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Bullet to the head | MetaFilter

The first four issues of Stray Bullets set the world on fire when they came out. Paper burns, you see, and a comic book as inflammatory as Stray Bullets just had to be burned. The religious right burned them. The Godless left burned them. The people in the middle felt left out and burned them too. Only a few copies survived and are probably worth millions by now. Inaccessible to the common man, the wonders of the digital universe have finally arrived to allow you—the average Joe—to see what the fuss was all about.

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This is amazing, amazing stuff.  NSFW.  Not safe for most people.  But just as important a read as The Road or To Kill A Mockingbird.  More proof that graphic art is just as powerful a media as any other, be it music, films or books.  I only share links on Bageena AND Facebook if I think they're very important and should be checked out by all - this would be a good example of that.

New Artwork (with some help/inspiration from Lloyd Zeffler Photography

  New image I've created (just finished it up right now).  Based off some amazing photography by my good friend Zane of Lloyd Zeffler photography.  Seriously, I can't say it enough - one of the most amazing photographers I've ever met.  Anyways, this is my reimaging of it using good ol' PSCS2 and my tiny lil' Wacom tablet.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts & Culture | New friend joins Winnie-the-Pooh

A new character called Lottie the Otter is to grace the new Winnie-the-Pooh book, publishers have announced.

The much loved bear's new friend, who appears in Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, is said to be a "feisty" character who will cause a stir.

via news.bbc.co.uk

Will this infuriate Poo purists? I don't really know nor care - I just wanted to say poo purists.

Pencil Drawings: Family Guy and the Washington Post Multiverse

Family Guy and the Washington Post Multiverse

Just one artist's rendering of what Stewie described in this last Sunday's season premier of Family Guy -

"Stewie spots an overweight cat with dollar signs for eyes and a hat that says "social security" pouring a bucket that says “alternative minimum tax” over a sad Statue of Liberty holding a democracy umbrella."
-- Andrew Hanson of the LA Times

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Maximum Clonage: The Strangest Clones in Comics - ComicsAlliance.com

Maximum Clonage: The Strangest Clones in Comics - ComicsAlliance.com.

With this week's release of "Spider-Man: The Clone Saga," Marvel Comics is reopening the book on what might just be the most '90s comic of all time. And really, despite all the flak they got for replacing Spider-Man with a Johnny-Come-Lately in a sleeveless hoodie, we can honestly say we can see where they were coming from. After all, if you like one Spider-Man, then you oughta love five or six, right?

25 Awesome Dirty Car Window Drawings

25 Awesome Dirty Car Window Drawings.

These were all done by an artist named Scott Wade. The rest of his work can be seen here. Hey Scott, we wish our girlfriends were this dirty! Hi-Yo!

Some Pioneer Photographers of All Time and Their Aspiring Works | Desizn Tech

Some Pioneer Photographers of All Time and Their Aspiring Works | Desizn Tech.

While some of us amateurs still trying to figures out what Photography really is, these expert and guru photographers has conquered the world of Photography. Their work is timeless, beautiful and inspiring. Let’s see some of the most artistic, expressive Magnificent photographs of all time. If you want know about the photographers click on their names. There are 15 photographers and 30 images. Please see the end of the post to find more famous photographers and their pictures.

Vinyl Art: Centering On Action

Vinyl Art: Centering On Action.
  Love this local artist, who paints unique portraits of musicians straight onto vinyl.  Mixing together two of my very most favorite things, art and records, is a sucker punch to my wallet, for sure.  There's about 15 pieces specifically that I'd buy right now, given a chance.  Here's a definite favorite;

Awesome Movie Posters

ephemera assemblyman: Film Poster Paintings from Ghana.

In the 1980s video cassette technology made it possible for “mobile cinema” operators in Ghana to travel from town to town and village to village creating temporary cinemas. The touring film group would create a theatre by hooking up a TV and VCR onto a portable generator and playing the films for the people to see.

