The Art of Dart

I have a new favorite artist of the month or so. Kevin Dart has some great illustrations on his website. They kind of have a Tartakovsky (Dexter's Lab/Powerpuff Girls/Samurai Jack) look, but at the same time they have a classic pulp feel to them. I love. You should to. Check em out.

Rorschachian Fun

So, I got a little bored today and decided to have some fun. Unfortunately for this emogirl, the result was that I burned and permanantly scarred her face. Oopsie. Oh well. That'll teach her to publicly show her angst on the internets!

Before the chemical spill that scarred her for life:


The resulting Two-Face from Hell:

Honestly I'm kind of disappointed. This tutorial looked so fun but it only took 10 minutes to do. Ah well. Maybe the next one will be longer.

Spider-Man 3 Teaser

Watch. Now.

EDIT: Okay, I was hoping this would be like a normal teaser and reveal absolutely nothing like the cock-tease they're supposed to be, but this one reaveals way too much. Don't watch it if you don't have some idea about what happens to, well, everyone from the last movie. Screenshots after the jump.

Vintage Superman Cartoon

I found this neat old-school Superman cartoon while browsing through Google's video animations. It's a hilarious toon starring (of course) Clark Kent and one bitchy Lois Lane. Three cheers for the misogynistic 40s, 50s and so on.

NYT Accused of Treason For Doing Its Job

First of all, who was really surprised by the revelation that the feds are rifling through our bank statements, especially after AT&T et al. started handing over phone records years ago? I mean this was all spelled out in the Patriot Act. Bleh. Anyway, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has called the New York Times treasonous and is requesting that the Department of Justice investigate the staff.

I also love how he's trying to trump up the nature of the war we're in. Quotes like: "We're at war, and for the Times to release information about secret operations and methods is treasonous," would have been totally appropriate if the New York Times in 1943 had revealed the US's surveillance and attack plan for Germany. But this is a war on terror which is being fought in the Middle East and globally through the trafficking and interception of information. Telling the American people their government is spying on them isn't treasonous. It's certainly not going to inhibit said government from tracking banking records. Nor is it a shocking revelation no one believed possible.

EDIT: See? What did I tell you. Not at all a surprise. We just weren't paying attention.

Used Car Ad (Audio NSFW)

Wear headphones if you're at work or anywhere else where you could get in trouble because something on the computer just threatened to fuck you wife.

Fucking amazing. Even if it is just a spoof.

Casino Royale Theme

I'm superexcited. Goldfrapp has (possibly) signed up to do the James Bond theme for the new Bond movie which, from what I've seen in the trailer, kinda looks interesting and potentially good. For a Bond movie anyway. Anyway, sounds good. I can't wait to hear Goldfrapp's Bond theme. Should be great.

The Return of Bender

YES! Only seriously this time! YES! Futurama is back!

From the article:

Comedy Central has resurrected the former Fox animated series from "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. At least 13 new episodes will be produced -- the first since the series' original run from 1999-2003.

The new batch is part of a deal the cable network made with 20th Century Fox Television last year to pick up syndicated rights to the existing "Futurama" library of 72 episodes. Comedy Central also had an option to air any new episodes produced.

Reuters wouldn't lie, right? I'm not jumping guns, am I? Erg. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Zim. iTunes.

I just finished cleaning up after I excited myself over the discovery of Invader Zim (amazing cartoon canceled by the corporate goons at Nickelodeon because it didn't fit in with their family values/kiddie kulture or some shit like that) on iTunes Music store. Better yet, the series premier is both here and free. If you haven't seen it, watch. Now.

Foster's Home For Imaginary Blogs

OMG OMG OMG Craig McCracken's blog. I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am. Enjoy for yourself. Craig McCracken did the art for Dexter's Lab and Powerpuff Girls. He also wrote and produced the Powerpuff Girls. Now he's directing his own show, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends. Ridiculously amusing in a Saturday morning cartoon kinda way.

Moore Harasses the Harassers

I feel so weird cheering for uberliberal celebrity nuisance Michael Moore, but this video is just too great. He goes cross country in the Sodomobile (filled with [presumably] sodomizing homosexuals) to all the states with anti-Sodomy laws. Twice he confronts Fred Phelps himself (whom I'd never seen on camera before and who looks and sounds exactly like I pictured) with his gaggle of gays and twice Phelps retreats. Shirley even makes a cameo asking why they hide in their homo-bus instead of prancing around like animals like they did the first time. Oh Shirley. You asked for it.

Connie. Oh, Connie.

I think that's about eight good reasons not to down the farewell champagne before going on the air.

He Was Just Kidding Anyway

Christianity has always had it's masochistic side, but there's something entirely absurd about it's most fundamental tenet that I'd completely overlooked. In summary:

From the article:

This is the type of "relationship" that abused wives have with their husbands, that brainwashed hostages have with their captors. It is known in clinical circles as Stockholm Syndrome. Should it come as any surprise that the cries of the church, "The Bride of Christ" sound much like the cries of an abused wife attempting to protect her husband?

"He must beat me."
"I deserve it."
"He has no choice."
"It's for my own good."

Robots In Disguise

HUGE news from Iraq. Optimus Prime has headed to the middle east to kick some Arab ass. Watch out Terror. We don't just have robots. We have servicemen who wish they were robots. I can hear you shaking in your caves. Fear us, Terror! Our war on you is about to END.

Brain Sex

My brain's gender is....

Indeterminate? The Best of Both Worlds? (Or maybe the worst?) Neither? Or maybe my mind is just so advanced in its thinking processes that it has transcended all notions of gender. You know. Like an android.

Take the test to find out your brain's sex. If you have one.