This is a genuinely unusual collaboration. Rockin’ Jellybean (NSFW) is a Japanese illustrator and poster artist who does a lot of, um, suggestive work in highly 70′s-influenced style. Kind of a mashup of Archie comics, hot rod magazines, and Cherry Poptart . It’s really well-done but not the exactly the kind of thing I could [...]
The CNN article is here. 2. Elmo: The way it’s described by a Sesame Street writer, apparently this extra red puppet was just lying around. People would try to do something with him, but nothing really panned out. In 1984, puppeteer Kevin Clash picked up the red puppet and started doing the voice and the [...]
Holy cow! I haven’t been bitten by the flashback bug this hard in a long time. I can’t even count how many of these things I looked at as a kid. The internet is a wonderful place. Please go to bobopoly.com to see many, many more of these. [via Drawn]
Tom Bihn was taking some guff on his message board from a customer about sourcing some parts from China. I liked his thoughtful, measured response: I have to agree: boo-hiss on Chinese components! But here’s the reality: with perhaps a few exceptions, anything you buy that is not “Made in China”, has components made in [...]
Also: ABC’s marketing staff needs some direction. So, I’m watching the intro to last night’s Saturday Night Football (Ohio State at Penn State), and the MNF-esque music intro is headlined by… Perry Farrell. Seriously? Perry Farrell? I guess nothing speaks to college football fans like an effete 150-pound man who makes stagemate Mary J. Blige [...]
These are some sweet-looking playing cards. Yes, playing cards. But you should check out that link. They’re sold out there and are already commanding 6x original retail on ebay. Crazy. Needless to say, I’d like to get my hands on a deck.
Ape Lad is Adam Kofford. He’s the guy that draws those ‘Laugh-Out-Loud-Cats’ cartoons that I like so darn much. He’s drawing the Marvel Universe. It’s early in the process but so far it’s very good:
…about my weird Moleskine obsession. You know, because obsessing about pencils is weird. Pencil collectors and users have been scarfing up and hoarding Blackwings since about 2001, when stock supplies began running out. By December 2002, prices exceeded $250.00 per dozen in venues such as eBay, and this trend continues today in 2004. In today’s [...]
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Put the final touches on my second Munny this weekend. I think it came out pretty cool, even if it was just a couple of spray paint applications with some simple brushwork. Next time I will work on my spray painting technique. It’s tricky to keep it from running. Now I have a Mini Munny [...]