Space Oddity: The Book

Andrew Kolb has taken David Bowie's Space Oddity and turned it into an illustrated children's book, full of bright, happy folk. Well, at least until the end. I don't think I could read it to my kid without having to answer some uncomfortable questions, but it looks beautiful. Comics Alliance has the whole book on their site and you can download it here.

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Goodnight Dune

The Battlestar Bears Learn About Cylons

This Ain't Rock 'N' Roll, This Is Genocide

50 Ways To Be A Bad Guy

You Just slip out the back, Jack (Torrance)

Make a new plan, Lo Pan

You don't need to be coy, Sauron

Just get yourself free

Hop on the bus, Stay-Puft

You don't need to discuss much

Just drop off the key, Audrey

And get yourself free

Ok, Sauron was a bit of stretch, but don't let that take away from the awesomeness of illustrator Robert Ball's Fifty Baddies. (via Hello Zombie)

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The Villainous Penitentiary Football Team

So You Want To Be An Evil Villain...

The Illustrious Omnibus Of Super Powers

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do...

Some things just belong together, like salt and pepper, eggs and bacon, nuts and bolts and, of course, matches and dynamite. (Illustrator Richard McGuire for the June issue of the New Yorker)

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Cosmopolitan: Disney Princesses
Sex, Latex and Videotape

Loved And Lost

Illustrator extraordinaire Steve Murray (aka Chip Zdarsky) drew this massive cast photo of Lost for the series finale. Click through for the flash version to see which season each character was introduced and how they died. For those interested in a full-size version, it is the cover of the arts section of Saturday's National Post, available at finer Canadian newsstands near you.

As for me, I'm going to miss the finale as it is inconveniently scheduled in the middle of a long weekend that is ostensibly in honour of Queen Victoria, but is mostly about going to cottages and drinking beer, which is what I'll be doing.  But for all your Lost needs, head directly to Nik at Nite where Nikki Stafford will take excellent care of you.

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Lost Tarot Cards

What’s Under Your Mask?

Good or evil, they all wear masks, from Batman to Darth Vader. Illustrator Adrian Pavic honours the masked men of movies, comics and literature. It's amazing (Link via BuzzFeed)

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The Many Mustaches of Guy Fawkes
Friday The 13th: Jason's Closet
Stormtrooper Army

Konnichiwa, Dissected Domo

Domo-kun is one of those strange marriages of Japanese and web culture... wait, I suppose I don't really need to add that qualifier as it really goes without saying. I had seem images of Domo all over the web before I actually knew what it was, a mascot for Japan's NHK television station that has become a harbinger of doom in his online incarnation. Know Your Meme can tell you all you need to know.

Anyway, long story short, master illustrator Jason Freeny has shown us all what Domo looks like inside, because we were all wondering but didn't know how to ask. It's the Internet, kids! You learn something you didn't need to know everyday.

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Anatomy Of A Gummi Bear
Knitsections & Feltidermy

Celebrities Of The Living Dead

Swiss graphic novelist Frédérik Peeters has illustrated over 100 famous zombies, from celebrities to politician and authors at portraitsaslivingdeads. These are my 10 favourite Hollywood zombies: (Link via JazJaz)

Zombie Paris Hilton
I love that Tinkerbell is having a good chew. She's probably waited years for that.

Zombie Britney Spears
Looks like the zombie Spears really likes the brains. Lots and lots of brains.

Zombie Angelina Jolie
Actually, zombie Jolie doesn't look that much different
than her magazine covers a couple of years ago.

Zombie Michael Jackson
Jacko looked much better as a zombie in the Thriller video.
This just looks like a typical day in court.

Zombie Tom Cruise
Some would speculate that the Cruise has been a zombie for years.

Zombie Chris Brown
Is this a zombie version of Chris Brown, or just what he looks
like after a night out with Rihanna? What, too soon?

Zombie Aaliyah
Nothing snarky here, just a creepy, creepy drawing.

Zombie Roger Moore
Having seen some recent photos of the former James Bond, he's got
about .007 seconds left in the sun before he actually looks like this.

Zombie Jayne Mansfield
"I feel like Miss Jayne Mansfield in this car!"

Zombie Buddy Holly
The day the music crawled out of the grave looking for you.

Ginocchio And Winnie the Pope

Rarely Seen Disneyland Characters from illustrator Adam McCauley. Now this is a Disney I could get behind

Che's Big Adventure

National Post illustrator Steve Murray sums up the 4 hour and 15 minute run time of Che thusly:
Now I feel like going and reading a Babar book, for some reason. You can see more of Steve's work at Extremely Bad Advice and Posties and Stevetastic.

(Link via, indirectly, Boy Reporter)