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Good Morning, Hannibapple. How was the Chiante and Fava Beans?

Posted by mistergroonk in Art, Comics, Photography on October 27, 2010

Redditor Julie Chien was surprised to find her Vicious Hannibapple work scoring high on Reddit the other day. The work is based on another photo series “Malaise de L’Orange” by Weem and the famous Hannibal Lecter escape scene from Silence of the Lambs.

Curtain Call: http://i.imgur.com/Vuo5G.jpg
Behind the Scenes: http://i.imgur.com/fmYYH.jpg

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A Fine Ship: Manned Cloud, “Explore the World without a Trace”

Posted by mistergroonk in Technology, The Future on September 9, 2010

We’d gladly exchange a lowly domicile on the filthy earth with a gliding palace in the skies.

Manned Cloud …Jointly developed by Jean-Marie Massaud and French national aerospace research body ONERA.

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Remake/Remodeled: Wild West Mister Miracle

Posted by mistergroonk in Art, Artist, Comics on September 8, 2010

The Whitechapel forum is taking a week off from last week’s nerdgasm event of imagining the 13th Doctor Who. We’ve seen Ben Templesmith’s 13th Doctor fly through our TweetDeck more than once since then.

Not one to rest on his laurels, Twitter friend, and comics artist, @Ten_Bandits, created his own Remake/Remodel: a Wild West Mister Miracle.

This is the first time we’ve been able to look at Jack Kirby’s creation with any kind of respect. No offense to Kirby. We made ours Marvel long before discovering the fantastic art of “The King.”

Compare and contrast with Mister Miracle’s original design.

@Ten_Bandits is threatening to please Internet eyes with a Wild West Big Barda.

We can’t wait.

Mister Miracle

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Tumblr Watch: Melisaki. Pulse. Pause. Repeat.

Posted by mistergroonk in Art, History, Photography on September 4, 2010

We’re doing our damnedest to maintain a PG-13 to hard R rating these days. So we have to warn that despite the images shared here, there are lots of naked ladies, and a fair bit of peen, in Melisaki’s photo archives. They are more ‘naked art pieces’ than ‘up to mischief nekkid.’

But we figure a NSFW warning would be more than fair.

It has a lot of great selections from professional photography of the second-half-of-20th century which is usually invisible to the internet’s view of history

Official site:
http://melisaki.tumblr.com/

Ah, hell. NSFW shot under the cut.

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That Sound You Heard: Internet Nerdgasm. The Thirteenth Doctor Remake/Remodel is On.

Posted by mistergroonk in Art, Television on August 31, 2010

We were going to take time away from reposting WhiteChapel Remake/Remodel projects when Mr Ellis hit us with a theme that could not be ignored.

A Time Lord can regenerate twelve times before dying. Thirteen incarnations in all.

Design the thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor.

You may additionally redesign the DOCTOR WHO logo, the TARDIS and other elements of the property should you so wish.

So far there’s a lot of talk and no art going on. Damn we wish we could draw.

Then Master Templesmith dropped by:

By Ben Templesmith

The 13th Doctor

The good Doctor is now in a vague military type jacket with a T-shirt underneath, that ideally changes logo/style each episode, showing off something cool and British or, I don’t know, Sciency.

And he’s addicted to sucking on lollipops.

K9 is now a know-it-all cyborg Pomeranian.

This art project ends Sunday. We’re definitely keeping an eye on this one.

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Michael Ian Black “Loses His Shit,” Scolds a Moron

Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Macro, USA on August 26, 2010

Mr Black explains:

The guy in the dark says, “Because when you say you like Obama, that’s the same thing to me as saying ‘Heil Hitler.’”

The audience, predictably, starts booing. I ask them to please calm down, that I will handle this in a mature way. While I am saying this to the audience, I am thinking, How do I possibly handle this in a mature way.

So the audience settles down, and I turn to the gentleman and say, “Sir, I say with this all due respect – you are a fucking moron.”

And then I kind of lost my shit.

If you must know more, as we did after reading the macro listed above, go and read his Tumblr, Black is a Stallion.

We are unashamed at expressing our love for you Mr Black.

Unashamed and delighted.
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International Read Comics in Public Day is August 28. Happy Birthday, Jack Kirby!

Posted by mistergroonk in Books, Comics, Holiday on August 20, 2010

If you look closer at the photo inset you’ll notice we already “read comics in public.” No special day required.

But almost any holiday is a good reason to celebrate.

Hey @HavenComics, what are you planning for the occasion?

Business Time. #scottpilgrim #beerandliterature on TwitpicThe concept is fairly simple: we’re asking that everyone take an hour or two out of their day on August 28th (also the birthday of Jack “King” Kirby, incidentally) to read a comic book in a public setting—a park bench, a beach, a bus, the front steps of your local library (we do ask, however, that you be mindful of local loitering laws). Let strangers see you reading a piece of sequential art.

Take to the streets. Be proud. If someone asks what you’re reading, say, “a comic book” (the phrase “graphic novel is also acceptable, but let’s face it, it sort of defeats the whole purpose). Heck, lend them a book, if you’ve got an extra—what better way to make a new friend and convert a new reader?

While you’re at it, why not get a friend to snap a picture of you reading? Send it along and we’ll post it up for you in our photo gallery and on our site.

Official site:
http://readcomicsinpublic.com/

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Tumblr Alert: Celebrity Pu$$y, Just the Cats You were Looking For

Posted by mistergroonk in Animals, Not Sex, Photography on July 29, 2010

Our new favorite Tumblr: Celebrity Pussy

More male celebrities have cats than we ever would have guessed.

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SDCC THOR Trailer is Back. Watch Quickly Before It’s Gone.

Posted by mistergroonk in Comics, Marketing, Movies, Trailers on July 29, 2010

Official Synopsis

The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

“Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.”

What We Learned:
It’s been off and on You Tube for a few hours/days now. Somehow it has stabilized enough for folks to embed the sucker.

Why We’re Gonna Watch:
Nice to see you again Agent Phil Coulson. Your character’s becoming a real Ensemble Darkhorse in our book. Before the trailer we were gonna watch THOR because it was a Marvel Studios film. Now having seen the thing in action, our interest level has jumped up a few clicks.

If the trailer’s not viewable by the time you watch this just run a Google or Twitter search. Or just wait a while. The full-on marketing campaign can’t be far off. After some of the geek grumblings we’ve seen over the released costume photos we suspect this “leak” was the result of a marketing plan.

When’s it coming?
The official site says May 2011.

Official site:
http://thor.marvel.com/
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