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On WhiteChapel: FANTASTIC FOUR #1 Goes Under the Remake/Remodel Microscope

Posted by mistergroonk in Art, Artist, Comics, Just Freaking Neat on March 18, 2011

Earlier this week, the Chinese Whispers Uchronal Cover remodel began anew. This time the focus was on Remaking/Remodeling FANTASTIC FOUR #1. The following were the guiding instructions:

You are an artist/designer. You have to put together the cover for a comic called THE FANTASTIC FOUR. It is issue 1 of this book.

You have been told that the comic is about four people who steal a spaceship, fly into space, get heavily irradiated by cosmic rays, and return to earth weirdly altered by their experience.

And that’s it. The bastards haven’t told you one more damn thing than that. Not a clue. They might all be women. It might be about the Indian space programme twenty years from now. For all you know this is a JG Ballard story, for christ’s sake…

It’s up to you what kind of company you’re at. What kind of comics you make. How you translate that description of The Fantastic Four. What era you’re in. Who you are, even. Go nuts with it.

So far we love Chris Graves entry. It may not be as mental as Chip Zardsky’s(hidden deep below the cut) but it remains comics style fantastic.

CHINESE WHISPERS UCHRONAL COVER REMODEL: Fantastic Four #1

We dropped a handful of other favorites(and that Zardsky submission) under the cut. View all the art wonderfulness at Whitechapel.

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Today in Star Wars: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Film STAR WARS, Sorta

Posted by mistergroonk in LOL, Video on March 16, 2011

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

On the set of PAUL, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost decide to do a remake of STAR WARS shot for shot. Hilarity ensues.

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Our Strange Sky: Alan Friedman Captures a Floater Above the Sun

Posted by mistergroonk in Photography, Science, Space on March 11, 2011

Phil Plait, aka The Bad Astronomer, had this to say:

This picture was taken by Alan Friedman…

Alan used a filter that lets through only a very narrow wavelength of light emitted by hydrogen (called HÎ± for those of you keeping track at home), so this tracks the activity of gas on the solar surface. He also inverts the image of the solar disk (makes it a negative) to increase contrast. Somehow this adds a three-dimensional quality to the picture, and reveals an amazing amount of texture. I swear I had a rug in my bedroom growing up that was this texture (though somewhat cooler and less burny).

The scene-stealer is that detached prominence off to the left. Thatâ€™s the leftover material ejected from the Sun by an erupting sunspot (you can see other sunspots in the picture as well). The gas is ionized â€” a plasma â€” and so itâ€™s affected by magnetic fields. The material follows the magnetic field of the Sun in the explosion, lifting it off the surface and into space. Sometimes it falls back, and sometimes it leaves the Sun entirely. In this case, Alan caught some of the material at what looks like the top of its trajectory.

Here’s another bit of science that will blow your mind. The mass of the prominence in this picture “can easily top 10 billion tons“!

via nerdist, bad astronomer, alan friedman

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We were having a tough time figuring out which Pitch Black comic to feature in today’s Webcomics Love. We finally decided on the two most recent strips that caught our funny bone.

But first, let’s get the official business out of the way:
Official site: http://pitchblack.thecomicseries.com/
Twitter: @andrenavarro
Tumblr: http://andrenavarro.tumblr.com/

1) Let’s break you in with a little animal loving humor:

Our favorite dark humored comic under the jump.
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AndrÃ© Navarro, Artist, death, dogs and cats, Funny, nicely, Panel Perfect, Pitch Black, webcomics, Webcomics Love

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Good Morning, Magicians of a Bygone Era. Arise. Levitate. Shine.

Posted by mistergroonk in Animation, Intertube Madness, LOL on February 1, 2011

via nick holmes

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#MusicMonday: DJ Earworm’s 2010 United State of Pop. The Year of the Club.

Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Music, Video on January 17, 2011

We are more than a bit late jumping on this one.

The now yearly tradition of DJ Earworm’s United State of Pop released early this 2011 as planned. What it does is mashup the previous year’s top 25 songs according to Billboard magazine.

In 2010, pop has gone into serious all-out party mode. In 2009 the music was encouraging us to pick ourselves back up after being knocked down again, and to rock out to some great dance music while youâ€™re at it. This yearâ€™s music tells us to keep going now that weâ€™re up and having fun. In fact, the fun seems to be in such overdrive that it borders on recklessness.

We’ve noticed the same patterns Earworm mentions. In fact, we’ve wondered what would happen if we tracked back to the year 2000 with the United State of Pop news in mind.

Get on that Internet.

Until then enjoy 2010, 2009, and 2008 in a state of pop.

2010 United State of Pop (Donâ€™t Stop the Pop)

DONâ€™T STOP THE POP

* Ke$ha – Tik Tok
* Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
* Train – Hey, Soul Sister
* Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg – California Gurls
* Usher Featuring will.i.am – OMG
* B.O.B. Featuring Hayley Williams – Airplanes
* Eminem Featuring Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie
* Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
* Taio Cruz – Dynamite
* Taio Cruz Featuring Ludacris – Break Your Heart
* B.O.B. Featuring Bruno Mars – Nothinâ€™ On You
* Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull – I Like It
* Young Money Featuring Lloyd – Bedrock
* Jason Derulo – In My Head
* Rihanna – Rude Boy
* Lady Gaga Featuring Beyonce – Telephone
* Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
* Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
* Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me
* The Black Eyed Peas – Imma Be
* Jay-Z + Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
* Usher Featuring Pitbull – DJ Got Us Fallinâ€™ In Love
* Travie McCoy Featuring Bruno Mars – Billionaire
* Eminem – Not Afraid
* Iyaz – Replay