There Are Four Lights!

Captain Picard is tough and puts up with a lot of shit, there's no doubt, but seriously he just should have said there are five lights and gotten on with it! From Abstruse Goose via the short-lived, now defunct Neatogeek.

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M-M-M-M-Make It So
It's Worse Than That, He's Dead, Jim!
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Movie In Haiku

Fight Club Haiku
Soap begins it all.
Starts underground following.
Soap to end it all.

A Clockwork Orange Haiku
Violent, troubled.
Goes too far one night. Caught, changed?
I was cured all right.

Pulp Fiction Haiku
Quoting from scripture.
Calling on the wolf for help
It's royale with cheese.

Movies in Haiku is the brainchild of Toronto's Hugh Elliott. See more haiku typography at his Etsy shop and more movie haikus at his Twitter account. (Thanks to Amber Mac for the tip)

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Wookie The Pooh

While James Hance hasn't returned (yet) to his comic strip of Han Solo and Chewbacca as Calvin and Hobbes he has given us something just as lovely — Wookie the Pooh.

"You'll most likely lose it again, anyway," Han told Eeyore-AT-AT.

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He Slimed Me!

A class-5 free roaming vapor, real nasty one too...
Pop artist Dave Perillo's piece for the 3G show (Ghostbusters, Goonies and Gremlins) at Gallery 1988. "I decided to homage to the 3 S's of the 3 G's, Slimer, Sloth & Stripe." The show opens Friday, Sept. 3.

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Everybody Loves A Clown, So Why Don't You?

It was National Clown Week last week. Who knew? Well, maybe you did but it's the kind of thing you miss when you fall off the grid like I have. But it appears pop provocateur Ron English also knew and he celebrated with this adorable tramp in clown camouflage. Aww, aren't they cute when they're heavily armed?

My three favourite clowns of all time are:
1) Krusty the Clown (Krusty Brand Seal of Approval: It's not just good, it's good enough!)
2) Shakes the Clown (Bobcat Goldthwait in the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies)
3) Ronald McDonald (I have such love/hate for that burger-pushing Harlequin)

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Cal Solo and Hobbesbacca

The Kessel Run: Han and Chewie never said *when* they did it. Pop artist James Hance is proposing making this (which is just 'a doodle') a twice-weekly comic.

Please tell him you want to see this - I need it.

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Calvin and Hobbes: Fight Club
Dynamic Duo: Calvin and Hobbes
Cthulhu And Hobbes

Never EVER Feed Them After Midnight

With Mogwai's being such potentially dangerous creatures, you want to be sure people understand the dangers involved, no matter what their language.

Tom Whalen, above, in infographic form and Scott Derby, below, in tattoo style make sure everyone knows the rules:

1. Don't get him wet.
2. Keep him away from bright lights.
3. Don't ever feed him after midnight

Both are from the September Gallery 1988 3G show inspired by the 80's classics Ghostbusters, Goonies and Gremlins.

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Strawberry Shortcake Felds Forever

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out.
It doesn't matter much to me.

What would make Strawberry Shortcake so sad? And I'm assuming that is jam not blood streaming down her cheeks, otherwise this would be way too creepy. (strawberry fields forever by Audrey Pongracz)

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It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Super Anubis!

The ancient Egyptian take on Action Comics No. 1, by Dann Matthews. Superman's got nothing on this god. Up for vote at Threadless.

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The Breakfast Club Vs. The Archies

"The Breakfast Club done in the Archie’s style. They could have kept the whole John Hughs universe running in monthly books available on newstands everywhere. But they didn’t."

Brian McLachlan imagines a world where movies live on past the final credits, including The Goonies, Mad Max, Red Dawn and below, Heathers done in the style of Little Lulu. (Link via Neatogeek)

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Robo Karaoke

Just a city bot
Built and raised in south Hokkaido
It took the midnight train goin' anywhere...

Dave Perillo's piece for the upcoming Autumn Society show "Turning Japanese" at Brave New Worlds comics in Philadelphia. "Robo-karaoke... A karaoke bar where all the giant mecha-robots can kick back, drink some sake and sing some Journey tunes."

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M.C. Escher Slinky

"Ever wondered where all those bent slinkies go when they’ve past their best? They all eventually end up in their happy place, the eternal staircase in the sky."

I would watch that for hours - but how do they turn corners? (Link via Glennz Tees)

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AT-AT Walker Texas Ranger

Chuck Norris invented the Force. He just loaned it to the Jedi. Walker Texas Ranger by Styerd. (Link via Gamefreaks)

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Zero Big Birds, AH AH AH AH AH!

Tired of mindlessly enumerating, Count von Count eventually decided to quench his blood lust in the alleyways of Sesame Street. (One Less Bird by Augie Pagan)

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Cereal Mascots In Real Life

"General Mills cereal monsters meets the Universal monsters in a mash-up of epic proportions! Eat them...before they eat you." Source of 5 Essential Nutrients by Jason Edmiston. (Link via Super Punch)

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How Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Should Have Ended

"I was having the worst nightmare. There were aliens, fake Russian accents... and millions and millions of heartbroken fans." And what was that about Blade Runner 2: Attack of the Replicants? (How It Should Have Ended)

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Bite-Sized Bard: Shakespeare In Two Panels

"Eric Kim tackles all 36 of the playwright’s productions in his recently-released book, The Complete Plays of William Shakespeare. The 33-year-old Toronto cartoonist describes it as Cole’s Notes for Cole’s Notes. 'I know I’m no Shakespeare scholar, but in doing this it’s fun to have reduced Shakespeare to something a little more approachable.'"

Read the full interview at The Afterword | Eric Kim's site Inkskratch

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The Picture Of Dorian's Grey

The latest re-imagining of classic literature, in the vein of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Says author Chip Zdarsky: "Listen, I’m not going to lie to you. I really need some of this old-book-meets-whatever money."


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Muppets Kick Ass

Where is the new Muppets Show? This is the sort of parody we need to see!
Muppets Kick Ass: Green Ass, Hit Pig, Blue Daddy & Red Prawn, from the always talented pop culture mashup artist James Hance.

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The Creation Of Kermit
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How Chewbacca Defeated The Nazis And Won World War Two

Chewbacca riding a giant squirrel killing Nazis. Yup, that's pretty much how I remember it from history class. It's what Inglourious Basterds was actually based on, but you know Quentin Tarantino and his loose ways with historical truth. (By Tyler Edlin via gamefreaks)

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