musicians, designers,…

Salesman Pete

Animators are churning all kinds of animated shorts. Anybody with Adobe Flash and Photoshop can spit out a cartoon and post it up on the…

100 Ways to the Dark Side

Jessica Tommassello reminds us that even bad guys like Darth Vadar have to brush their teeth and keep the Empire clean from gingivitis and cavities.

Dick and Jane and Vampires

Dick and Jane are back with a little help from their friend, a vampire. What? Yes the popular Dick and Jane series created in the…

Star Trek Pizza Cutter

For those of you who still live in your parents’ basement, I feel your pain. When you order from Pizza Hut it’s hard to eat…

Marvelous Cats

What do you get when cats mix in the Marvel universe? A whole new breed of characters of course. More cats>> via-agentmlovestacos

Captain America Movie Costume

It’s pretty hard to keep a secret under wraps in the information age. The Captain America movie is in production and the world got a…

Stormtrooper Varsity Jacket Makes a Splash in Schools

I find myself drawn towards embracing the allure of the dark side, as the nefarious characters seem to have upped their style game significantly for this autumn season. In particular, the Stormtrooper varsity jacket

600 Hanna-Barbera Character Chart

Chilean graphic designer Juan Pablo Bravo has created a concise chronological cartoon size chart from Ruff and Reddy to Powerpuff Girls sandwiched in between about 600 Hanna-Barbera characters in the cartoon universe from 1957 -1998. See full-size version.

Two Bat-Men

Coming this November there will be two Batmen. The bat-cave will be home to two Batmen and Gotham will be better for it. Dick Grayson…

Out of Nothing Comes Something

Stephen Hawking’s new book The Grand Design is creating a stir. The search for the Holy Grail is over, God did not create the universe.…