In order to promote these showings, artists were hired to paint large posters of the films (usually on used canvas flour sacks). The artists were given the artistic freedom to paint the posters as they desired - often adding elements that weren’t in the actual films, or without even having seen the movies. When the posters were finished they were rolled up and taken on the road (note the heavy damages). The “mobile cinema” began to decline in the mid-nineties due to greater availability of television and video; as a result the painted film posters were substituted for less interesting/artistic posters produced on photocopied paper.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Disney to acquire Marvel Entertainment for $4B - MarketWatch.

Walt Disney Co. /quotes/comstock/13*!dis/quotes/nls/dis (DIS 26.13, -0.71, -2.65%) said on Monday it has reached a deal to acquire comic book titan Marvel Entertainment Inc.

For my single friends!

Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer: Your all-inclusive guide to a life well-lived..

So true.

Penny Arcade! - The Circle of Life.

popeye

MODEL KATHLEEN NEILL ARRESTED FOR POSING NUDE AT METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART - New York Post

MODEL KATHLEEN NEILL ARRESTED FOR POSING NUDE AT METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART - New York Post.

All these knights in shining armor couldn't save a maiden in undress from a female security guard.

Democrats are made out of EVIL

Michael Jackson Etch-A-Sketch - Neatorama

Michael Jackson Etch-A-Sketch - Neatorama.

If you love MJ and kid’s toys, then you’re certain to love this great Etch-A-Sketch artwork of him created by artist George Vlosich III. It took over 150 hours to complete. Now that’s some dedicated etching. He also has some great ones of the president and other celebrities on his site.

Cereal Mascot Reunion on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Cereal Mascot Reunion on Flickr - Photo Sharing!.

A reflection on melancholy nostalgia, and those awkward times when you try to get back together with old friends, only to find that the good ol' days are gone forever. Oh, and an excuse to draw Cap'n Crunch as a dirty old man.

Classic Men's Magazine Covers of the 1950's & 60's at STAGMAGS.Com

Classic Men's Magazine Covers of the 1950's & 60's at STAGMAGS.Com.

The classic men's girlie and adventure magazines flourished during the 1950's and 60's, when popular titles sold by the millions to men all across America and - in the case of soldiers stationed overseas - around the world. They were the successors to the lurid pulps which had enticed readers in earlier decades; like them, the men's magazines promised tales of blood and sex.

The magazine covers depicted within this website are colorful, rude, shocking, sleazy, and often downright fascinating. They are not politically correct; and they are definitely Not Safe For Work. What they are is, a lot of fun.

Squirrel Portrait Photo, Banff Wallpaper -- National Geographic Photo of the Day

Squirrel Portrait Photo, Banff Wallpaper -- National Geographic Photo of the Day.

My husband and I were exploring Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park-Canada when we stopped for a timed picture of the two of us. We had our camera set up on some rocks and were getting ready to take the picture when this curious little ground squirrel appeared, became intriqued with the sound of the focusing camera and popped right into our shot! A once in a lifetime moment! We were laughing about this little guy for days!!

Watch out for Blaise Bellville of Platform - Times Online

Watch out for Blaise Bellville of Platform - Times Online.

The coolest entrepreneur in the coolest part of the coolest city in the world right now is walking towards me, but you wouldn’t know it. He looks like a lanky student in his plaid shirt and jeans, with his Dalston crop and effete face. Then he says to the photographer, with calm authority: “Could we do this quickly because I don’t have long?” The photographer looks rather impressed (and he is, he calls me afterwards wanting to know more about “that guy I photographed today”.)

POLAROID KIDD at NEEDLES+PENS

POLAROID KIDD at NEEDLES+PENS.

  Looking at these pictures fill me with so much fear and sorrow.  Just... god.  I thought I was starting to have it bad, but the bottom would be a long way off yet.

The Microsoft/Yahoo Merger; a comic

If Marijuana Was Legal, This Is How It Would Look | Top Cultured

If Marijuana Was Legal, This Is How It Would Look | Top Cultured.

Recently, Print Magazine approached four design and packaging firms with a simple brief: If marijuana was legal, how could it be packaged? The following are the ideas and proposals that came from that brief. So… which one would you pick?

Rare Star Wars Photos | Unique Scoop

Rare Star Wars Photos | Unique Scoop.