Fastball special by Adam Koford.
Jason Chalker is selling a small set of Star War cards he illustrated along with a Star Wars sketch card.
Night of 1000 Wolves #3 cover by Dave Wachter.
Roller Derby poster by John Perlock.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Illustration roundup
Versus series by Bill Robinson
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and more by Bill Robinson. He has a variety of cheap prints on sale at Etsy, including Batdog:
*Buy Oswald the Lucky Rabbit toys at eBay.
Link roundup
1. Gallery of high-res wallpaper-sized images from Welcome to the Anthropocene.
2. "Here’s one way to stand out in a sea of employers: WhaleShark Media Inc. gave one employee a nearly $25,000 shopping spree at Costco Wholesale Corp." Via.
3. Sketch giveaway.
4. "Data collected by WebMediaBrands indicates that [Draw Something] lost nearly four million daily users over the course of the past month."
5. Read to the bottom.
Video of a lion trying to eat a kid at the zoo
"At the zoo in Portland, Oregon the usually lazy lioness, Kya, tries desperately to eat my son through the glass. Jack is coincidentally dressed like a baby zebra in his black and white striped hoodie. He is brave though and calls her "kitty kitty". That's my boy." Via.
Batman movie t-shirt by Last Exit to Nowhere
New t-shirt available at Last Exit to Nowhere, based on the 1966 Batman movie.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
King Kong poster by Laurent Durieux for Mondo
King Kong poster by Laurent Durieux and Mondo for a screening of King Kong.
*Buy Mondo posters at eBay.
New poster series by Mondo
Posters for an upcoming film festival:
The Unholy Three by Jeff Kleinsmith
Film by Delicious Design League.
The Old Dark House by Elvisdead
*Buy Mondo posters at eBay.
Win a copy of The Accidental Terrorist: A California Accountant’s Coup d’Etat
Excellent new nonfiction from The Atavist: The Accidental Terrorist: A California Accountant’s Coup d’Etat by Adam Piore:
Yasith Chhun was just a 42-year-old accountant living a comfortable life in California. Then he tried to overthrow the Cambodian government from his humble office in Long Beach. Inspired by films like Braveheart, Chhun planned “Operation Volcano,” a scheme replete with espionage, jungle guerrillas, and East German rocket launchers. Could Chhun’s quixotic, incredibly risky and potentially bloody coup possibly succeed? And what happens to a man when he leaves the American immigrant dream behind and turns from upstanding citizen into Colonel Kurtz? Former Newsweek editor Adam Piore tells the story.If you like political intrigue with a hint of farce, you'll love this. Meet the protagonist:
One day the following spring, Chhun was with a group of soldiers, hiding out in the jungle, when local villagers wandered down a trail. One of them was an agent working for another, noncommunist guerilla group. He told Chhun of a secret camp located 60 miles south, near the mountains. Soon after, Chhun slipped away, to make the perilous journey through occupied territory to the border. When he arrived, Chhun was promoted to captain and, he says, “openly declared myself a freedom fighter against communists.” From there he eventually moved on to a United Nations refugee camp, where his path to liberation began.It's available as a text version for Kindle and Nook, and as a multimedia download for iOS.
He arrived in Georgia in 1982, his English still formal and new, with a wife he’d met in a refugee camp and a baby girl in tow. He quickly embraced the American lifestyle. He worked at what he called a salad factory, chopping vegetables, and purchased an old Chevrolet for $500 with his first paycheck. He discovered a passion for American movies—he enjoyed Star Wars and action flicks. Eventually he moved to California and started delivering pizzas. Then he traded up to a job in San Dimas, east of Los Angeles, manufacturing police badges. At night he earned his GED and, eventually, his accounting license.
Along the way, Chhun divorced his wife and quickly took up with a new woman, whom he met on a neighboring treadmill at the local branch of Bally Total Fitness. She was named Sras Pech, had full lips, and proved willing to put in long hours in his tax business.
By the late 1990s, Chhun had a total of four unofficial spouses—a practice frowned upon in much of Cambodia but not unheard of in the countryside—and 10 children who relied on him. One night he was spotted dining with his “wives” and many of his children at an In–N-Out Burger, sparking gossip in Long Beach’s sometimes chatty Cambodian community that has yet to die down. As Chhun later explained it, “I am a polygamist, but none of them are married to me legally. I married them with my heart certificate. It’s between me and God.”
I have one digital copy to give away. For a chance to win, simply comment on this post and include your email so I can contact you if you win. One comment per person, and this contest is open worldwide. I'll pick a winner on Sunday.
Giant Plush Snorlax, Minecraft Creeper
Snorlax floor pillow and Minecraft Creeper head by Cassie Wilson on sale at Etsy. Via these sites.
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